"“It’s somewhat dangerous, because there’s a kind of a dog whistle here that some people are going to hear as ‘it’s time to go after people,’ and not just rhetorically,” said David Makovsky, a former Middle East adviser for the Obama administration and now an analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Studies. But Aipac’s claims, he said, had been just as overheated. “There’s almost a bunker mentality on both sides.”" NY Times
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"David Makovsky?" A former adviser to the Obama Administration? IMO he is an unregistered agent of Israel as are all the people at WINEP. "... time to go after people?" Well, pilgrims, IMO he and AIPAC know all about how to do that.
FARA clearly does not apply to WINEP or AIPAC. The FBI has on many occasions sought to force these groups to register under FARA but political pressure from Israel's friends (like Schumer) have always managed tp block that.
AIPAC was, in fact, created in response to US Government demands that AIPAC's predecessor group register under FARA.
"The American Israel Public Affairs Committee was founded in 1951 by Isaiah L. "Si" Kenen.[14] Kenen originally ran the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs as a lobbying division of the American Zionist Council. Before that, Kenen was an employee of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs..." wiki on AIPAC
Bibi has cast the dice and opted for a struggle to the bitter end with Obama for control of US foreign policy.
We will see, pilgrims, we will see... pl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Israel_Public_Affairs_Committee
Alba etie,
Bernie just got silenced in Seattle by "Black Lives Matter". If he can't handle a handful of new black panther activists mau mauing his even how is he going to handle any foreign government?
Posted by: Fred | 08 August 2015 at 10:26 PM
Then you could anser the two following questions:
1) Why had the German deligation so many members?
2) Why did S. Gabriel come?
Could it be that you do not understand some important facettes of the affair?
Posted by: Ulenspiegel | 09 August 2015 at 05:51 AM
France had failed in achieving her goals in Syria and also against Iran; Fabius was there to show the flag and initiate a process of dialogue on certain issues.
You are right, he at least had the presence of mind not to issue demands - unlike the Germans.
Posted by: Babak Makkinejad | 09 August 2015 at 09:58 AM
The practical-minded Germans with former business connections with Iran went along to see if they can revive their former positions and meet with their former partners.
Future would tell.
But Iranian market is rather small for Germany and a permanent loss of it is irrelevant to the overall German economic health and prosperity.
Posted by: Babak Makkinejad | 09 August 2015 at 10:00 AM
Croesus,
Well said. I put nothing past Netanyahu and the true believers or the blackmailed in the US to go along.
Posted by: Cee | 09 August 2015 at 05:24 PM
Fred,
He was right to walk away from those paid clowns. I'd just like to know who is writing the check.
Posted by: Cee | 09 August 2015 at 05:38 PM
All,
For once I would support a coup to remove a lunatic driving the Hell Bound Train.
I hope people step up.
Ami Ayalon, a former head of Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security service, and a former chief of the Israeli Navy. Even as he explained that the issue “is not black and white,” he reeled off a list of former defense ministers and chiefs of Shin Bet and Mossad who agree with him that “when it comes to Iran's nuclear capability, this [deal] is the best option.”
Posted by: Cee | 09 August 2015 at 05:41 PM
Iran's restraint regarding these assassinations has IMO been quite amazing.
I do not in any way advocate tit-for-tat escalations, but I have to say I'm a bit surprised the IRGC didn't retaliate by killing some randomly selected Israeli scientists (of whatever specialty) at a foreign conference the first time it happened.
If the Israelis honestly go in for this again, I do expect that eventually that retaliatory attacks will begin to take place.
Posted by: PeterHug | 09 August 2015 at 06:53 PM
He had a perfectly great event a few hours later with >15,000 people in attendance.
He wasn't shut down, he just chose not to speak at that venue when BLM wouldn't give him the floor.
Bernie is handling BLM quite well, thank you. And he will handle anything he ends up with after he beats Hillary, and then wins the General Election.
Posted by: PeterHug | 09 August 2015 at 06:59 PM
I had to go to find this old article. Don't say we wouldn't be attacked again and this time by Israeli backed Al-Nusra so they will have their way on the Iran deal.
The risk of empowering an al Qaida affiliate is a small price to pay for Nusra’s contributions on the battlefield, said Jeffrey White, a former senior Defense Intelligence Agency analyst who’s now with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think tank.
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2014/10/israel-lobby-supports-jabhat-al-nusra-insurgents-in-aleppo-surrounded.html
Posted by: Cee | 09 August 2015 at 07:04 PM
Peter,
Sure he did; if you by that you mean he did not give BLM a wider TV audience by having them arrested. I'm certain to the folks whose opinions don't matter where happy to have waited an hour+ for a no show. Maybe they were happy rushing across town to try for round two, which is great for people with nothing else to do on a Saturday in Seattle, like maybe work for a living. What was his campaign message again? Oh, yeah that didn't make the news, but being "Speechless in Seattle" did.
Posted by: Fred | 09 August 2015 at 11:03 PM
You miss the point. Even if you interpretation of S. Gabriel's speech is correct - I have not found a German version yet, the message the German government send to Iran, Israel and USA is quite interesting.
The Irainian market is quite small for Germany and will be small in the next years, so why did the German government sent their Vice Chancellor (that is the number 2) and a very strong deligation for a routine meeting which was set long time ago to Iran?
If there was an intention on the German side to please Israel or USA they would have sent a small deligation headed by a medium ranked official from the Ministry for Industry.
Posted by: Ulenspiegel | 10 August 2015 at 05:46 AM
Update: the nut who infiltrated Black Lives Matter who interrupted Bernie Sanders had been a Palin supporter and made the comment that she should have been groomed by the GOP.
Yes, he was right to ignore her.
Posted by: Cee | 10 August 2015 at 06:19 AM
Thanks for refrencing this superb article. It us a must read.
Posted by: Petrous | 10 August 2015 at 08:31 AM
Cee
How is your back these days? I think it is an open question whether Sanders' campaign is being attacked by disruptors who are targeted at him by his opponents in one or both parties. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 10 August 2015 at 08:34 AM
The Donald and Bibi are very good friends. Just google the two names.
And, for your consideration, here is what the Donald "tweeted" today about the Iran deal:
The #IranDeal is a catastrophe that must be stopped. Will lead to at least partial world destruction & make Iran a force like never before.
Posted by: Johnny Reims | 11 August 2015 at 04:08 PM
cee,
The "nut" who infiltrated BLM? Right. They have an application process and managerial approval requirement? So much for being a social movement. This type of conduct is typical at lots of public rallies in every election. Leaving a few thousand stranded while a pair of who knows what gets their message across while yours doesn't won't get one elected.
Posted by: Fred | 11 August 2015 at 07:51 PM
YUP!
Posted by: William R. Cumming | 12 August 2015 at 09:06 AM
Chuck Shomer, Senator for Israel.
Posted by: Seamus Padraig | 12 August 2015 at 11:35 AM
"... make Iran a force like never before."
O, Dear Lord!
Will mine tired old eyes again behold the visage of the Great King as his decrees are carried out from Oxus to the Nile and from the Caspian to the Red seas?
Posted by: Babak Makkinejad | 12 August 2015 at 04:10 PM