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America wants peace. Israel wants war. The great majority of Americans
want an end to the war against Iran. The great majority in Congress
just want more contributions from the Israel Lobby and its supporters.
Now, most members of Congress are really squirming. They know that
most of their constituents are fed up with foreign wars and want this
stupid war in Iran over, the sooner the better.
But they are afraid to criticize IsraelAs war for fear of the Israel
Lobby steering big campaign contributions against them. Their silence
is deafening.
Most members are trying to keep quiet. Almost no one other than Mark
Levin, Ben Shapiro, and the Israel First crowd are enthusiastic about
this war.
The only ones speaking out strongly in favor of it are members who
have received and/or who hope to receive millions in campaign
contributions from the Lobby like Senators Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham,
Tom Cotton and others.
They didnAt even criticize Israel when it was starving and killing
more than 20,000 children in Gaza. Congress would have rushed to pass
a resolution of condemnation if it had been done in any other country
than Israel.
But the killing goes on, even during so-called ceasefires. Thousands
have been killed over this past year by Israeli forces in Gaza,
Lebanon, and Iran.
We donAt hear and see as much about all this killing because Israel
was losing the public relations battle, and pro-Israel billionaires
bought up significant parts of the national media that they did not
already own. Lesser-known conservative oinfluencerso and podcasters
were given money, and 1,000 ministers were given free trips to Israel.
Even TikTok was bought because its coverage was supposedly causing too
many teenagers to have anti-Israel opinions.
However, all the pro-Israel propaganda has not worked so far. Even
President Trump has apparently gotten angry at times with Netanyahu,
telling him at one point that he shouldnAt blow up an entire apartment
building to get at one person.
And Vice President Vance told the world in a press conference that
IsraelAs cabinet should realize that President Trump was the only
world leader still supporting Netanyahu and that two-thirds of all
the military equipment and ammunition used by the IDF in these latest
wars had been paid for by U.S. taxpayers.
The very few members of Congress and commentators who are criticizing
President Trump for giving into Iran in the Memorandum he signed need
to be asked what their alternative is.
I mentioned in my last column that even many Jews believe the Iran War
was a huge mistake. They know the Netanyahu government has gone too
far.
Last year, for instance, Thomas Friedman wrote in the New York Times
that oNetanyahu is not our friend.o Also last year, 36 members of the
Board of Deputies of British Jews criticized what it called this omost extremist of Israeli governments.o
Their letter said: oSilence is seen as support for policies and
actions that run contrary to traditional Jewish valuesa We stand
against the war. We acknowledge and mourn the loss of Palestinian
life.o
Of course, their letter was written during the war in Gaza, but as
mentioned above, all this killing by the IDF in all three countries
has gone on with almost no letup. Israel has been a terrorist state in
the Middle East at least since October 7, 2023, and many would say off
and on since the forced exodus of Palestinians in 1947-48.
Just before this war started, oil was $60 a barrel. This war has
caused gas, diesel, fertilizer, food and airline tickets all to go up.
Most experts have predicted that it will take months for everything to
get back to as good as it was just last February.
A few days ago, the respected political analyst, Ryan Girdusky, told
Clay Travis on his radio show that he had just met with a group of
MAGA senators. He said they told him that the war, which has caused a
big drop in TrumpAs popularity, was causing Republicans to run even or
behind in all the key states they need to win to keep control of the
Senate and has even caused some shoo-in incumbents to have
closer-than-expected races.
Unless we want to see more democratic socialist candidates win in
elections all over the Country, for the sake of the Republican Party
and our economy, we need to end this war. We need to start really
putting America First once again.
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/americans-want-peace-israel-wants-war/
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