COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN
No wonder The Guardian keeps running the smarmy words of the
world's greatest a$$hole, Tony Blair, against Corbyn. You really are trying to
sink his candidacy.
By the way, it really is unfair for newspapers to make
political recommendations.
It's not part of legitimate journalism, although I grant it
has a long tradition.
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Israel is reported as not happy about the prospect of Jeremy
Corbyn.
And it has nothing to do with "anti-Semitism,"
although without a doubt that now-tired canard will be used, or suggested
subtly, yet again.
It has really to do with Corbyn’s independence of mind. And
I would suggest The Guardian shares this view.
Right now, much of Europe marches in lockstep with America,
and America's foreign policy allows for almost no independence of mind,
especially when places like the Mideast are involved.
America's campaign contribution system - a disgrace which
has close to eliminated effective democracy in the country - is at the root of
the problem.
The American Lobby for Israel – not a figment of anyone’s
fetid imagination but a hard reality documented by scholarly work - is the most
well-organized and financed in the country, and Congressmen and Senators listen
when it speaks.
Not only are substantial contributions at risk in opposing
them, but there is always the threat of the major news sources going negative
on such opponents in their local constituencies. Owing to unlimited corporate mergers,
now only a half dozen mega-corporations control most of what Americans read and
see on television. They are all friends of Israel if you judge by their words. The
situation is very much like the Rupert Murdoch situation in Britain, only more
so.
That is why freshmen Congressmen all dutifully attend the
free trips for "information" Israel provides after every election.
Declining to go is risky indeed, for you will be marked down as “not being a
friend of Israel.”
That is why the American Congress today listens to the
raging nonsense of Netanyahu's violent government against their own elected President
over an important international agreement. It is a scandal almost beyond
describing for the government of the world’s greatest power to behave in this
way.
And that is why Jeremy Corbyn can expect some rough
treatment ahead. There is no allowance for independence of mind or, for that
matter, ethical standards.
Tony Blair, as most readers know, has zero independence of
mind, and he appears to have been born and educated without any ethical
compass. He’s proved that scores of times. And being so had its rewards: amongst
other prizes that tumbled into his lap after he helped kill a million Iraqis
was the Israel Peace Prize, a one million dollar thank you for a job well done.
