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Drunk George Tenet lashed out at Bush’s neocons: ‘The Jews’ who tried to ‘pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.’

tenet.jpgAtlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg recently picked up a copy of Patrick Tyler’s forthcoming book, A World of Trouble, which focuses on “America’s tortured relations with the Middle East.” Goldberg says that the book’s prologue contains a “whopper of a scene” featuring former CIA director George Tenet “drunk on scotch, flailing about Prince Bandar’s Riyadh pool, screaming about the Bush Administration officials who were just then trying to pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.” Tyler reports that Tenet also “mocked the neoconservatives in the Bush administration” as “the Jews“:

According to one witness, he mocked the neoconservatives in the Bush administration and their alignment with the right wing of Israel’s political establishment, referring to them with exasperation as, “the Jews.”

A footnote in Tyler’s book says that Tenet “initially denied staying at Prince Bandar’s palace, then denied that he had said anything in the pool.” “He disputed the remarks attributed to him and denied that his memory might have been affected by the amount of alcohol he was reported to have consumed on top of a sleeping pill,” reports Tyler.

Update Tenet posted a statement on his website denying Tyler's story, calling it "completely false."


83 Responses to “Drunk George Tenet lashed out at Bush’s neocons: ‘The Jews’ who tried to ‘pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.’”


  1. celtic cynic says:

    Gotta love it – drunkenness rules in the Bush regime.


  2. marlow says:

    You got your medal, George. STFU.


  3. dbadass says:

    Alcohol and sleeping pills?
    Since when is Karen Ann Quinlin or whatever her name was qualified to be CIA director?


  4. tokin librul says:

    Mebbe he was drunk.

    But he was not ‘blind’ drunk…

    Whatsoever his ‘faux pas’ amounted to, it wasn’t serious enough to deprive him of the Medal of Freedom…


  5. PatrioticLiberalChristian says:

    Is it possible that the members of the Bush Administration will defeat each other? It looks like it will be a “slam drunk“.


  6. stateofthedivision says:

    Sad, to say the least. How far can the leadership bar fall?


  7. Bobwurst says:

    How dare that greasy wop use a slur like that…And I didn’t know bush was jewish, he acts East Coast WASP.


  8. Bobwurst says:

    Or maybe he just wanted some juice to mix with his scotch.


  9. dbadass says:

    I think it might have been the hash talking…


  10. 5th Estate says:

    Actually the US/Israel relationship is one that is in serious need of reform.
    In exchange for subsidizing Israel to the tune of up to $3 billion a year (invariably with no interest and no strings attached) and underwriting various weapons systems that remain exclusive to Israel, and supplying them with munitions whenever they need them for their militaristic adventures ( such as with Lebanon in 2006), the Israelis are exempted from supporting the US militarily (regardless of the cause), do whatever the hell they want, constantly spy inside the US and basically function as an ungrateful and demanding welfare case–and that’s thanks in considerable part to the neocons ( and their philosophical predecessors ) and a failure on everyone else’s part, to dare to examine just how the hell the US (or indeed ordinary Jews for that matter) really benefits from this lopsided arrangement.


  11. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    Oh how nice of Tenet to be wining and dining at poolside with the enemy and whining about his own government in front of the enemy. Then to top it all off he blames everything on the Jews in front of the Arabian prince. Sorry George but you are just a big of piece of sh*t as Bush.


  12. Leftside Annie says:

    Disgusting. What a pig.


  13. the brown acid says:

    What is he referring to when he says “The jews” ? I don’t get it. Is it a Leo Strauss reference or something? There are a lot of tight connections to Israel in the Bush administration but there are tight connections to Israel in every administration. Anyone want to clarify?


  14. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    5th Estate, we need to stop subsidizing Israel with our tax payer $$ and also do the same with Egypt, Jordan etc. Our country and our economy is in shambles thanks to the greed on Wall street and with the banksters.

    We the people are being asked to sacrifice in these tumultious economic times created by greed and unaccountability and yet our government continues to give financial aid to these countries.

