Considering recent developments and the seemingly contradictory statements by US officials regarding the scope and limits of the ongoing US-British strikes against Afghanistan in the aftermath of the black Sept. 11^th terrorist attacks, many voices of protest and opposition to the Zionist lobby influence in the US were raised as to warn the US against being dragged into the trap of this lobby in fear of more bloodshed, injustice and confusion. A prominent and sharp voice was raised inside the US by Mr. David Duke, National President of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO). On Sept. 17^th, 2001 Duke posted a well detailed analysis of the Zionist lobby influence in the making of US policies on his Internet Website.

Duke blasted the US blind bias and support to Israel “monetarily” and “ “militarily” “even after it invaded Lebanon and killed tens of thousands of Lebanese civilians. We support the Zionist state even though it tortures thousands of political prisoners in its jails. American support enabled Israel to ethnically cleanse itself of 700,000 Palestinians. “

Duke added “ Bush says we must strike down terrorists wherever they are in the whole world, but he has shared tea and crumpets with Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, one of the world's leading most brutal and bloodthirsty terrorists. Sharon committed a number of crimes against humanity, among them the massacre of 2,000 men, women and children in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon. Mr. Bush did not strike Mr. Sharon, instead he toasted him.” In his thorough analysis, the US intellectual asserted that the US subjugation to the dictations of the Zionist lobby have immensely contributed to the recent attacks against the US saying : “ Just as Jewish Israel-Firsters dominate the mass media, so Congress and the President are afflicted by the Israeli Lobby. It should anger every American to think that the most powerful lobby in Congress is in the service of a foreign nation. Yet, the immense power of the Jewish Lobby is a proven fact, and nobody on capital hill will dare defy this all-powerful lobby. Even one of the most powerful U.S. Senators in American history, William Fulbright, bluntly said on CBS's Face the Nation, that, "Israel controls the U.S. Senate. This Big Lie is, of course, meant to hide an obvious truth. Its purpose is to keep Americans from associating this attack with our Israeli policy. "

“If that happens people might begin to wonder if it is in our true interest to having given Israel countless billions of our dollars. So, the unvarnished truth is that we suffered the terror of September 11 because of our support of the criminal policies of Israel. We have let our country be controlled by a foreign lobby that has worked against the best interests of the American people.” added Duke asserting that “Many traitors in our government have supported Zionism's criminal activities rather than the true interests of the American people. They have spawned the hatred against America that drove on these terrible acts. They are as much responsible for the carnage of September 11 as if they themselves piloted these planes that were turned into bombs. This event happened because the American government and media are ruled by those who put Israel's interests over America's. Unless that foreign power over us is broken, Americans will be haunted by an increasing specter of terrorism.” The intellectual asserted that associating the attack with the US- Israeli policy would be bad public relations for Israel and the Jewish Lobby saying “ The last thing they want is for the American people to realize that our unconditional support of Israel has directly led to this disaster.”

Mr. Duke also recalled some bad chapters of the Israeli wrongdoings against the US and said: “Israel has time and again proven it is not really our friend. It has conducted covert terrorist activities against America such as the Lavon affair in Egypt. It has deliberately attacked the USS Liberty with unmarked fighters and torpedo boats causing 174 American casualties in an attempt to blame Egypt and garner American support during the war of 1967. It has spied on us and stolen our greatest secrets, such as in the Jonathan Pollard affair. It has stolen nuclear materials from the United States. It has tricked America into bombing other nations such as in the attack on Libya in 1986. I could go on and on about Israel's treachery against the America.”

The writer exposed the hectic Israeli Lobby efforts as to mislead the US and make it broaden the limit of its strikes to include other countries by saying “ And now, under guidance of the Israel Lobby and the Jewish controlled media, the Zionists are preparing America to strike a massive blow against all of Israel's mortal enemies in a global war. They are already talking about not only bombing, but invading and occupying whole nations such as Libya, Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Such would spawn a huge wave of hatred and retribution against America from all over the planet. The costs of such a war would cost the American people untold billions of dollars and could well cause the deaths of thousands of Americans. Finally, such a war would not end terrorism, but only spawn more acts of terror against us.” Duke pointed out the any US war against nations under the influence of the Zionist lobby shall not defend the Americans but would add to their fear and confusion. He said: “The Jewish media are already whipping up as much hatred as it can. News programs no longer report the many newsworthy things that happen in America and abroad, they are one long commercial for a massive, drawn out, bloody war. This propagandizing has already had an effect. When CBS and CNN polled the American people and asked them if we should attack the suspected enemies of America even if it will, quote: "cost the lives of thousands of innocent people." Almost 70 percent said yes.

The intellectual asserted “Many Americans suffer from a dangerous delusion, and this includes the leading politicians, that we can militarily protect ourselves from terrorism. No nation is invulnerable from terrorism, not even the strongest on earth. Our actions have caused the loss of many thousands of lives, including the lives of thousands of civilians. Many of the nations we bombed had never harmed a single American or acted in any way against the interests the United States.” Duke added “ It hurts my heart to think that a vast majority of the American people now take exactly the same view toward innocent human life as did the terrorists of September 11.How do you think the rest of the world views America when they hear the results of those polls? So far, I have heard no one, not even one of the great moral media pontificators, the President of the United States, our church leaders, or anyone else of prominence -- courageous enough to point out this blatant moral hypocrisy. So, we are now going to fight terrorism in a global war. And what happens when America goes out and bombs the hell out of countries and indiscriminately kills "thousands of innocent people?" Will we really end the threat of terrorism? America has done the same thing before” citing an example in 1986 when the Israelis gave America false evidence against Libya and induced us to bomb the hell out of the country. We bombed a nation to "fight terrorism" for a crime it did not even commit.”

The intellectual outlined some steps to American security and freedom: “we must recognize that the America's Israel-first foreign policy has been morally wrong as well as immensely damaging to the United States of America. It has cost us hundreds of billions of dollars in direct aid over the years and it has cost trillions of dollars in economic damage such as incurred by higher petroleum costs. A direct consequence of America's Israel-first policy is the terror we faced on September 11 and the likelihood of increasing terror against the American people.  But, we must not let the Jewish Lobby maneuver us into a wider war and an increasing cycle of violence that would cost billions of American dollars and untold numbers of innocent lives. Such an action can only result in increased terrorism in America. We must never allow any foreign power to have any monetary or other influence on internal American politics. All political lobbies on behalf of foreign nations must be absolutely prohibited. We must break the Jewish power over the American mass media. Americans must be entitled to an honest and unbiased media that serves only the true interests of the American people and not the agenda of a Jewish-Supremacist minority.”
 

Most of the people living in this part of the world, unluckily unstable due to the Israeli anti-peace and terrorist policy, remain, however, committed to the realization of just and comprehensive peace with a strong belief that the US would never be dragged once more to an Israeli-set-up hence a “ fox is never taken twice in the same snare”. This is a real test for every civilized country as to contribute to the elimination and liquidation of all forms of terrorism. Such a liquidation should in no way, as logic necessitates, be accompanied with contradictory statements by some US officials under different pressures and pretexts. It is an international obligation for every civilized country all over the world to combat terrorism and at the same time to support and stand by the oppressed to restore their occupied territories and their usurped rights.

By

Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim

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