Comments on: NR Ignores “The Insidious Wiles of Foreign Influence”

By: Evan McLaren

Evan McLaren — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:49:39 +0000

Loyalty? George Washington? Tom, when will you stop being such a hopeless and irrelevant anachronism?

By: Tom K

Tom K — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:34:03 +0000

It seems Emanuel was a civilian volunteer who worked on an Israeli military base:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=6207491&page=1

While various readers will attach their own significance to the distinction, I believe it is inaccurate to say that he "volunteered for the military of a foreign nation" or served "in the Israeli Defense Force".

I know Mr. Piatak (from his work only) to be scrupulous with his facts, so I hope he may regard this information as helpful.

By: D Simmons

D Simmons — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:46:16 +0000

You might notice the parallels of Frum's screeds to that of Fareed Zakaria (The Camp of Saints come to life) and his book about America being a defeated nation in need of muslim immigrants.

By: roho

roho — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:55:17 +0000

Great observation and article!

By: Kirt Higdon

Kirt Higdon — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:39:32 +0000

#29 - No doubt Bolton hopes that Bush will bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran before Obama is sworn in, but it seems to me that for the past year or so, the ruling inner establishment of US politics has been reining in its errant son. And if the appointments of promoters of Israel first globalist policies are evidence of a "hard left president", Obama has a long way to go to prove himself as hard left as Bush, though with the Emanuel appointment, he is off to a good start.

By: John Willson

John Willson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:09:00 +0000

All of this is very interesting about Mr. Rubin or this or that. It seems to me that Tom Piatak's point is so much simpler: We have a hard Left president who has given his first major appointment to a man whose whole life has been dedicated to the exact Israel-First-globalist policies that got us where we are in the Middle East. John Bolton said this morning on Fox News that he thinks that the Bush administration will bomb Iran's "nuclear" facilities before the Obama administration is sworn in. Given the Emanuel appointment, can any sane person believe that the president-elect will do anything to prevent it from happening? Or take any action to soften our imperial ambitions in the Levant or the world?

By: Etienne Gervaise

Etienne Gervaise — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:42:46 +0000

If there are any Iranians reading this blog, then here is my recommendation. Annouce that your atom bomb is ready to be tested. Any reports to the contrary are nothing more than zionist propaganda. Tell the world that their spies are little more than common criminal scum and terrorist agents of Satan. And then issue a press release promising that the test date will be announced after January 20, 2009. We paleos will stand up for your right to defend yourselves. The citizens of America have no grievance with either the people or the leadership of Iran. We believe that you have no interest in attacking us. Any desire to hurt the US is held by Mossad and its anti-Christian group followers at ACLU, People for the American Way, American Trial Lawyers Assoc., etc. ad nauseam.

By: J. Meng

J. Meng — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:25:49 +0000

Gentlemen, this matter of Israeli influence in the American government (only for the sake of Israel, by the way) has been going on officially since the first half of 1948, when President Truman, under great Zionist pressure, caved in and recognized the terrorist state of Israel in May. From that day to this, the encroaching power of Israel within our government (as well as the vituperative influence of anti-
Christian-seething-NGOs like the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Defense League, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Jewish Defense League), has only become more firmly entrenched. And, as we hurl invectives against men of dual loyalties in our government and those who appoint them; as we flail the air in angry arm-waving against the continued abuse of the common good of our nation and the withering of our national freedom, let us realize there is nothing we can do about it as long as we whine and play the same bogus political game year in and year out.

By: pablo H

pablo H — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:28:32 +0000

I'm less concerned with Rahm's dual citizenship than I am with his globalist outlook. He's a big supporter of NAFTA, immigration (naturally), and every other internationalist position. But then so is John McCain and NRO. As for Israel, Rahm simply is up front about his support for Israel and his putting America second. LBJ wasn't an Israeli but he had no problem covering up the attack on the USS Liberty. Frankly, I think Israel could have killed a couple thousand US sailors before it ruffled LBJ. And people need to read more on Goldberg & NRO. Goldberg has made it clear he would prefer Obama to Buchanan or any other "nationalist".

By: Tom Piatak

Tom Piatak — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:59:51 +0000

Mr. Higdon,

Thanks for your very informative post about Irv Rubin, a man about whom I know virtually nothing. I have no use for the JDL or similar organizations, but I share your skepticism of the tactics used by overly aggressive prosecutors and law enforcement officials. Prison murders and rapes are also far too common, and should not be tolerated by the authorities or condoned by the public. A man sentenced to prison is sentence to serve a period of time being incarcerated, not to be killed or sodomized.