PJBuchanan was--arguably--the most significant voice calling out the Israeli Lobby in the last 50 years. Not too surprisingly, he did that while running against George HW Bush, a fanatic Israel-supporter and (ironically) the grandson of a Nazi financier.* Buchanan won in New Hampshire, sealing his fate as a target for extinction. He's still alive, but somehow, forgotten.
GHWBush's son, George the Dumber, began a war with Iraq based on Israel's Solemn Word that Hussein had "weapons of mass destruction"--which was a solemnly-worded LIE bearing a very strong resemblance to Israel's current Solemn Word that Iran is only 2 days weeks years from having nukes. You know: "weapons of mass destruction."
Perhaps the tide of "Israel First" is turning. More and more Americans, particularly the young voters, have found out that Israel has been running US foreign policy in the Middle East for decades. At the same time, they are seeing pictures and reading reports on Israel's Way of War: bombing the daylights out of anyone they don't like. Amalekites, ya'know. Kill them before they kill you.
(Was Pope Leo speaking to Hamas? Israel? or the US?.....when he decried war? A good question.)
... Millions of Americans have begun to suspect that they were not simply misinformed, but managed. They are asking whether one of the most consequential features of American foreign policy has been insulated from democratic accountability for decades. They are asking why criticism that is routine in every other arena has been treated as intolerable here. And they are asking what happens when a political order built on taboo begins to lose its grip....quoted at Meaning
In a way, Muslim theology is a boon for Israel, as they are able to say with a straight face that Mohammedan dominance of the world is perhaps worse than Israeli dominance of the world.
Maybe it is, but to be clear: both of their "theologies" despise Christianity. Hmmmm.
The discovery that Israel's military doctrine of Slaughter All of Them is producing a serious push-back. That, in turn, has produced a counter push-back.
... Power rarely fears criticism in the abstract. What it fears is legitimacy draining away in public, especially all at once. Once a subject ceases to be untouchable, institutional authority can weaken with surprising speed. A taboo often looks permanent right until the moment it collapses. Then it collapses everywhere.
The response to such a collapse is usually not persuasion. It is discipline.
One can already see the outlines of that discipline taking shape. Protesters have been arrested. Students and faculty have been investigated, suspended or fired. Speech on major platforms appears increasingly vulnerable to moderation policies that are opaque in method and political in effect. The pressure is often indirect, which is what makes it both effective and deniable. A platform tweaks an algorithm. An institution cites safety. A donor makes a call. A government invokes extremism. A career narrows quietly. No single act appears decisive, yet the cumulative effect is unmistakable. People learn where the invisible fences are....
That "speak no evil" thing has turned into a law in many States, including Wisconsin. Whether it's Constitutional to criticize Israel is irrelevant because it will cost you thousands of dollars to win your case.
Get it yet, Goy?
Perhaps there are another 5-10 million P J Buchanans, which likely will overthrow the Israeli Combine in the US. We will find out soon; hopefully before several economies collapse due to oil and fertilizer shortages.
*Prescott Bush was a Bonesman and very tight with Bill Paley of CBS. He MAY have plotted to overthrow FDR and was a vocal opponent of Sen. McCarthy of Wisconsin, voting for his censure. And of course, he was an early supporter of Planned Parenthood. How the Hell this guy managed to have a 'clean' reputation is mysterious, no?
