Comments on: Grant F. Smith

By: D Costa

D Costa — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:33:10 +0000

Yes we need to expose the AIPAC and how this rogue organization is bribing politicians on both sides to get us into non stop war despite this country being bankrupt.

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Now I’ve Seen Everything « From the Desk of Harold Poole — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:19:56 +0000

[...] attempt was made by some in the Justice Department to indict not only Rosen and Weissman, but AIPAC itself. This was quashed by the chief prosecutor, Paul J. McNulty – who has since gone on to graze in [...]

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By: Attack the System » Blog Archive » Updated News Digest November 2, 2008

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:02:05 +0000

[...] Try AIPAC! Grant F. Smith interviewed by Scott Horton [...]

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:56:55 +0000

Thanks Scott no one is discussing this investigation or trial. Hell it is not just the MSM who have completely ignored this investigation and trial Firedoglake, Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars and the rest of the so called progressive blogosphere have are too chicken shit to dig into this. The progressive blogosphere merges with the MSM on this investigation, on the I lobby and the I/P conflict. Emptywheel, Jane Hamsher, Christy Hardin Smith, Arianna Huffington went after Libby but they have not touched this not touched this. Chicken shits. Real Chicken shits on this important story. Just why is this? Pathetic. No different than the MSM

By: Scott Horton

Scott Horton — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:55:54 +0000

Dan writes: “‘comment is awaiting moderation’…does that mean censoring truth and opinions.?”

No, Dan, just opinions. Our blog software’s attempts to keep bigots off of our comment sections can sometimes be heavy handed. I approve all but racist comments. Hope you understand.

By: Cecil Henry

Cecil Henry — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:44:55 +0000

this is an amazing interview.

bravo on the excellent coverage.

Wow.

By: 8Ball

8Ball — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:08:37 +0000

Unless mankind learns to live in peace and share what is left of the world’s resources they will end up destroying themselves and the planet. It is like watching young children on the playground when they first enter an organized social environment such as school. America has laws and a framework (Constitution) but for the ruling class these are mere hinderances as they go about their business of dominating the world and amassing wealth. I’m not quite sure if many of them even know why they are doing it but it gives them prestige and power and that keeps them partially satisfied. They claim that they are making the world “safe” but the big question is: safe for who? “What does it profit you if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?”

By: Orville H. Larson

Orville H. Larson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:15:09 +0000

My compliments to Grant F. Smith. HIs book “America’s Defense Line” exposes AIPAC as the slimy, perfidious organization it is.

The Israel Lobby is responsible for colossal harm to America’s interests. It essentially controls Congress. (Patrick Buchanan’s comment that Congress is “Israeli-occupied territory” is a classic.)

AIPAC should be vigorously investigated and monitored.

By: Dahoumia

Dahoumia — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:19:45 +0000

This constant hand-wringing over the possibility of US aggression toward Iran is very annoying. Look at the actual facts for a moment and I think it is quite clear that the neocon-influenced Bush Middle East policy benefits the interests of the clerical regime in Iran. It has been terrible for Baghdad, but excellent for Tehran, terrible for secular Arab nationalism, excellent for sectarian Islamism. This likely result of the Iraq invasion/occupation was known by US and Israeli policy-makers before the fact. They knew that their favorite Ahmed Chalabi was an Iranian agent – the CIA bought him a villa in Tehran months before the Iraq invasion. The policy of “De-Ba’thification” was (is) prosecuted as ardently by Iranian agents in Iraq as it was (is) by the US occupation. Since the US invasion Syria, Iraq’s only neighbor with a Ba’th Party-led government, has been invaded several times, and many Syrian citizens have been killed directly by the US within their own borders. That hasn’t happened in Iran, and it will not happen. I could go on ‘ad nauseum’ on this point, but on to the second one.

It is ridiculous to talk of the US causing “regime change” in Iran. The clerical regime in Tehran is extremely stable. Even before the Islamic revolution, the clerical class of Iran/Persia was very wealthy, organized and influential. In the intervening twentyeight years of course the Shi’i clerics have become much more entrenched in power and wealth. And consider this; the country is over 90% Shi’i.

Probably if the US had, instead of invading Iraq, launched a full-scale military assault on Iran, it could have achieved the same sort of hideous “victory” the pro-war die-hards are now claiming in Iraq. But no one now thinks that the over-extended US military would dare to attempt such a feat. Any half-measure attempts at pressuring the regime through sanctions, covert ops, or (shudder) “no-fly zones”, will only cause the Iranian populace to consolidate their support for the government.

Undoubtedly the US and Israel would like to stop any progress in the Iranian nuclear program (without the US or Israel doing anything to scale down their own nuclear arsenals) but would Israel risk the extremely negative reaction from virtually the entire world should it take aggressive military action against Iran’s nuclear sites? I don’t think so, and I don’t think the US would, either.

Apart from that, really great interview, Scott and Grant (no sarcasm intended).