Dissident Veteran For Peace: New Documentary--Portrait of a Great Taboo: the Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States

Dissident Veteran For Peace

"I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America." —Alexis de Tocquevile. Democracy in America, Book I, Chapter XV.

With a nod to the Most Rev. Dom Helder Camara: When I support Palestinians some call me an 'anti-Semite', when I try to explain why I stand in solidarity with Palestinians they call me a Nazi.

"WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." —Major General Smedley Butler, USMC (ret.)

"... no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end." —character of O'Brien in 1984, part 3, ch. 3 by George Orwell.

"Every prophet has realized that nobody loves you for being the enemy of their illusions. Every prophet has realized that most of us want peace at any price as long as the peace is ours and somebody else pays the price. That is why the prophet Jeremiah said, ' "Peace, peace," they say, when there is no peace,' ..." —The Rev. William Sloane Coffin. "Not to Bring Peace, But a Sword."

Monday, April 16, 2007

New Documentary--Portrait of a Great Taboo: the Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States

A Dutch television news program broadcast this month a new documentary, Portrait of a Great Taboo: the Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States (see video below). No need to worry if you don't understand Dutch because all of the interviews are conducted in English. Featured in the documentary are interviews with, among others, John Mearsheimer, Richard Perle, Tony Judt, John Hagee, and former US Representative Earl Hilliard. Some of the most interesting footage is of retired US Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. Wilkerson was Colin Powell's chief of staff when Powell made the Bush administration's case for invading Iraq to the United Nations on February 5, 2003. Wilkerson was heavily involved in that presentation, of which he later said, "My participation in that presentation at the UN constitutes the lowest point in my professional life. I participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community and the United Nations Security Council." Thanks to A. for the tip.

Labels: Iraq, Israel, Israel Lobby, video, War, Zionism