Clinton and the Republicans compete for the position of Israel’s lapdog:
At the annual AIPAC convention, the Democratic and Republican front-runners engaged in what might be called a “pander-off” as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tried to outdo the other in declaring their love and devotion to Israel.
Yet, what was perhaps most troubling about the two dueling speeches was the absence of any significant sympathy for the Palestinian people or any substantive criticism of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By contrast, Sen. Bernie Sanders, who did not attend the AIPAC convention, delivered a foreign policy speech in Salt Lake City, Utah, that struck a more balanced tone and placed part of the blame for the Mideast problems on the policies of Netanyahu’s right-wing government.
However, in Washington before thousands of cheering attendees at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee convention on Monday, Clinton, Trump and two other Republican candidates, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, were in full pander mode.
via Consortium News
The strange thing is that there is ample evidence that AIPAC does not speak for the vast majority of American Jews, so one must ask, why have our elites ceded so much power to what is, in essence, the lobby for the State of Israel. It is a very strong tail wagging a very weak dog.
I guess there’s some irony in the fact that the only Jewish candidate in the race is the one making the most sense on these issues.
Anyway, I can understand the argument that one would vote for Hillary because Bernie can’t win, though I don’t agree with it. I can’t understand how anyone calling themselves a liberal or progressive could claim that she is in fact the better candidate.
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