    Sorry, it’s time to end the subsidizing or bribing other countries with taxpayer dollars and began using that money within our own country towards we the people and our needs.


  15. stateofthedivision says:

    Bush hosted a White House Hanukkah party to celebrate the Jewish holiday. As President, he initiated the tradition. Attendees expressed hope Barack Obama would continue the practice.


  16. alphainfinityomega says:

    “…to pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.” is the exact reason that Cheney/Bush kept Tenant around in the first place; to have a Clinton appointee around to blame the obvious WMD and Intel. lies on.
    No comment on the ‘Jews’ thing, but sometimes they will do underhanded things—just ask Isaac.

    ¶ AIO


  17. sacopenapa says:

    As the War Crimes become apperent clear, their cookie starts to crumble, drunk or not, they will begin to point fingers at one another. No one forced Tenet to do anything. He is a grown up, a WAR CRMINAL and should be prossecuted for them! HAGUE 2009 FOR THE ENTIRE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!


  18. lokidog says:

    I think the whole Iraqi fiasco proves why Bush (Cheney) allowed Tenet to continue as CIA Director. They knew – at some point – they would need a “bipartisan” holdover from the Clinton Administration around to point at and use/blame/pile sh*t on, etc. to serve their neocon, evil agenda.

    The dumber that “holdover” was, the better. A drunk, too? Woo HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

    George Tenet – this is your loser of a life. Deal with it – you’ve earned your scorn and disrespect well.



  19. lokidog says:

    ¶ AIO @ #19:

    I should have read yours first. Right on!


  20. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    republicans hate facts Says:

    Bush isn’t Jewish, but the NeoCons that drove PNAC and the Iraq policy ARE. They sold out our country for the interests of Israel and tried to pin the whole thing on Tenet even though it was their Pentagon based efforts that delivered the fake intelligence on WMDs…
    “““““““““““““““““““““““““““`
    Actually I really don’t believe the Neocons attacked Iraq for the interests of Israel. If they really wanted to serve the interests of Israel they would have attacked Iran or Syria which are supposedly greater threats to Israel.

    The Neoncons were serving their own interests. By attacking Iraq they get to control the oil thru the Iraqi puppet government. They get all of their cronies like Halliburton no bid contracts AND they get to push draconian laws like the Patriot Act’s I & II after their successful New Pearl Harbor incident on 9/11/2001.

    Those who blame everything on the Jews are just playing right into the Neocons and the puppet masters hands. And although some of the puppet masters may indeed call themselves Jews, they are no more Jewish then Bush is a Christian, it’s by name only. These are evil bastards who do not care about Jews, Christians, Atheists, Buddhas, Muslims, Hindu, etc, all they care about is themselves and world domination.


  21. jeblucas says:

    Stay classy, George!


  22. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    Hey all, check out the video I made for an original song of mine titled: Big Brother Is Watching You

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1bVtITCHCw


  23. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    Extreme Health is an Extreme Idiot!


  24. Shayne says:

    Flag the trouble making troll Extreme Health. He’s probably linking his comment to all the right wing site saying how hateful we are.


  25. dbadass says:

    Noboby is gonna be nuking nobody as to do so would assure the destruction of both. This is so much of a stupid premise.


  26. dbadass says:

    Extreme Health:
    Israel Kamakawiwo’ole is already dead which is really sad but still if he wasn’t why would anyone want to wish for his passing. What a voice!


  27. Fred says:

    Extreme Health:

    Can this be anyone but trajan?


  28. dbadass says:

    Extreme Health:
    Hairspray and isopropyl is a dangerous mix…


  29. alphainfinityomega says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    This one is a right wing agitator, you’ll see his comments on O’Reilly soon.

    ¶ AIO


  30. dabubba says:

    … Scotch Whiskey in Saudi Arabia ! Go Figure .


  31. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    Extreme Health must be a disgruntled little radical reichwinger whose only answer is war just like his little ‘the worst president in American history.’

