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Wilkerson says Graham and McCain ‘border on being traitors’ for allegiance to Netanyahu

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, was interviewed by Jessica Desvarieux on the Real News about domestic opposition to a deal with Iran:

Wilkerson: All Iran has to do is limit its enrichment to what would be normally done under a civilian program, under probably at the outset and for a couple of years (maybe five) very rigorous inspection and immediate access to anywhere by the IAEA until Iran has substantiated to the international community that its program is purely civilian, in exchange for substantial sanctions relief. The outlines of a deal, indeed, the specifics of a deal have been there for some time.

DESVARIEUX: And who would be opposed to a deal like that? And why?

WILKERSON: First and foremost, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his extremely right-wing government in Tel Aviv. If you’ve seen what they’ve laid down as their deal parameters, if you will, it leads off with no enrichment at all, that is to say, they do not want any nuclear program whatsoever in Iran. And then you come to this country and you find Netanyahu’s allies in people like Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham from my home state, and others who are bordering on being traitors, in my view, because they won’t let this president have room to achieve a diplomatic solution. They’re all angry now that he didn’t bomb Syria, that he in fact, in conjunction with Putin, came up with a deal that may be extremely challenging to implement. But nonetheless it’s kept the bombs from dropping, which is a good thing. And so they’re moving on to Iran, with Graham even saying he’s going to move for legislation to authorize the use of military force against Iran in the next four to five months. So these people are bordering on being traitors. …

Desvarieux: [D]uring [Chuck Hagel’s] confirmation hearing, you heard a lot about his remarks in the past about how the GOP and Congress actually really is under the intimidation–or being intimidated, I should say, by AIPAC and other lobbying groups there on the Hill who are very pro-Israeli politics and things of that nature. Do you feel like them coming out with these types of remarks and proposed legislation is just really feeding to that whole argument?

WILKERSON: Absolutely. When Chuck Hagel was being asked by Senator Graham during his confirmation hearing to cite one time, one time that Israel had been influential on U.S. policy, all Senator Hagel had to say was “You, now, Mr. Graham”. That’s all he had to say. Of course, he could have cited Ronald Reagan’s inability to sell F-15s to Saudi Arabia, to give AWACS to Saudi Arabia, and so forth, all of which AIPAC and the Jewish lobby in this country stopped. So Israel has an enormous impact on U.S. foreign policy, but it’s beginning to be so detrimental to U.S. foreign and security policy that people like John McCain and Lindsey Graham, with their hands out to the Jewish lobby for more donations to their PACs and so forth, just simply need to shut up and go back into the dark shadows from whence they emerged.

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How refreshing. I would beg to differ with Col. Wilkerson– those two bums are traitors, and so are the other bums on the Hill that are beholden to Israel and AIPAC. They, and their agenda, are the foremost threat to our national security.

Who knew that the biggest threat to America would come from within? And for McCain to write an op-ed in Pravda arrogantly criticizing Putin is extreme hubris and should not be tolerated by the American people… same for him meeting with the “rebels” in Syria.

McCain and Graham are just plain selfish whores, and so are all the congress critters who push support for Israel right or wrong, and whether or not it it’s really in the best interest of America–or Israel, long term. The Jewish congress critters are more like the Rosenbergs or Pollard in that they really believe in allegiance to a foreign entity.

Let’s not forget Mooser’s coin: Ziocaine. Or Kool-Aid as its more generically known in areas not involving Israel. The truth is the human brain has a horrible defect, evidenced by Zio-bots daily:

The Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain, Ever http://www.alternet.org/media/most-depressing-discovery-about-brain-ever

“..Wilkerson: All Iran has to do is limit its enrichment”

….and there Wilkerson showed he doesnt know anything about this conflict.
Besides who were not a traitor to Israel when it comes to the Iraq war Mr Wilkerson? Not yourself and Bush?

McCain is a chip off the old block, his daddy, who covered up the intentional attack on the USS Liberty in conspiracy with Johnson who did so angling for more support from the Jewish Establishment for his flagging heinous war in Vietnam. Graham is cut in an old mold, the crafty southern cracker.

Wilkerson has his facts wrong. Reagan did manage to sell the F15’s and AWACS to Saudi despite lobby opposition at the time.