Discussion on US-Israel Relations and Policy
Israel is a democracy and is our ally, right?
Yes, they are.
Explain to me what you see as, you know, why you target or why you have a grudge
against the Israelis.
The grudge
is not necessarily a grudge.
It's an objective assessment that no one will have the courage to
speak about.
This may be you don't wanna hear, I don't know,
and I certainly don't wanna hurt
you on your show. You have one of the best. You're fair.
But I believe that Israel has a powerful
stranglehold on the American government.
They control both members of the House,
the House and the Senate. They have us involved in wars in
which we have little
or no interest. Our children are coming back in body bags.
Our nation is bankrupt over these wars, and if you open your mouth, you
get targeted, and if they don't beat you at the poll,
they'll put you in
prison. They're controlling much of our foreign
policy.
They're influencing much of our domestic policy.
Wolfowitz, as Undersecretary of Defense, manipulated
President Bush number two back into Iraq.
They pushed definitely, definitely to try and get Bush, before he
left, to move into Iran. We're conducting expansionist policy of
Israel, and everybody's afraid to say it.
They control much of the media,
they control much of the commerce of the country,
and they control powerfully both bodies of the
Congress.
Are you-
They own the Congress.
Are you an anti-Semite?
No, I'm not, and that's exactly what they're going to
say.
We have a one-sided foreign policy in the Mideast, and we've alienated
Arabs-
Mm
... who have no way of fighting. So what they've done,
and I predicted this on the
House floor, is they would export violence to America,
and they have.
They have no other way to fight. I'm saying this to you right now.
Israel gets approximately $15 billion a year from the
American taxpayers. That 15 doll- 15 billion
is $30,000 for every man, woman, and child.
Mm.
And people in my district are losing their pension benefits.
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