    This dipshit doesn’t have a clue what it is talking about when considering the nuclear fallout of such an attack which would claim victims all over the Middle East. But like a true radical reichwinger it talks striaght from it’s a$$.


  32. alphainfinityomega says:

    # 25: lokidog:

    You probably didn’t have a chance to read mine first, with your comment coming only one minute later than mine.
    But don’t think for a minute that that’s not the reason Cheney kept Tenant around.
    I’m thinking that that might be the reason that Obama is keeping Gates around when Iraq goes to Hell (again)…and it will.

    ¶ AIO


  33. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    5th Estate hates Israel too as do you too. I’m just honest, If Iran nukes Israel we will have world peace.

    December 17th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
    ___________

    Nah, that’s not even remotely true.

    First of all, Iran would be destroying, or at least making uninhabitable, Jerusalem/al-Quds, the third holiest site in Islam. That’s not going to win them any friends among their Arab neighbors.

    Secondly, the absence of Israel as a regional hegemony would allow other back-burner tensions between Levantine neighbors to boil to the surface, particularly as the aquifers supplying Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan dry up.

    Thirdly, Iran does not have nuclear weapons and won’t for the forseeable future. They know full well that such an action would cut them from the rest of the world, whose Euros they depend on to placate their underemployed and increasingly disaffected populace with social programs.

    So, no, we would not have world peace in a world without Israel.

    We might, however, have much more world peace in a world where Israel gives the Palestinians the rights they deserve under the Geneva conventions, or – better yet – gives them their land back.


  34. Razor_Boy says:

    Speaking of WMD, will someone nuke Extreme Health, please.

    R_B


  35. ElBruce says:

    Um, “Jew” is not an epithet. I think it’s probably more antisemitic to act as if it is. If he’s talking about American-Israeli policy, then he’s probably validly referring to some jews. Most Jewish conservatives are mideast hawks, aka. neocons. So referring to “the jews” within the administration in that context strikes me as a validly descriptive term.


  36. IgnoranceIsNotBliss says:

    Yo Tenet: Buck up man. There’s no crying in warmongering. Sheesh dude.


  37. Fred says:

    ElBruce Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    Um, “Jew” is not an epithet. I think it’s probably more antisemitic to act as if it is. If he’s talking about American-Israeli policy, then he’s probably validly referring to some jews. Most Jewish conservatives are mideast hawks, aka. neocons. So referring to “the jews” within the administration in that context strikes me as a validly descriptive term.

    No but it is a generalizing term that includes all people of one race which is just prejudice……not all Jews support the waring faction of the Israeli government.

    It is one thing to talk about what the Irsraeli government does and it is quite another to use the word Jew when talking about it.


  38. Zooey says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    republicans hate facts,
    Iran will save the world. The Jews are always causing wars, it’s time to remove this cancer.
    Death to Israel!
    December 17th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    Hi, Trahan. What did you do to lose your job this time?


  39. IgnoranceIsNotBliss says:

    Fred Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    Extreme Health:

    Can this be anyone but trajan?

    Nope. He must have gotten bored over at his place.


  40. jb says:

    Maybe Tenet would have benefited from a little more Scotch while on the job. Seems to affect him a bit like truth serum. And Truth is precious little commodity for the Bushies and other neocons.


  41. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    That way they can unleash missiles on the Jews and drive them out that way. I am for Palestine from the river to the sea. Israel needs to be destroyed for world peace!

    December 17th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
    __________

    Go back to LGF. You’re not fooling anyone.


  42. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    hussein toasterhead ,
    I am like everyone here, I hate Israel and support the great nation of Iran. i support Hezbollah, Hamas, Al-Qaeda and the LET.

    December 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
    ___________

    Wow. That must get confusing, supporting all those groups. How do you reconcile your pro al-Qa’ida side with your pro-Iran side, considering how much those two hate each other?


  43. jb says:

    Evidently, Tenet needs to get his courage from a bottle. It’s a little late now. Over a million innocents killed.


