Comments on: Chas Freeman speaks: By vetoing U.S. appointments, the Israel lobby is enforcing adherence to a foreign government

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Does anyone else find it quite sickening that a man who is being tried for Espionage for leaking US secrets to a foreign country had the temerity to challenge another appointee for an alleged tie to another foreign country?

A pity. I would have liked to see what Freeman could have done, even in the limited capacity this role had.

By: observing

observing — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Looks like all native born Americans are required to take a loyalty oath--to Likud Israel

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

This rather moving statement makes it sound like Freeman was the one who decided to withdraw. That could be cuz Obama told him to withdraw and then claim responsibility for the decision, or it could be the truth. In either case it's a very sad thing to read. Freeman's got quite an intellect and a sharp grasp of world affairs; he's about the best person we could reasonably have hoped to have whispering in the president's ear. Sigh. My fear is that after this brouhaha Obama's gonna react like Bush did after the Harriet Miers nomination: produce a second choice who's completely immune from the kind of criticism that sank his first.

By the way, I have no connection to Andrew Sullivan apart from sharing his first name. A couple people speculated about that in another thread.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

@Joshua:

How many people inside the US now that Rosen is (almost surely) a spy? I bet not too many. That's the problem right there. When Mondoweiss' readership has surpassed that of the NYT (fingers crossed), the next spy will be lynched by an angry mob of Americans if he dares to defame someone like Freeman.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

How can Obama be silent on this enormous elephant in the room, the Israel Lobby? Get word out to all peaceloving supporters of his. Can the withdraw their campaign contributions? I'd argue the salesman lied about the product.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Obama knows where his voter-lines were and he also knows who pulls the strings on certain foreign policy initiatives.

In actuality he has pretty much lived up to his inane campaign promises. Stuff did change, but not the change most thought it would happen. Also his voting record shows more of a conservative tone rather than a left-leaning one.

This should be no surprise. He just fell like all the rest except for Eisenhower.

By: Chris Berel

Chris Berel — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

No one in America knows that Rosen is a spy. Even Rosen is unaware of that fact.

Could it just be a lie?

It appears that Freeman is too much of a coward to help Obama. Too bad.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Unless he can name names and do full exposure on those who he's accusing, he's full of hot air. It makes him sound unstable.

Name names, Freeman, and show us the libelous emails etc.

Either go all the way and kick ass--or shut up.

By: dana

dana — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I agree with Me – this brave and touching statement by freeman should be circulated as widely as possible. let's see who on dailyKos and openleft will come out with a diary on this. I bet it won't be the front pagers (but am ready to be corrected)

By: Me

Me — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Here's a plan:

American-First-PACs and other organizations have to pool some money and produce a 1-minute TV spot. Air it on all the major networks, play it on the radio.

The spot:

"Dear fellow Americans. You care for this country and the well-being of your fellow citizens, right?

Well in Washington there are some who don't. They only care about themselves and a militaristic and unrelieble foreign country named Israel. Those people and organizations in Washington, collectively known as the Israel lobby - buy the book of the same name if you want to know more about it - have right now robbed you of a potentially great man, Chas Freeman. He was considered for an important role, but the Israel lobby doesn't like that he likes his country more than theirs. So they pushed him, and he couldn't stand the pressure.

Why couldn't he stand the pressure? Because you weren't there to help him against this vicious attacks and against this group of ideological demagogues.

You can do more to protect your country from entangling alliances with questionable partners. Support Chas Freeman. Support Steve Walt and John Mearsheimer. Support America-First PACs. Learn about the Israel Lobby and tell your friends and family about this important issue.

Make sure that the next realist candidate feels comfortable when doing his job."

Something like this.