UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS IN PALESTINE
Posted on 29. Mar, 2011 by Alan Sabrosky in Palestine
INDICTMENT AND CONUNDRUM
By Dr. Alan Sabrosky
Far too often, what is not said, or cannot be said, publicly is more significant than the platitudes bandied about by assorted political leaders and pundits. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli matrix of death and disinformation.
President Obama in particular acts as if he were mesmerized by all this. He has all the power, but acts as if he were powerless. He can make things happen if he chooses to exert himself, yet has ended up positioning himself as a supplicant to Israel and pretending ignorance of Palestinian realities. He thinks and speaks, but does nothing of substance that Israel does not want him to do.
The Indictment
So let us look at those uncomfortable truths, politically unspeakable at least in the US but not necessarily elsewhere, and frequently discussed openly in many non-governmental forums, just so we all appreciate where we stand:
- Gaza, Mr. Obama, Gaza. It holds three-fourths of the Palestinians under a government that electorally beat the faction that supports that Israeli puppet you call the Palestinian Authority. Deal with Gaza, deal with Hamas who governs there, or forget it: you are not dealing with Palestinians. You have got to know this. Why be in denial?
- There is no two-state solution, and never has been one, so long as Israel held US support in its political palm. Look at the maps of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, look at the Israeli settlements and Israeli military protection for them in place, and the Wall – the Wall, Mr. President, longer & higher than the now-defunct Berlin Wall – and embattled Gaza. Just where and how do you think you will find a Palestinian state acceptable to Israel that has even a shred of the trappings of legitimacy and sovereignty that the now-defunct Bantustans had in apartheid-era South Africa?
- The settlements are critical, and you, Mr. Obama, come across as a failure or a Zionist tool, or both together. Does projecting this image please you? And if you did not have the balls to force a halt to Israeli settlement expansion, much less the creation of new settlements, how do you expect to find the courage to dictate the removal of those settlements, without which there is no Palestinian entity of any kind in the West Bank, alone or not?
- You can be pro-peace or pro-Israel, but not both together, and all of the rhetoric to the contrary, all of the money AIPAC and its confederates spend on Capitol Hill and elsewhere, all of the media attention Israel commands, cannot alter this essential reality. Why do you persist in playing to AIPAC, J Street, and the rest of the Hasbara crew, avowed or not?
Just why do you feel obliged to let your Administration's foreign policy staffing look like it was arranged by the Israeli Government? There are many experts in foreign policy, and in the Middle East, with US citizenship and no loyalty to a foreign government. Why are they not in your Administration? You have many Israeli partisans in your Administration, but where are your American partisans?
The Conundrum
And you, Mr. President, few of your predecessors have come into office with such high expectations and high hopes, and seen them squandered in such a short time. None of your predecessors since Carter signaled a willingness to view the Middle East through something other than an Israeli prism, and even Carter lacked John Kennedy’s willingness to stand up to Israel. Your speech in Cairo signaled a stance on this issue in the tradition of Kennedy and Carter, and it went nowhere at all.
I understand the constraints, dealing with a Congress that does not now seem to contain a single person in either party in either House willing to stand up to the Jewish lobby. But are you so blind, so ignorant, so lacking in courage that you cannot and will not go directly to the American people? Do you like being cast as a laughing-stock and a weakling in public by Israel and its supporters? Do you like being an “Uncle Tom” to the Zionists?
Now, I do not care greatly for Obama as a person, nor anything at all for his domestic political agenda, but appearances notwithstanding, it would be wrong to dismiss him as simply a fool or a puppet. A fool or a puppet would never have made the Cairo speech two years ago in the first place. No politician anywhere enjoys taking the lead, and then looking behind, finding no one in support and clouds of criticism, and then having to back down from so public a stance. The egos of the breed cry out against such exercises in futility.
The same applies in part to some in his Administration, and to others, I suspect, in the Congress. Those who are Jewish, especially with dual Israeli citizenship, need no prompting to follow the Zionist agenda; that agenda is their agenda, heart and mind. The so-called Christian Zionists, mostly evangelical Protestants, are much the same, although for very different theological reasons, some of which ought to make Jewish Zionists more than a little nervous. And there are those in this and previous Administrations who have made their own Faustian bargain with AIPAC and its cohorts in the service of their own ambition.
But there are many in both houses of the Congress, and more within the armed services and the bureaucracy, who do not fit comfortably into any of these categories. Those in the Congress in particular have been bribed, blackmailed or bullied into submission, servility or silence, and few if any can be happy with their situation. Most simply make the best of an uncomfortable bargain, trading their own continuation or advancement in office for their support of Israeli ambitions, and their silence when confronted by Israeli crimes.
Yet this is a potential weakness in the edifice of Zionist influence and control in the US, and it should and must be our task to focus on that political battlefield, and not simply shuttle trucks and ships toward Gaza in the hope that some will get through the Israeli blockade. The remainder of the series that follows, Palestine and the United States: A Battle Lost, A War to Win, which has been completed and will be published in the coming weeks, is one attempt to define the parameters of a strategy to do precisely that. Executed properly, it and others like it may be a first step toward the saving of both the United States and Palestine.
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Michael J Volz
29. Mar, 2011
Dr Sabrosky, You are proving to be one of the great heroes of American history in our times.
