What country in the Middle East occupies the lands of other people?<?/p>
What country in the Middle East is in violation
of more than 60 United Nations resolutions? What country in the
Middle East openly practices a policy of assassinating its political
opponents? What country in the Middle East routinely violates international law? What country in the Middle East
possesses nuclear weapons, refuses to sign the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty and refuses to allow international inspection
of its nuclear facilities?
The answer to all of the above is Israel.
And here's one more question: What country in the world poses the
greatest danger to the future of the United States?
Same answer: Israel.
OK, I know that sounds shocking. How could a little country the size of
New Jersey pose any threat to the United States? Well, how could a
little country drain more than $100 billion from the U.S. Treasury? How could a little country attack and
try to sink a U.S. Navy ship in international waters and avoid any kind
of congressional investigation? How can a
little country openly brag to third parties that it controls the U.S.
Congress? And partner, Israel does.
In Queen Noor's recent book, she says that her husband was dismayed
when Congress told Jordanians that they would definitely not be given
the things promised to them in exchange for a peace treaty with Israel.
Queen Noor said her husband called Israeli Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin
and told him of the problem. "Don't worry about it," Rabin replied.
"I'll take care of it." And he did.
Now, let's be clear about this. Here you have the prime minister of one
foreign country telling the king of another foreign country that he can
get the U.S. Congress to reverse its position. And he did it. Too bad
American governors don't have that kind of influence. And, as a quick
aside, why do American taxpayers have to pay for Israel's peace
treaties?
There are many examples to cite, but let me refer you to a book, "They
Dare to Speak Out," by former U.S. Rep. Paul Findley. The publisher is
Lawrence Hill books.
The problem and danger to the United States is that Israel effectively
dictates U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Israel supporters were
the architects of the war against Iraq, and if they can, they will get
us into wars with Syria and Iran, thus eliminating Israel's enemies.
They would like nothing better than for the United States to be at war
with the entire Muslim world.
As I write this, the United States has once again vetoed a
United Nations Security Council resolution demanding that Israel
not assassinate the elected leader of the Palestinians. Great God, how
do you think that plays in the Arab world when we cannot bring
ourselves to condemn what would be a war crime? It's no wonder the World Trade Center towers came down. It's no wonder
American soldiers are ducks in an Iraqi shooting gallery. Israel is the
source of terrorism in the Middle East, both that directed at it and
that directed at us.
And, by the way, it is Yasser Arafat who is the man of peace, not Ariel
Sharon. It was Arafat who persuaded Palestinians to recognize Israel's
right to exist, who persuaded them to accept a two-state solution,
which means they will settle for 22 percent of their own country. And
it is Sharon who refuses to give them even that. It is Sharon who
rejected the "road map." It is Sharon who kicks sand in the face of
little George Bush any time he feels like it.
And don't kid yourself. Regardless of what the Israelis say, they
intend to kill Arafat. They know he will not surrender, so they will
just say he died "in an exchange of gunfire." Then prospects for peace
are dead forever, and the state of Israel will start its slide toward
oblivion.
The question for Americans is this: How long do you want to bleed lives
and treasure because your corrupt politicians have sold their souls to
the lobby of a foreign country now led by a fanatic right-wing
extremist?
By Charley Reese
© 2003 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
