This controversy over the abrupt withdrawal of Chas Freeman from the NIC after an concerted campaign from right-wing neocon Israeli lobbyists has become the latest evidence of the influence of this lobbies' influence on our politicians. On both sides. Dem and Repub. Schumer and Kirk.
So I challenge you, whether a supporter of Freeman or, especially, if you are one who does not believe that Freeman should have been appointed: Who preceded Freeman in leading the Middle East Policy Council?
The answer is over the fold...
George McGovern.
That MEPC must be one hell of a bunch of bad boys! Led by that fucking murdering terrorist McGovern!
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It is amazing that someone with Chas Freeman's knowledge and expertise would be so loudly driven from serving our common interests.
But then, when even here on DKos, the flagship of progressive thought, you have a lauded (by some) member with a list, a spreadsheet, of those diaries and comments that he deems "anti-semetic", it's not surprising.
I hope we can actively discuss this issue in a way that is not immediately suppressed by those who deem some of us "anti-semetic". Or that we "hate Jews". All because we simply believe that the Palestinians that were living on the land that Israel currently controls deserve the right to their land, water, airspace, and borders.
It's that simple.