Dem Congressional Leaders Telling White House They're Concerned About Freeman

[Louis-Emmanuel]

Source: The Plum Line (Greg Sargent's blog)

It looks like some members of the Dem Congressional leadership may be on the verge of coming out and taking public whacks at Chas Freeman , the Obama administration

Read more: http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/middle-east/dem-leaders-telling-white-house-theyre-concerned-about-freeman/

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What did this guy do that so many people are freaking out?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I think he isn't liked by Israel

but others who know more about him can tell you for sure.

[leftchick]

2. he is sympathetic to Palestine

ergo he is an "anti-Semite" according to the Israel Lobby and their friends in congress. They will pull out their powerful media connections and bash this guy to pieces. Watch.

[babylonsister]

3. And Schumer is in it up to his eyeballs...I wish he'd

be 'concerned' elsewhere.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5192044

[aquart]

7. As opposed to the glorious pro-semites who champion the Palestinians.

So, have Hamas and Fatah released the people they rounded up after the Israeli attack? You know, the "collaborators"? How many did they arrest, exactly? Any still alive?

Well, they had to, because Israel made them do it. Right? It's always Israel's fault.

[leftchick]

9. well you right about one thing

when you occupy someones country and kill them with impunity and imprison, starve, torture them, then, yes, you pretty much own what follows. Thank God there many Israelis who feel this way too and weep for the Palestinians pain.

[movonne]

4. I guess we are not allowed to have a two sided debate....do you

have to prove you are pro Israel before you can have a job...there should always be debate...we should try and be somewhat neutral on this subject...

[Jefferson23]

5. If you support Freeman, please e-mail the White House and tell them so.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

[bemildred]

11. Done. nt

[elleng]

6. "The brutal oppression

of the Palestinians by the Israeli occupation shows no sign of ending ... Israel no longer even pretends to seek peace with the Palestinians, it strives to pacify them ... American identification with Israel has become total."

These are excerpts from a 2007 speech by Charles (Chas) Freeman, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, whose appointment as chairman of the National Intelligence Council was announced on February 26 and is turning into a test case for the strength of Washington's right-wing pro-Israel lobby.'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x430714

[Idealism]

8. Candid discussions can get you fired if the subject is Israel. n/t

[Dr.Phool]

10. We must bow down to AIPAC.

If ever a group should be branded a terrorist organization, it's them. They've been undermining any sensible US mideast policy for years.