Most of you know about the Diveroli case, in which a 21-year-old Florida kid gota $300-million arms contract with the Defense Department and proceeded to supply defective arms to Afghanistan. After the wonderful Times investigation was published in March, Henry Waxman demanded hearings on the Diveroli case. He wants to call all the arms dealers, and a State Dept and Defense Dept official.
Will Waxman fully investigate? I believe that Diveroli lives in either Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s
district, or Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s, in Florida. Did they help him get
this contract? I don’t think anyone gets a $300 million Defense contract without some strong political support, let alone a 21-year-old hustler. You can’t get into West Point without your congressman.
The Jewish angle. Diveroli is described as a good Jewish boy whose father wanted him to become a doctor. (Yes; first do no harm.) Wasserman Schultz is a Jewish congresswoman who buys the AIPAC line down the line and won’t come out against Iraq-war supporting Republicans. Henry Waxman is a powerful congressman who once opposed the Vietnam war, but supported the Iraq one. No it’s not a conspiracy. But my people are now principals in America. What has this done to my people’s values? Can we ever acknowledge our privilege and its consequences?
And how many of us serve in the military?
