Submitted By: jeffrey.sonshine@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
I want to respond to a recent comment about Iran, Israel and the USA.
In reviewing your article you begin by saying that Israel requested our county attack IRAN. I’ve never heard that before. CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper told IDF commanders on Monday “We achieved the unimaginable together. Our joint achievement is historic. We have a high and enduring commitment to you.” It sounds like a mutual decision to me.
There are many differences between Israel and Iran. Israel is an ally of the United States, supports them militarily with lives and treasure and is the only country in that region that has a democratically elected government. There is no country on earth more friendly to the United States. It’s become one of the strongest countries in the middle east because they are creative and hard working. Compare that the other middle eastern oil producing monarchies. What contributions have they made to the world?
Iran, on the other hand, according to our own White House, is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism and our worst enemy. More Americans have been killed by Iran than any other terrorist regime on Earth. In November 1979 Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran taking 66 hostages. October 1983 Hezbollah, backed by Iran killed 241 US Military personnel in a truck bombing in Beirut. The US State Department lists over 40 separate attacks and killings of Americans by Iran and its agents. Iran shouts “Death to America” “Death to Israel” and burns President Trump in effigy. Is Iran the people you want to have a nuclear weapon? They are much scarier than North Korea. Not to mention they want to have an Islamic caliphate dominate the world.
You talk about Israel controlling our government. These are age old tropes about Jewish domination that have been around for hundreds of years. So far, with a total world population of 15 Million out of 8 Billion on the planet, I don’t see Jews dominating anywhere. They are a postage stamp sized country that is so small, you can’t even fit their name on a world map. Yes, there is AIPAC, a lobbying organization with a lot of money, but there are many lobbying organizations with just as much or more money. Some of them are dark pools where you don’t even know where the money came from. Lobbyists and big corporations are the real ones who rule this country. There are super successful Jewish people in the United States, who started and built Facebook, Oracle, Google and many others. Roughly 20% of all Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish, but their success came because of intelligence and hard work more than anything.
I agree that Israel has committed atrocities and is continuing to take land from Palestinians and I’m not happy about it, but I don’t think they’re cutting people’s heads off or burning babies or raping women like Hamas did.
Finally, the notion of Israel running trafficking programs I think is nonsense and for you to publish your thoughts because they “just occurred to you as a possibility” is irresponsible, Maybe even slanderous. There’s no evidence of Israel doing that. Epstein yes, Israel no.
In reviewing your article you begin by saying that Israel requested our county attack IRAN. I’ve never heard that before. CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper told IDF commanders on Monday “We achieved the unimaginable together. Our joint achievement is historic. We have a high and enduring commitment to you.” It sounds like a mutual decision to me.
There are many differences between Israel and Iran. Israel is an ally of the United States, supports them militarily with lives and treasure and is the only country in that region that has a democratically elected government. There is no country on earth more friendly to the United States. It’s become one of the strongest countries in the middle east because they are creative and hard working. Compare that the other middle eastern oil producing monarchies. What contributions have they made to the world?
Iran, on the other hand, according to our own White House, is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism and our worst enemy. More Americans have been killed by Iran than any other terrorist regime on Earth. In November 1979 Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran taking 66 hostages. October 1983 Hezbollah, backed by Iran killed 241 US Military personnel in a truck bombing in Beirut. The US State Department lists over 40 separate attacks and killings of Americans by Iran and its agents. Iran shouts “Death to America” “Death to Israel” and burns President Trump in effigy. Is Iran the people you want to have a nuclear weapon? They are much scarier than North Korea. Not to mention they want to have an Islamic caliphate dominate the world.
You talk about Israel controlling our government. These are age old tropes about Jewish domination that have been around for hundreds of years. So far, with a total world population of 15 Million out of 8 Billion on the planet, I don’t see Jews dominating anywhere. They are a postage stamp sized country that is so small, you can’t even fit their name on a world map. Yes, there is AIPAC, a lobbying organization with a lot of money, but there are many lobbying organizations with just as much or more money. Some of them are dark pools where you don’t even know where the money came from. Lobbyists and big corporations are the real ones who rule this country. There are super successful Jewish people in the United States, who started and built Facebook, Oracle, Google and many others. Roughly 20% of all Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish, but their success came because of intelligence and hard work more than anything.
I agree that Israel has committed atrocities and is continuing to take land from Palestinians and I’m not happy about it, but I don’t think they’re cutting people’s heads off or burning babies or raping women like Hamas did.
Finally, the notion of Israel running trafficking programs I think is nonsense and for you to publish your thoughts because they “just occurred to you as a possibility” is irresponsible, Maybe even slanderous. There’s no evidence of Israel doing that. Epstein yes, Israel no.