To quote, Eric Blair (George Orwell) “in times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. As a person of Jewish ancestry it is more impressive that you are telling the truth that most American Jews are afraid to utter, same as most American Sheeple.
Unfortunately one thing my CIA uncle (Station Chief and higher) made clear to me was the concept of the “Manchurian Candidate” is no joke in reality. The concept is that a foreign government takes complete control at the top of the USA and administers everything in the country to their liking.
You statement, “President Obama in particular acts as if he were mesmerized by all this.” says more than I think you want to openly say, just because the idea of the “Manchurian Candidate” still seems so absolutely impossible and horrifying!
Obama is Israel’s “Manchurian Candidate” and that is why he “seems” mesmerized, he is indeed mesmerized and you, like most Americans, do not want to accept that fact, which explains everything.
Any appeals for Obama to show his balls, if any, ignores the fact that he is a total and absolute puppet in fact, not “acting as a puppet would”. Anyone who wants to fully understand this horror should watch the original “Manchurian Candidate” movie with Frank Sinatra.
At this point I want to suggest to you that you consider disassociating yourself from Gordon Duff and the Veterans Today dot com because if you haven’t noticed in the past few months he has been totally discredited BY HIS READERS.
His response has been to ban his most able commentators and even go back and delete those reader’s comments en mass so no one can re-track and see that process. He did think all under cover of pretending to be a free speech truth site, short of illegal posts.
Instead of calling the participants “antisemites” he lamely proclaims they are “redundant” and offers other lame excuses.
I am certainly sympathetic to your desire not to see or acknowledge that Obama is a classic Manchurian Candidate/now President, which is horrifying to any honest American.
In my case, as a somewhat distant blood relative of Obama, I would like to acknowledge that he is a “Whiz Kid” and the Messiah, if that were in fact true. The fact is that he was never qualified to be President in the first place and now the realities that many saw early on are becoming evident.
Thanks again, Dr. Sabrosky for your courage, intelligence, experience and honesty! Keep up the good work. I know it seems like a thankless task, being a man of high integrity.
Michael J Volz
Phillip F tourney
29. Mar, 2011
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Alan,
Your atricle is so very well thought out it is in my view perfect. I wish the President would take a deep breath and take your words to heart a must read for him.
Thank you,
Phillip F Tourney USS LIBERTY SURVIVOR
Author" WHAT I SAW THAT DAY" amazon.com
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Tom Mysiewicz
30. Mar, 2011
The good news about Libya is that the Obama doctrine (humanitarian intervention at UN request) is now a reality. In September, it will be possible for the UN General Assembly to issue a strong resolution against Israeli land theft. When this happens, the way will be open for economic and military-aid sanctions against Israel–and even military intervention to roll back Israeli forces.
Kamal Hassan
30. Mar, 2011
As a Palestinian refugee born out side my home land in Lebanon in 1950, I agree fully with Alan's views and annalyssis concerning Palestine/Israel. Unfortunatly for us Palestinians, Obama has proven weak and very much controled by AIPAC/Israeli lobby and congress. I do not see a way out unless American public shuts down this very distructive lobby that is harming American reputation in Middle East and the rest of the world. As a Palestinian I see no way for a two state. One state is the only viable and workable solution if there is to be one espacially with this very hawkish and ridgid Israeli leadership. In order to get Peace between Palestinians and Israelis, a regime change must happen in Israel and more moderate and Peace minded leadership must be elected in Israel.
Taha Baharoon
30. Mar, 2011
USA is the most hated country in the Arab/Muslim World today for reasons clearly stated in Dr. Alan Sabrosky's article and honest Americans like him are nowadays cropping up everywhere inside USA and thse are surely doing great service to their country for exposing "uncomfortable truths in Palestine". The main cause of all the conflicts, wars, hatred troughtout the Muslim/Arab World, in a nutshell, is the " Zionist state of Israel" The moment the Americans come to their senses and refuse to be dominated by AIPAC real peace will be achieved in the Middle East for the benefit of all.
sylvia- UK
31. Mar, 2011
Every word is true Alan. What hope we invested in Obama and how huge the
disappointment. My own view (for what it is worth as an English woman with
scant knowledge of US politics) is that he s BOUND to Clinton who was
never a friend of the Palestinian people.
As she has recently stated that she will not continue her political career
after this term, he should seize the initiative and replace her NOW and,
whilst he is at it, remove the Peace envoy Blair – what a joke!
Nancy Withington
03. Apr, 2011
Alan, you have boldly and courageously exposed the source of the horror visited upon the Palestinians, the Iraqis, Afghans, Lebanese, and others in the Islamic world–the Zionist control of the U.S. government.
Decades ago, a Congressional investigation of Zionism concluded that Zionism was "inimical" to our nation. Zionist organizations should be registered as foreign agents; and dual citizenship (which was never allowed in U.S. history until May, 1967-then granted to an Israeli by a Zionist infiltrated Supreme court)-should be abolished. Elections should be financed by a graded income tax on all our citizens–no PAC money allowed. A government bought by special interests is NOT a democracy.
Alan, you are a true patriot who deserves the thanks and support of all Americans who want to preserve our Constitution and the rule of law.
I look forward eagerly to your continuing series for analysis and guidance.