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kstewart33

(6,551 posts)
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 09:29 AM Aug 2017

McMaster attacked for 'being controlled by Jews.'

Political Wire:

President Trump’s National Security Adviser General H. R. McMaster “is being targeted in recent days by a far-right campaign that is accusing him, simultaneously, of being controlled by rich Jews and of harming the state of Israel,” Haaretz reports.

“The campaign is coming from media outlets and writers affiliated with Steve Bannon, President Trump’s senior political adviser, who has been accused in the past of making anti-Semitic comments.”

“The campaign against McMaster intensified after he fired a number of mid-level officials from the National Security Council, who were considered loyal to Bannon and to the former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.”


Link: https://politicalwire.com/2017/08/05/mcmaster-attacked-controlled-jews/
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JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,339 posts)
1. "controlled by rich Jews and of harming the state of Israel"?
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 09:43 AM
Aug 2017

He's controlled by rich antisemitic Jews?

Stephen Miller? Nah, he's not rich.

Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
6. Here is the picture.
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 12:54 PM
Aug 2017
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Keep in mind this is coming from the right-wing, so the idea that Soros is involved is the reason they are saying "control by Jews and anti-Israel" because Soros is often accused of being anti-Israel. Note the top puppeteer is "The Rothchilds".

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
9. Apparently the cartoon was "updated" removing the Rothschilds
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 01:29 PM
Aug 2017

And replacing that word with "Saudis." As if that would somehow make it all better...

Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
14. Yeah, when I was looking for the pic, I saw it had been updated.
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 02:22 PM
Aug 2017

I saw the original the other day, so I went looking for it again and found the "modified" version. What sickens me is the updated version is from the right, not the alt-right, because they see this conspiracy between Soros and the Saudis. The RW of Israel has much to do with that meme.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
17. The conspiracy theory crowd
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 04:49 PM
Aug 2017

Has been claiming that "the House of Saud" and the Wahabi sects are both modern creations of the UK, and that Britain is secretly controlled by Jewish Rothschild bankers. I guess it's an old theory, but one popping up so often now that even I spot it without looking for it.

IIRC, it was Cernovitch who first published -- and changed -- the cartoon, saying in an interview that since the overall message was accurate and it made his political enemies look bad, truth was irrelevant. He had to change it based on his crazy-ass right wing audience.

wishstar

(5,269 posts)
4. Wouldn't it be nice if Ivanka, Jared, Kelly and McMaster convince Trump to give Bannon the boot
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 09:59 AM
Aug 2017

Bannon would still continue working elsewhere for the Mercers and rightwing on their propaganda efforts, but at least he wouldn't be so thoroughly contaminating the WH and the impressionable mind of Trump if he was gone from WH.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. Bannon and Sessions are the white nationalists greatest hope
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 10:45 AM
Aug 2017

alongwith Ryan and McTurtle. Kushner is a make believe Jew just like all the make believe Christians that support jerkoff not my prez t-rump.

Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
8. Ahhh...anti-Semitism
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 01:05 PM
Aug 2017

This is no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention and believes Jews are a minority and anti-Semitism is real and worthy of fighting like any other bigotry. However, more than a few, will be "surprised" by this, and even more will simply ignore it as "irrelevant" because of the target group.

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
11. Brava! Antisemitism is at an all time high. When will Jewish lives matter?
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 01:36 PM
Aug 2017

Jews are targets of both the far right and far left. Star of Davids flags banned from "woke" groups. Jewish students being targeted on college campuses, and the list goes on.

So, I ask again, when will Jewish lives matter?

Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
15. I don't see it mattering to many in the near future, just like it hasn't in the past.
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 02:33 PM
Aug 2017

There are a few who do care and stand with us and speak out against anti-Semitism, but they are usually drowned out by the din of others.

BTW, just a minor point, it would be "bravo!" I am a dude. "Brava" is for a female. Not that I am offended, just an Italian grammar issue.

Paladin

(28,256 posts)
13. Thanks to trump, the anti-Semites aren't trying to hide this crap anymore.
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 02:02 PM
Aug 2017

I don't even bother trying to calculate how fast this country is going into the toilet. Too painful.

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