President Obama has announced that Chuck Hagel is his
nominee for the job of Secretary of Defense. The Republicans whose main
contribution to the democratic process in the US is to try to derail everything
that comes from the Democrats, and have already successfully thwarted Obama’s
first choice as Secretary of State, Ambassador Susan Rice, are now out to kill
the Hagel nomination.
The main line of attack is that Obama’s choice for Defense
Secretary is not sufficiently pro... Israel. I have no idea whether Hagel is a
good choice for the Defense job but I do know that being “pro Israel” should not be
a prerequisite for an American Defense Secretary. Hagel's detractors also maintain that he is an anti-Semite, as he once referred to the Israel lobby as the "Jewish lobby". The fact is that there is a strong Jewish lobby that forms an important part of the strong Israel lobby in the US. Mistakenly referring to it as the Jewish lobby does not make him an anti-Semite. Indeed, there are many Jews who refer to the Israel lobby as the Jewish lobby.
Someone must tell those morons that it is their duty is to
vote for a candidate who is good for America. They should perhaps be reminded
that serving the interests of a foreign country is tantamount to treason.
