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• Monday, January 12, 2009 07:22 AM

  Now, why can't the U.S. press mention the Israeli nuclear weapon program?

  At least 100 nukes, by all accounts - all in secret, all without inspection by the international bodies that oversee nuclear power, and the issue is taboo in the U.S. - and this article by Glenn Greenwald seems to follow the pattern. Neither the NYT nor any other U.S. press outlet will run a side-by-side comparison of the Israeli, Iranian, Pakistani and Indian nuclear programs (let alone the Egyptian and Saudi nuclear programs).

  Don't expect Obama to do this - his major backer was always Exelon, one of the largest coal-and-nuclear electricity outfits in the nation. General Electric wants to sell reactors to India, so India's refusal to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (signed by Iran) is not an issue - the Senate vote was something like 90-10 on the Indian trade deal (Obama voted for it).

  Iran has chosen to contract with Russia, and the Russians are building Iranian nuclear power plants. Israel is upset about Iranian support for Hezbollah, but they quietly ignore Saudi support for Hamas... interesting, that, especially as it turns out that Saudi oil money was heavily invested in Clinton's Foundation - blah.

  Israel's real agenda is territorial expansion in the West Bank and expulsion of Arabs from Israeli territory - what a bunch of psychopaths, on both sides. The Israelis only differ from Hamas in that they have more firepower - both Israeli and Palestinian governments are democratically elected, right? Therefore, they need to paint the domestic resistance to their atrocious rule as "inspired by foreign elements." The neocons all seem to have moved to Israel, haven't they? Israel still spouts the neocon propaganda that we're all so familiar with, right?

  It's also interesting to note that all of Exelon's future plans are based on the expansion of coal and nuclear power - and Obama has been an outspoken proponent of "clean coal" and more nukes - and neither Exelon nor Obama like to mention the words "wind" or "solar."

  As far as the G.S. interview, the one you want to look at is Kucinich's last one on the campaign trail - as soon as Kucinich mentioned the words "oil" and "Iraq" in the same breath, G.S. cut him off and changed the subject.

  That makes one wonder, doesn't it? For all of Glenn Greenwald's attacks on the un-inaugurated president-elect, we don't see many attacks on the corporate press, do we? However, it is the press that sets the stage - it was the dishonest press that got us into Iraq, isn't it? Think back - remember the wild-eyed, frothing cheerleading for the invasion, all across the media board?

  That's OK. We all know it's tough to bite the hand that feeds you, even if that hand is the source of most of the propaganda that clouds the American consciousness... with some exceptions, now and again. So here's a challenge: write an article with a side-by-side comparison of the Israeli and Iranian nuclear weapons programs. This would have to include the role of Britain, France and the United States in shipping heavy water and enriched uranium to Israel - and the U.S. doesn't want to admit it.

  I'm guessing that this is a major leverage that Israel has over the U.S. - because they've probably got a lot of proof of U.S. involvement in moving nuclear weapons into the Middle East.

  —limiting factor Read limiting factor's other letters
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