So-o-o according to US negotiators, it is up to the Palestinians to achieve peace by allowing Israel to continue to take their land from them and settle it with Israelis. And according to the Israelis, there will only be peace if the Palestinians leave, die, or are killed by the Israelis, i.e. operation "cast lead". The US is admitting that it is powerless against a nation of 5 million that would not exist if not for US tax dollars provided to Israel and accepting agreements that are beneficial only to Israel, but detrimental to US citizens. If the US cooperates with Israel in the murder of Palestinians, Lebanese and muslims, it will have acts of retribution committed against it. Perhaps the Bush Administration never left but morphed into the Obama Administration that perpetrates the same policies.

Jason fell for it -- one of the first premises of propaganda is to rearrange the realities of war. Of course this letter is a plant by the columnist in order to start an uproar in readership and responses. People will be expected to discuss whose duty it is to "deploy" -- not to discuss the political reasons and ravages of war.

great comments -- no need to spend the tax dollars on Americans -- just continue to expend our dollars for Israel's continuing aparthied and wars! Keep Joe Lieberman, Chuck Shumer and Rahm happy at all costs!

The US Congress is certainly an adjunct to Israel. There are numerous problems facing the US. Nevertheless, the Senators and Representatives prefer to do the bidding of Israel before working on solutions to the problems of US citizens. If Iraq is costing US taxpayers 10 billion dollars each month, fighting Iran will cost $30 billion each month. Should these sanctions be passed by this Congress, all incumbants deserved to be defeated in 2010 fall elections. American citizens need jobs -- remember the Congress has agreed that Israel shall not have unemployment so that Jews who immigrate to Israel will have jobs. Israel is allowed to compete with every American business for every Federal Government contract. No other country in the world has been awarded this opportunity. There is something wrong in this country and it begins with a Senate that treats its own citizens as "second class" to Israel's needs!

The sole reason for the Iraq war was Israel. The attack by the US taught every Arab leader that to help the Palestians would incur the wrath of Israel and its retainer -- the United States! All Muslim leaders know the power that Israel wields over the U.S. Indeed, other establishment organizations profited from this war, particularly Cheney's Haliburton. Every politician is wholly owned by AIPAC and American Jews with US tax dollars given to Israel and used to buy votes in the US Congress. Check the Fullbright hearings in the 1960s. The neocons -- Wolfowitz -- Perle -- Feith -- as well as the Israel lobby were the architects of the Iraq war!

The most important problem facing the United States and Barak Obama is peace. Once peace is established, deficits and domestic problems will be solved. Obama does not need the votes of Jews who constitute approximately 5 million out of 307 million population of this country. What needs to happen is all tax dollars are to be with held from Israel. Retract all aid and all agreements signed with Israel. The reference to "steps into the Mediterranean" or into "camps" is the policy of Israel toward the Palestinians in Gaza. The fighters, missiles, bombs, and latest technology the US supplies to Israel along with Israel's 200-400 nuclear bombs is a threat to every Arab nation! It must be recognized by all US citizens that there will not be peace until Israel stops taking land and wealth from the Arabs.

Uri Avnery reveals truth as related to Gaza. It has been amazing that the US media has refused to inform the American public that Mubarak's motivation to cooperate with Israel in totally enclosing Gaza is his bribe money of US tax dollars. Through corruption, AIPAC controls the US Congress concerning the appropriation of tax dollars for the entire Middle East. This is another fact that the US news media will not report to the public.

This was not the only instance of American workers denied jobs and businesses suffering losses through our Congress agressively demanding US Goverment contracts be awarded to Israel. Israel's awards were based upon the hypothesis that Jews would not imigrate to Israel unless they were guaranteed jobs. Furthermore, it was an impetus to increase the population of Israel , thus an excuse to take Palestinian lands for the increased Jew population. Remember Stephen Bryen, while working in the US Senate with Richard Perle, was given a paid three-week vacation for giving classified documents to the Israelis at the Madison Hotel in Washington DC. There were no charges for this offense!

This has been going on since before 1948. There are two tiers of justice in the US -- one for ordinary Americans and the second for Jews who support Israel. After all, even President Clinton pardoned for US dollars one American/Israeli Jew for internal Revenue tax evasion and selling to US sanctioned countries The contributor was living in Israel. Once Clinton had the dollars in his hands, the felon was pardoned and can return to the US as a citizen.

Raimondo does not address the influence of Israel on US foreign affairs -- just as the national media neglects to tell the American public of Israel's agressions and apartheid against the Palestinians and Israeli religious propaganda against muslim countries. There is no freedom for Palestinians under Israeli occupation. There is no separation of "church and state" in Israel. Indeed, Israeli policies are the very antithesis of American democracy! These Israeli facts and influence on US foreign affairs are significant enough to ask if they have been delibertately omitted by Raimondo?