Eric Cantor
Rep. Eric Cantor, the Jewish pro-Israel Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, wrote this essay for Benjamin Netanyahu on the occasion of his inclusion in the Time 100 most influential people list for 2012. Calling Netanyahu "the right leader for Israel", Cantor devoted half his essay to supporting the Israeli Prime Minister's dangerous and aggressive position on Iran.
At the moment when the Obama administration is beginning negotiations with Tehran under the cloud of Israeli criticism and threats of military action, Cantor's statement that Netanyahu is the "right partner for America" shows whose interests he's prioritizing.
Israel has had its share of transformational leaders who are comfortable on the world's stage, dealing with their nation's often oversize challenges. Benjamin Netanyahu is one of these iconic Israelis, a strong, determined leader who has excelled during a lifetime of service to the state of Israel. Bibi's accomplishments and service as a soldier, a diplomat, an economic reformer who took on the difficult and politically perilous task of challenging the status quo, and a two-time Prime Minister rank him among the world's great leaders.
Now, at a time of tremendous international instability and growing danger, Prime Minister Netanyahu, 62, has provided a compelling and reasoned exposition of one of the gravest threats facing the world today. He deserves credit for drawing attention to the threat Iran poses to Israel, to America, to the region, to its own people and to the free world. Confronting Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and sponsorship of terrorism is an urgent task for all of us. At this perilous moment, Prime Minister Netanyahu is the right leader for Israel — and the right partner for America.
And when Netanyahu unilaterally bombs Iran, spreads radioactive debris throughout the middle east and drags the US into yet another middle eastern war
to placate Israel’s existential fears (while devestating the US economy), we can truly call it Eric Cantor’s War, an event in which according to these accolades, he would take great pride.
If we are doing the “If” scenarios-may I call the moment when Iran makes a first nuclear test, “Abierno Moment”? Just asking.
The difference being of course that Israel has repeatedly threatene to bomb Iran, while Iran has rejected the very idea of nukes.
Israel first medal of dishonor for Cantor.
Give the guy a break – after all he is the only Jewish House Republican – having to put up with all those rabidly anti-Semitic Zionists would make any Jew paranoid, I guess.
“Cantor joins himself at the hip with Netanyahu”
The essay makes clear that the only things that are joined are Cantor’s lips and Netanyahu’s ass.
Barack Obama wouldn’t say the same thing about Bibi in public? puh-leeze. This is the OFFICIAL position of the United States – as repugnant as Cantor is, he’s very much in the mainstream of “official” opinion, regardless of the anonymous rumblings passed along to us by some sympathetic journos….. Another thing – all the “how dare you take sides against the president when it comes to foreign policy” shit was just as stupid when W. and co were doing it.
The worst phrase ever is “politics stops at the waters edge” – nonsense. Whatever else is true about Cantor and the Republicans, they arent going to cower from the office of the president, unlike their democratic colleagues – if anything, we should be praising Cantor for keepin it real – at least the guy is consistent.
Bibi sure is transformational alright. And when the full force of the transformation hits the Israelis of the future they’ll wish June 4th 1967 never happened.
Indeed. I call 1967 Israel’s ‘Great Gamble’.
They were so successful in stealing half of the Palestinian Partition in 1948/9 they thought they could grab the other half in 1967, and no-one would notice or care. With typical zio-supremacist supremacism they vastly underestimated Palestinian’s steadfastness, and didn’t seem to realise the stakes were all or nothing.
Yes. They really messed it up in 1967.
The colonisation of Palestine was different to the colonisation of the US in several key respects – the Palestinians were one people, they don’t tend to drink alcohol, they belong to a strong wider community and the Ziobots didn’t bring any deadly diseases with them.
How tiring to hear this congressional US house whip, spiel
about his middle east fuhrer.
I don’ think Israel will manage next next to suck the US into
an escalating war with Iran. No politician is willing to go for
another shot at a war when we are zero for 2 in successive
failed missions. No Israeli or US Zionist politician can
make a successful case for it, especially based on the global economy today.
And Cantor has a likability problem as well. His agenda is as transparent as Joe Lieberman and Co.
What a creep, craven and seditious, crawling to his paymasters.
fealty to israel over their own country – for shame, U.S. congresspeople – a disgusting legacy going back decades
Cantor: “Now, at a time of tremendous international instability and growing danger, Prime Minister Netanyahu, 62, has provided a compelling and reasoned exposition of one of the gravest threats facing the world today.”
Yes. This IS a time of instability etc, DUE TO Mr. Bibi, who has INDEED provided a compelling exposition of the grave threat — namely, his own persistent threats (contrary to UN Charter) to start a new unprovoked war-of-aggression started by Israel.
Thanks a whole lot, Mr. Cantor, sir.
When Bibi turns vegetable like Sharon will Israel still be around ? Imagine he goes into a homenear West Jerusalem for the elderly suffering from Alzheimers and is there for a few years deteriorating but one day he has a flash of clarity and he goes to the reception to find that the country no longer exists and is now called “the Holy Land of Palestine FKA Israel”. And then he gets it before lasping back into the fuzz.
RE: “Calling Netanyahu ‘the right leader for Israel’, Cantor devoted half his essay to supporting the Israeli Prime Minister’s dangerous and aggressive position on Iran.” ~ Ira Glunts
AS MAYHEM IS FOND OF SAYING: “Birds of a feather…”
AS I WOULD SAY: “Betarim birds of a feather…”
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Betar]:
SOURCE – link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. ALSO SEE The Hidden History of Zionism, Chapter 6, by Ralph Schoenman
SOURCE – link to marxists.de
P.P.S. ALSO SEE: “Bibi and the Yo-Yos”, by Uri Avnery, Antiwar.com, 05/26/11:
(excerpt) It was all rather disgusting.
