[WCUSP] Forwarding Nancy Pelosi's pep talk to AIPAC

Tue Nov 14 11:38:48 CST 2006

This is an interpretation ( & probably an accurate one) The question then
comes up, What can be done by folks such as us, Jewish or otherwise, who
would like to present another view & not appease AIPAC.

marlena santoyo in philly

PS: One optimistic & another of a totally different nature:

Global Pact to Clean Up Unexploded Arms Takes Effect
 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1112-01.htm

Foreign Sales by US Arms Makers Doubled in a Year
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1111-02.htm
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From: Jennifer Loewenstein [mailto:amadea311 at earthlink.net]
Sent: 2006 November 13 Monday 3:46 AM
Subject: Nancy Pelosi's pep talk to AIPAC

Same s --- , different team.
  S.

  EXCERPT: But her most revealing statements concern nuclear proliferation,
and they show why the Democrats (who don't get it) are no improvement over
the Republicans (who always get it wrong). In fact, the Democrats may be
even more dangerous, precisely because there is still the perception in the
land, however mistaken, that the Democrats are the party of enlightened
ideas.

  Pelosi Gives A Pep Talk To AIPAC

  The Democratic leader in her own words
  By Mark Gaffney
  11-11-6

  http://www.rense.com/general74/peppy.htm
  Rep. Nancy Pelosi's recent speech to the Israeli-American lobby (AIPAC)
ought to be a clarion call for peace activists. Her address did not contain
any big surprises. But it is, nonetheless, remarkable for its transparency.
The speech (see below for the text) affords a up-close look at what Pelosi
thinks about Israel, the Palestinians, the Mideast, and nukes.
  It's worth a look too because Pelosi's beliefs on these matters are not a
departure. Most of the Democratic Party leadership espouse similar ideas.
The bipartisan voting record of Congress in recent years on Mideast issues
proves this to be the case. Remember, this is the party that's supposed to
represent the grassroots, i.e., we the people. So what is the Democratic
leader of the House doing, anyway, giving a pep talk to the second largest
lobby in Washington? Indeed, to the lobby of a foreign power? It's a
question more Americans ought to be asking.
  Most of the speech is the same old stuff. I draw your attention only to
several points:
  Pelosi denies that the key issue is Israel's occupation of the West Bank
and Gaza --- at a stroke repudiating numerous UN Security Council
Resolutions that the US voted for and supposedly still supports. But
clearly, that's no longer the case, and hasn't been for many years.
  The real issue, she states, is the survival of Israel. This is the
familiar mantra by which anything and everything becomes possible. Only,
there's a minor catch: The statement isn't true and hasn't been since
probably 1949.
  If nothing else, Pelosi is well-versed. She recites another familiar line,
the one about how there was no partner for peace until Arafat expired, when
light suddenly came flooding in. Pelosi makes it clear that in her view the
Palestinian leader Abbas' real job is to serve as policeman for Israel.
Evidently, his legitimacy largely depends on this. Looking after the best
interests of his own people comes in a distant second.
  But her most revealing statements concern nuclear proliferation, and they
show why the Democrats (who don't get it) are no improvement over the
Republicans (who always get it wrong). In fact, the Democrats may be even
more dangerous, precisely because there is still the perception in the land,
however mistaken, that the Democrats are the party of enlightened ideas. I
would be willing to bet that most registered democrats are not aware of how
extreme their elected Democratic representatives are on these key issues.
Nor can most thus have a true sense of how dire the situation is.
  According to Pelosi, the biggest danger to Israel today comes from Iran,
whose nuclear ambitions, though still unproved, also threaten the US. Her
perspective contains the seed of ominous things to come, because, after all,
something will have to be done about Iran, right? Yes, and soon.
  Meanwhile, Pelosi manages to overlook Israel's brutal treatment of the
Palestinians, which undoubtedly is the greatest danger to Israel, by far,
and comes from within. Nor does she mention Israel's massive nuclear,
chemical and biological weapons arsenal. But her statements additionally
contain the tacit and troublesome assumption that the only people in the
region who matter are Israelis and Americans. Everyone else, virtually the
entire population of numerous countries, though no less imperiled by nuclear
weapons (arguably even more so), simply doesn't count in this calculus. In
fact, Pelosi's remarks are implicitly racist for this reason.
  The shocker, though, also near the end, is where Pelosi takes the US and
Israeli nuclear monopoly in the region for granted, as if this were a good
and necessary thing. The purpose of the NPT in her view is to shut down the
rogue proliferators, who by definition are always those other guys, never
us. It's the stuff of which nuclear nightmares are made. I would also bet
that the vast majority of people who live in the Mideast take sharp issue
with Pelosi's thinking, and probably have a bone to pick with her about
where the actual threat lies.
  George Washington, our founding father, who warned against entangling
alliances, must be turning over, about now. But don't take my word for it.
Read Pelosi's speech (which follows) and draw your own conclusions.
  Mark Gaffney is the author of Dimona: the Third Temple?, a pioneering 1989
book about Mordechai Vanunu and the Israeli nuke program. Mark's latest book
is Gnostic Secrets of the Naassenes. Mark can be reached for comment at
mhgaffney at sbcglobal.net

  Pelosi's Pledge Of Allegience Speech To AIPAC:
  http://judicial-inc.biz/pdelosi1_aipac.htm
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