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Israel is welcome to bully and bloody its neighbors, but not with my money and support.
What Benn does not articulate is the Israeli policy of "slow genocide" for the Palestinians, described by Israeli historian Benny Morris and others. I find this type of calculation to be profoundly evil, and have no wish for the US to be tainted by it.
There is not a single politically ambitious member of Congress that has the balls to criticize Israel today. None. This is where the problem lies, for me.
Did Obama have to accept Israeli-born Rahm Emmannuel as gate-keeper to get AIPAC's endorsement? How many other Faustian bargains has he made that will render him impotent to rid us of this parasitic monopoly in our midst?