  44. dbadass says:

    Extreme Health:
    Seriously man. Huffing Scotch Guard is extremely dangerous to your health


  45. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    Al-Qaeda and Iran don’t hate each other. Nice try they are both revolutionary peoples fighting the Zionists.

    December 17th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
    ______________

    Ahh, so when UBL referred to “the Shi’a dogs” of Iran, and when Iran provided us with intelligence in 2001 that helped us fight al-Qa’ida and the Taliban, that was just the revolutionary fervor talking?


  46. dbadass says:

    Your ridiculous. The funny thing though is that I sense that you mistakenly think you are the shits…


  47. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    Ahmadinejad has called Iran a Marty nation

    December 17th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
    ___________

    A Marty nation? As in Marty McFly? Does that make Iraq Biff?

    Oh no – now it all makes sense! Iraq wasn’t building weapons of mass destruction – they were building a TIME MACHINE!

    Thank goodness we stopped them before they acquired Future Sports Almanac Technology!!!


  48. Zimzone says:

    Since when does Arabian royalty allow alcohol on their premises?

    …and why would Tenet be a guest?

    …and why is ‘extreme disease’ allowed to keep on posting BS?

    Inquiring minds need to know!


  49. hussein toasterhead says:

    Zimzone Says:

    Since when does Arabian royalty allow alcohol on their premises?

    December 17th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
    ___________

    Obviously you don’t know too many Saudis.


  50. jb says:

    I think extreme crapola finally finished digging his own grave.


  51. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    I makes no difference to us whether You Americans are liberals or progressives. you are all the same, we hate you regardless of your beliefs.

    December 17th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
    _________

    Yes, we’re well aware that conservatives like yourself hate America for our freedoms.


  52. jb says:

    Seems like Extreme Sickness like looking at himself in the mirror while taking a dump.


  53. livelongandprosper says:

    Extreme Health

    How about Iran giving sanctuary to Bin Laden’s son?

    How about the US allowing Bin Laden’s relatives safe air passage out of the US right after 911?


  54. Jackie says:

    Tenet see’s dead people for the part he played. Alcohol talks and don’t be surprised if someone from the United Nations was listening too. Most of these guys will fine themselves leakiing secrets as the pressure is great. Even Bush is drinking and talking. The shocker for Americans will be when we learn it was the US/Saudis that bomb the World Trade Center and the terrorist were well paid. As a Foreign Jouranlist reported on PBS the Families of the 9/11 terrorist moved away and now are wealthy. These men gave their lives and their families were paid off.

    As usual Americans didn’t listen or look carefully at the facts. Even Bin Ladin said he didn’t play any part nor did Al Qeada but Bush/Cheney used him to illegally invade Iraq for oil and land. Yes we see just what part Israel played. Notice the Prime Minister Omert had to step down for corruptiion. Israel needed Iraq so they and the US could bomb Iran. This was all planned out in the late 90’s as the set up took place to remove Clinton. It worked really well for the GOP as they used God’s name and people followed like sheep. Well it worked with killing Jesus so some things never change.


  55. DRxJ says:

    Wow. After wasting precious time reading Extreme Heal’s posts, I’ve concluded that it has the mental capacity and writing skills of a 2nd grader.
    Except that 2nd graders can usually write in complete sentences with structure.

    Winter break come early, Trajan?
    Or are you on a snow day, with uninterrupted use of your mom’s computer?


  56. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    China will have a war with America and you will be whipped like a little boy. The Chinese Air Force and Missile squads will devastate the Pacific Fleet and you Americans will cry and beg for peace.

    December 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
    __________

    Riiiiight. Cause it’s always good business practice to destroy your best customer.


  57. DRxJ says:

    Extreme Heal Says:

    You can’t even fight wars anymore! You lose 4,000 men and you cry like girls!

    flagged! For stupidity, insensitivity, and basically for being a mucking foron!


  58. hussein toasterhead says:

    Extreme Health Says:

    I’m not an American do you get this? You Americans are stupid.

    December 17th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
    _____________

    Puerto Ricans aren’t Americans now?

