Asheville City Times: Are American politicians afraid to take on Israel?

Wesley Bales, Arden • June 8, 2010

I write in reaction to the Israeli military operation on
the Gaza relief flotilla in international Mediterranean
waters. One of the many killed is a 19-year-old
American of Turkish descent who was reportedly
shot four times in the head and once in the chest,
according to Turkish media.

As a veteran and American, I recall the similar
murderous Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967,
in which the American federal government
subsequently became complicit. I would ask of the
president, senators and congressmen: Are you
afraid of Israel? Do you have a superseding
allegiance to Israel over your allegiance to America?
Is subservience to the small foreign country, Israel,
a condition precedent to holding American national
political office? The American-Israeli relationship is
now and has been a costly disaster for America and
Americans.

The inordinate Israeli influence over American
foreign policy is undeniably blatant. It is simply
perplexing and antithetical to American interests
and, yet, shall continue in apparent perpetuity with
the most unfortunate and misguided acquiescence
and participation of American politicians.

The world recognizes this as does an exponentially
increasing number of Americans.

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Remember the USS Liberty deliberately attack by Israel June 8, 1967 43 years ago today.