The two Chucks bro’ down, as reported by the WSJ blog:
Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel “almost had tears in his eyes” when Sen. Chuck Schumer explained during a private meeting his objection to Mr. Hagel’s use of the term “Jewish lobby,” Mr. Schumer recalled Wednesday.
During a 90-minute meeting [on January 15] shortly after Mr. Hagel’s name was floated for the spot, Mr. Schumer, a Democrat, “asked him about all the things he said that had troubled me, troubled you, troubled any of us who are supporters of Israel,” he said.
Politico’s Maggie Haberman reports that Schumer described the meeting in a breakfast speech in New York at the Association for a Better New York and the Downtown Alliance:
“He struck me as sincere, and you know, you have to be sitting there at the meeting obviously, but I also told him when he used the word Jewish lobby what it meant to Jewish people,” [Schumer] added.
“And I told him what a double standard is. That Jewish people throughout the centuries have suffered a double standard. Everyone could be a farmer except Jewish people. Everyone could live in Moscow except Jewish people. I said when everyone else can lobby but all of a sudden when those of us who are pro-Israel lobby, it’s a negative, that’s a double standard. And I’m sure you didn’t mean it, but it harkens to the old days.
“And he really, you know, he almost had tears in his eyes when he understood. So I believe he will be good.”
Schumer noted that there is “not a major Jewish organization against” Hagel.
“The main fight on Hagel is coming from the neocons, who you know well. And they resent Hagel’s apostasy on Iraq. You may remember — the neocons helped push Iraq — and Hagel was one of the first Republicans to say Iraq wasn’t working. And he was right. But that’s where it’s coming from.”
“Schumer noted that there is “not a major Jewish organization against” Hagel.”
“Two American Jewish organizations call for further review of Hagel statements”:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/two-american-jewish-organizations-call-for-further-review-of-hagel-statements-1.504012
Sen. Schumer, are you discussing the old days of having a life with more resources compared to the vast majority of the population who toiled under crippling manual labor under serfdom? Here, again, is the trope of a lack of Jewish agency. Are we going to see this extend into banking again, and how this was forced by the church? Lets not pretend that banking wasn’t a far better life than toiling a short and rough life in the fields. This trope, strangely, seems to extend to modern day Israel, where all military actions are described “in response” to an external action, and measures on that action are merely “in defense.” Can the Israeli state have agency? No. Apparently, the regional second strike nuclear power lacks agency and is merely an object that is acted upon by far weaker nations that surround it.
We can agree that Soviet pograms were terrible, senator Schumer. Now, why do you feel that an American needs to feel the pain that Russians gave to Jews? Why is this collective pressure OK to you, while you admonish Hagel for being insufficiently sensitive to you? Its not even the same people that Schumer is conflating. Terrible. All Hagel can do is sit and cry.
Okay. I learn another new word. “Misprision” isn’t a mispritn!
Misprision – Merriam-Webster Onlinewww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misprisionCached – Similar
b : concealment of treason or felony by one who is not a participant in the treason or felony. c : seditious conduct against the government or the courts. 2 …
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Misprision | Define Misprision at Dictionary.comdictionary.reference.com/browse/misprisionCached – Similar
a neglect or violation of official duty by one in office. 2. failure by one not an accessory to prevent or notify the authorities of treason or felony. 3. a contempt …
Everyone could live in Moscow? When was that? Everyone could be a farmer? Tell that to the Palestinian farmers dispossessed and ethnically cleansed. And now, it is offensive and discriminatory to mention the Israel lobby, the one which has nearly all the senators on its payroll, the one which presumes it decides who gets what post, the one that demands money and weapons in never ending amounts? To even mention it is tantamount to advocating the persecution of an entire people? Wow. Meanwhile the real unmentionable destruction which this whole charade is a cover for, is that of the Palestinians.
Schumer “Israel’s guardian” Says it all. As you have pointed out Phil Schumer readily voted for the Iraq war and helped sell it to the American people. Schumer was one of the leads on taking down Charles Freeman. His “guardian” status for the US has and should come into question as well as many of our other Reps who support Israel no matter what they do. They would be better friends of Israel by standing up to this lobby. A much better friend. Am hearing the one state, one person, one vote demand more and more.
Those who support Israel no matter what they do have every right to lobby but where it comes into serious question is how often they lobby to protect Israel’s illegal activities which undermine the US’s national security. When you lobby in this way it is wrong. Israel’s security over the US’s. And the fact that the I lobby pulls financial support and public support of Reps who have tried to stand up to the wrongs of the Israeli government and US support for these crimes against humanity