Bismarck was once reported to have said that there is a special Providence for fools, drunkards and the United States of America – in the withdrawal of Charles Freeman to be intelligence chief, we can see that Bismarck’s dictum still holds:
President Barack Obama’s controversial pick for a top intelligence post blasted the “Israel lobby” on his way out the door Tuesday, intensifying a debate on the role Israel’s allies played in the latest failed Obama appointment.
Charles W. Freeman Jr.’s abrupt withdrawal from his appointment as chairman of the National Intelligence Council came after he drew fire on a number of fronts – including questions about his financial ties to China and Saudi Arabia.
But the most heated opposition came from supporters of Israel – and Freeman’s departure shows Obama’s reluctance to signal a change to a U.S. policy in the Middle East that centers on standing beside Israel.
“Controversial” doesn’t even begin to cover it – he’s a mere tool for Chinese and Islamists interest and the fact that he was even considered for the intel post shows how entirely out to lunch Obama’s national security team is. For crying out loud, the person in charge of advising the President on intelligence issues should be a patriot – but if we can’t have that, can we at least have someone who thinks that terrorism is inexcusable and Tienamen Square a crime against humanity? Naturally, such a person does not withdraw with good grace:
There is a special irony in having been accused of improper regard for the opinions of foreign governments and societies by a group so clearly intent on enforcing adherence to the policies of a foreign government – in this case, the government of Israel. I believe that the inability of the American public to discuss, or the government to consider, any option for US policies in the Middle East opposed by the ruling faction in Israeli politics has allowed that faction to adopt and sustain policies that ultimately threaten the existence of the state of Israel. It is not permitted for anyone in the United States to say so. This is not just a tragedy for Israelis and their neighbors in the Middle East; it is doing widening damage to the national security of the United States.
The outrageous agitation that followed the leak of my pending appointment will be seen by many to raise serious questions about whether the Obama administration will be able to make its own decisions about the Middle East and related issues. I regret that my willingness to serve the new administration has ended by casting doubt on its ability to consider, let alone decide what policies might best serve the interests of the United States rather than those of a Lobby intent on enforcing the will and interests of a foreign government.
You see, it was The Jews who did him in – those nefarious sons of Israel and their world-wide web of control! Aha!
Yeah, whatever, Freeman. Tell ya what – I’ll bet that al-Jazeera will find a home for you. There you’ll be able to hang out with your like – the Michael Moores, Jimmy Carters, David Dukes, Noam Chomskys and other such dunderheaded fools who think that if we can just ditch Israel, people who hate us for what we are will come to love us…
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