ONLY IN AMERICA...:

The Israel lobby's Lexington and Concord: Chas Freeman's resignation is the first skirmish in what will be a long war between the Obama administration and the Israel lobby (Richard Silverstein, 3/11/09, guardian.co.uk)

The Israel lobby and Republican neocons have scored their first triumph of the Obama administration by derailing the appointment of Chas Freeman as director of the National Intelligence Council. [...]

The next time anyone qvells about how moderate a Republican Olympia Snowe is, just remember that she signed a highly partisan letter attacking Freeman that every Republican member of the Senate intelligence committee also signed. Given her status as a swing vote and party moderate, her participation may have sealed his fate. She caved to rightist pressure at the drop of a hat.

But Democrats like Charles Schumer also led the charge against Freeman.

...is that secretive Zionist cabal comprised not just of Jews but of the entire Republican party and most elected Democrats.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 12, 2009 8:57 AM