Anonymous ID: 4a32c8 Aug. 11, 2024, 4:52 a.m. No.21390271   🗄️.is đź”—kun

This is the case, in tableau form, of those who make the argument that in U.S–Israel relations, the nation of 9.5 million (in all likelihood less now with all the expatriation one reads about these days) controls the nation of 333 million. It is easy to see the logic of it. Israel began lobbying Washington for support as soon as it was declared Israel in 1948; AIPAC was up and running by the mid–1950s. And now look. This week it put $8.5 million into a Missouri primary, to defeat Cori Bush, who speaks plainly of her opposition to the Gaza genocide. AIPAC spent $15 million, and for the same reason, to defeat Jamal Bowman in New York in June. Responding to her defeat, Bush vigorously criticized AIPAC for its intrusion into the Missouri primary, while also expressing her determination to work against the group. All perfectly justified — respectful, indeed, of the American political process. But the White House — believe it — had the nerve to criticize Bush over the weekend for her “inflammatory” remarks. Does this not make Bush’s point but precisely?

 

This is power.