There they were, the members of the highest legislative bodies of the world’s only superpower, flying up and down like so many yo-yos, applauding wildly, every few minutes or seconds, the most outrageous lies and distortions of Binyamin Netanyahu.
It was worse than the Syrian parliament during a speech by Bashar Assad, where anyone not applauding could find himself in prison. Or Stalin’s Supreme Soviet, when showing less than sufficient respect could have meant death.
What the American Senators and Congressmen feared was a fate worse than death. Anyone remaining seated or not applauding wildly enough could have been caught on camera – and that amounts to political suicide. It was enough for one single congressman to rise and applaud, and all the others had to follow suit. Who would dare not to?
The sight of these hundreds of parliamentarians jumping up and clapping their hands, again and again and again and again, with the Leader graciously acknowledging with a movement of his hand, was reminiscent of other regimes. Only this time it was not the local dictator who compelled this adulation, but a foreign one.
The most depressing part of it was that there was not a single lawmaker – Republican or Democrat – who dared to resist. When I was a 9 year old boy in Germany, I dared to leave my right arm hanging by my side when all my schoolmates raised theirs in the Nazi salute and sang Hitler’s anthem. Is there no one in Washington DC who has that simple courage? Is it really Washington IOT – Israel Occupied Territory – as the anti-Semites assert? . . .
ENTIRE COMMENTARY – link to original.antiwar.com
P.P.P.S. ALSO WORTHWHILE:
• Weimar Revisited, by Uri Avnery, Antiwar.com, 11/21/11
LINK – link to original.antiwar.com
• Avnery on McCarthyism Israeli-style: “Hi, Joe!”, by Uri Avnery, mwcnews.net, 1/08/11
LINK – link to mwcnews.net
RE: “The sight of these hundreds of parliamentarians jumping up and clapping their hands, again and again and again and again, with the Leader graciously acknowledging with a movement of his hand, was reminiscent of other regimes.” ~ Uri Avnery
MICHAEL LEDEEN’S FAVORITE BRAND OF FASCISM:
• MUSSOLINI SPEECH TARANTO (VIDEO, 03:28) – link to youtube.com
• MUSSOLINI SPEECH BOLZANO 1935 (VIDEO, 04:38) – link to youtube.com
• (English Subtitles) Mussolini’s speech against France, Rome 1939 [VIDEO, 04:37] – link to youtube.com
• MUSSOLINI SPEECH ROMA 1940/1941 (VIDEO, 08:30) – link to youtube.com
• Mussolini’s speech (English Subtitles), declaration of war on Great Britain and France [VIDEO, 07:53] – link to youtube.com
P.S. ONE INCREDIBLE YouTube COMMENT MADE AT THE LAST VIDEO (IMMEDIATELY ABOVE):
P.P.S. AT NETFLIX: Vincere, 2009, NR, 124 minutes
Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) falls for young Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi) in Milan and sells everything she has to help the future dictator fund his newspaper, Popolo d’Italia. But when World War I separates the newly wedded couple, Mussolini marries another woman. Ida demands to retain her rights as Mussolini’s wife and the mother of his son, but the Fascists have other plans for the dictator’s dark secret in this gripping biopic.
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Language: Italian (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
Availability: Streaming and DVD
NETFLIX LISTING – link to movies.netflix.com
Vincere, Official Trailer (VIDEO, 02:00) – link to youtube.com
DISCLAIMER: In no way do I mean to suggest that Netanyhu reminds me of that other famous blockhead, Il Duce. In no way, I tells ya! Cross my heart and hope to die!
d3870,
thanks for all the interesting & timely info that you make available to us on mw.
P…P.S.
TO: KevinVonKluger
FROM: Your Most Fawning Admirer
Hey Kev! I saw your totally gnarly comment in adoration of Il Duce. I’m so not worthy of your awesome prose! You’re better than Ted Nugent and Anders Behring Breivik rolled into one! Keep up the good work, dude!
P.P.P.P.S – YO, Y’ALL! GLORY BE! URI AVNERY’S IN THE HOUSE, Y’ALL! AND THE PEOPLE SAY “WOOHOO!” (VIDEO, 02:58)
“The Iron Man”, by Uri Avnery, Counterpunch, 4/19/12
ENTIRE COMMENTARY – link to counterpunch.org
P.P.P.P.P.S. But… but… but… Uri, what about the film “Rudy”?
israel firster eric cantor touting pm netanyahu’s doomsday – nuke iran – scenario
eric cantor
israel firster
a mushroom cloud
he’d be oh so proud
Here’s an interesting story about why Cantor helped defeat Rep. Don Manzullo . Link to: link to thinkprogress.org.
Apparently Manzullo once said Cantor would not be “saved” because he is Jewish. This pissed off Cantor and he gave $25,000 to Manzullo’s opponent because he thought this comment was antisemitic. This is crazy. It is part of Christian Zionism that the Jews will not be saved if they do not convert. Joe Lieberman addresses those same nuts every year and praise them for their support of Israel. Does this mean that Cantor lost the party line? Does this mean that there is a split developing between the Jewish and Christian Zionist? Let us hope so.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
Eric Cantor = Treasonist