Julian Assange certainly isn't worried about his reputation in the US. I
agree with him about Israel, but perhaps he should have been a bit more
tactful, considering his situation?
Miriam
Assange: Real Threat To US Is Not Russia But Israel
awdnews.com
By Staff, www.awdnews.com
September 28th, 2017
Above Photo: From awdnews.com
From his refuge in the Ecuador Embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange addressed a press conference of his supporters in Berlin on Tuesday,
amid speculation that he planned to reveal potentially threats to America.
But early into his speech, Assange said that while more revelations were to
come, he would not be making any major announcements, asserting that there
would be no point in dropping making such revelations at a time when most
Americans would be sleeping.
"Russian actions on its own doorstep in Eastern Europe do not in fact
threaten the United States or any actual vital interest. Nor does Moscow
threaten the U.S. through its intervention on behalf of the Syrian
government in the Middle East. That Russia is described incessantly as a
threat in those areas is largely a contrivance arranged by the media, the
Democratic and Republican National Committees and by the White House.
Candidate Donald Trump appeared to recognize that fact before he began
listening to Michael Flynn, who has a rather different view. Hopefully the
old Trump will prevail,there is, however, another country that has
interfered in U.S. elections, has endangered Americans living or working
overseas and has corrupted America's legislative and executive branches. It
has exploited that corruption to initiate legislation favorable to itself,
has promoted unnecessary and unwinnable wars and has stolen American
technology and military secrets. Its ready access to the mainstream media to
spread its own propaganda provides it with cover for its actions and it
accomplishes all that and more through the agency of a powerful and
well-funded domestic lobby that oddly is not subject to the accountability
afforded by the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 even though
it manifestly works on behalf of a foreign government. That country is, of
course, Israel," said Assange.
The assessment of Israel and what damage it does regarding what most
Americans would regard as genuine national interests is most definitely not
reported, revealing once again that what is not written is every bit as
important as what is. I would note how what has recently happened right in
front of us relating to Israel is apparently not considered fit to print and
will never appear on any disapproving editorial page. Just this week the
Senate unanimously passed an Anti-Semitism Awareness bill and also by a 99
to zero vote renewed and strengthened sanctions against Iran, which could
wreck the one year old anti-nuclear weapon proliferation agreement with that
country.
The Anti-Semitism bill makes Jews and Jewish interests a legally protected
class, immune from any criticism. "Free speech" means in practice that you
can burn an American flag, sell pornography, attack Christianity in the
vilest terms or castigate the government in Washington all you want but
criticizing Israel is off limits if you want to avoid falling into the
clutches of the legal system. The Act is a major step forward in effectively
making any expressed opposition to Israeli actions a hate crime.
And it is similar to punitive legislation that has been enacted in
twenty-two states as well as in Canada. It is strongly supported by the
Israel Lobby, which quite likely drafted it, and is seeking to use legal
challenges to delegitimize and eliminate any opposition to the policies of
the state of Israel.
As the Act is clearly intended to restrict First Amendment rights if they
are perceived as impacting on broadly defined Jewish sensitivities, it
should be opposed on that basis alone, but it is very popular in Congress,
which is de facto owned by the Israel Lobby. That the legislation is not
being condemned or even discussed in the generally liberal media tells you
everything you need to know about the amazing power of one particular
unelected and unaccountable lobby in the U.S.