    Okay, if that’s the way you want it.


  59. jb says:

    Extreme delusion has a weak feminine brain. Actually a feminine brain would show more sense. Flag the lame brain.


  60. Chocolate Jesus says:

    >What did you do to lose your job this time?

    Trajan refused to leave the little boys room even after he was done cleaning the urinals and mopping the floors. Fortunately (for him) and unfortunately (for us), he had enough money left over for a bottle of Wild Turkey and was able to convince his wh#re of a mother to use her hooking money to pay for another month of Aol..


  61. Zimzone says:

    ht: No, I don’t know any Saudis. At least not anymore. I was on the college billiards team with a Saudi, & was under the impression, mostly from him, that alcohol was forbidden fruit.

    rhf: I did flag the little phucker…what else can I do? (I don’t argue with trolls.)


  62. robertsgt40 says:

    Oops. Every dog has his day. I’ll bet you wish you hadn’t sold your soul. Eternity is a long time. I hope GT has a long life to reflect on his past.(SAME MESSAGE APPLIES TO GW AND DICK)


  63. free-gaza-now says:

    Why does everyone ignore the Israeli/neocon role in the Iraq debacle? Ya screw Bush and Cheney whatever, but why not screw Perle, Wurmser, and Kristol? Why do liberals have such a double standard when it comes to the Israeli issue? Just a question


  64. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    Extreme Moron…so which country are you from? Dumbphuckistan? And who the phuck is Chung Kuo?


  65. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    free-gaza-now Says:

    Why do liberals have such a double standard when it comes to the Israeli issue? Just a question.
    ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““`
    I don’t have any double standard when it comes to the Israeli issue, none at all. But I do not believe Israel had anything to do with us attacking Iraq. As for Perle, Wurmser, Kristol, Feith and Wolfowitz, may they all burn in hell along with Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and Powell.

    My problem is with those who are filled with hate, who believe everything they read at sites like infowars and information clearing house, where 99% of the comments blame the Jews on 9/11, the Iraq war, the financial crisis, their home team losing, etc, etc, ignorance is bliss especially from those whose minds are filled with hateful, agenda filled false rhetoric.


  66. dbadass says:

    Hey Extreme Health:
    I hear Columbians are pussies…


  67. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    Now in saying what I said above I will add that I believe what Israel is doing to the Palestinians and visa versa is despicable and genocide, but I blame those in charge of each governments and their military not the poor citizens who get caught in the cross fire. Most Israeli and Palestinian people want to be left alone to live in peace.


  68. Uncle Fester Lurks says:

    dbadass Says:

    Hey Extreme Health:
    I hear Columbians are pussies…
    “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““
    Extreme Moron is from Columbia!?! Well that explains everything! His brain has been rotted out from all of the cocaine he’s been snorting.


  69. Chocolate Jesus says:

    >Extreme Moron is from Columbia!?!

    The only thing Columbian about Extreme Trajan is
    the coffe grounds he filters with his mothers pubic hair.


  70. ElBruce says:

    Everybody git the troll! Git ‘im! No, he’s running that way! No, over there! Git ‘im! You git dat troll!


  71. TenetSpokesman says:

    George Tenet has issued a statement in response to Patrick Tyler’s false allegations. It can be seen here:

    http://georgejtenet.com/TylerStatement.html

    In addition, Prince Bandar has also issued a statement today through a spokesman. It can be seen here:

    http://georgejtenet.com/BANDARSTATEMENT.html

    Abe Foxman of the ADL has also sent a reaction to The Atlantic

    A link to his statement is here:

    http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/foxman_to_tenets_rescue.php


  72. free-gaza-now says:

    My problem is with those who are filled with hate, who believe everything they read at sites like infowars and information clearing house, where 99% of the comments blame the Jews on 9/11, the Iraq war, the financial crisis, their home team losing, etc, etc, ignorance is bliss especially from those whose minds are filled with hateful, agenda filled false rhetoric.

    ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““`

    Sure… I wouldnt trust 75% of the things that come out of Alex Jones mouth. The guy is clearly a snake oil salesman. On the the other hand I dont believe 90% of the things Rachel Maddow says, or Brian Williams for that matter. The facts are the facts, PNAC is based on israeli policy from the mid-90’s. Richard Perle was caught spying for Israel in the 70’s, Larry Franklin in 05 i think? Who’s to say all the “Scoop Jackson Dem’s” arent passing information to AIPAC now. They are all neocons. It’s clear that the Iraq war was for the sole beifit of Israel, and it’s nieve to think AIPAC and the neocons arent connected at the hip. Why would you spy on an alli? I would suggest reading the Mearsheimer/Walt report and an by way of deception by Victor Otrovsy


  73. dbadass says:

    TenetSpokesman:
    Are you prepared to announce that the gentleman of such a serious position has never consumed excessive alcohol or abused sleeping pills?
    Thank you-


  74. Chocolate Jesus says:

    >http://georgejtenet.com/TylerStatement.html

    Ah yes, so this guy Tenet had cronies following him around the entire visit, so as to be able to attest to what didnt happen for the entire trip…did they follow him to the bathroom too? How exactly is it that they know he didnt go to take a midnight dip in the pool? Did they sleep in the same room with him?

    So tell us, “tenetspokesman”, is it a “slam-dunk” that Tenet didnt say this? hahaahhahahaah. liar…


  75. Arthur_Abyss says:

    According to one witness, he mocked… Not really the most convincing way to corroborate something, is it. Nor to introduce more thoughts on a well-known “taboo” US policy discussion related to our obvious unpatriotic tie to the “51st State” of Israel. That really has less to do with Jews per say, and more to do with the convenience of merging of “Old Testament” ideologies and power-bases of certain audiences, whether raptures, Bush and neo-cons imposing as if a way-of-life, what has become a very uncomfortable, un-American relation between American citizens and Israel right-wing. Can anyone explain why during the election process, the major newsbroadcasters (BBC, CNN etc..) transmitted in full, the live speeches of Hillary and Obama at AIPAC? It became normalized. No one asked about those speeches, i.e. why does Hillary Clinton know the names of Israeli soldiers “kidnapped” who should be released…(soldiers are captured by the way, not kidnapped) Why is she marching with their wives in NYC? Why are we even commenting on Jerusalem politics? Why is she discussing how textbooks introduce the term “nakba” and then she takes the right-wing, mostly unpopular position this term isn’t allowable. All in that one global speech. Etc… The situation became normalized with Rahm Emmanuel, who no matter what spin is going to be put, volunteered in Israel for his service during the Gulf War. And let’s not forget his father’s recent statements about dirty Arabs that NO one asked him to apologize for except finally the Arab-American groups.
    The Neo-Cons were of course aligned with certain geopolitical realities, and Israel is working its way into Kurdistan, and oil pipelines are being directed to them, and the like, this is no secret news. But the neo-cons just institutionalized for their greed and corruption what was already in place. Now… the relation is “normalized” as the 51st State in principle.

    “I think when this is all over, people are going to say that Barack Obama is the first Jewish president”–Abner Mikva, as quoted in: Pauline Dubkin Yearwood, OBAMA AND THE JEWS: A look at why some Jews love him and some don’t trust him; and at the key role Chicago Jews played in getting him to where he is, http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/story.htm?sid=212226&id=252218, (10/24/2008)


  76. jgarbuz says:

    While Tenet was drinking alcohol and babbling in the holy land of the Muslims, Saudi Arabia, I wonder why he didn’t ask Prince Bandar the following three questions:

    1. Why Christians and Jews are never allowed to live as citizens in the kingdom?

    2. Why did Muhammad personally behead 600-900 Jews, rob their wealth, and ethnically cleanse them out of Medina, a city the Jews had originally founded?

    3. And, what happened to the properties of the nearly 1 million Jews who were forced to leave the Arab countries after 1948?


  77. American Patriots Against Zionism says:

    The “Jews” like Wolfowitz and Feith did manipulate the US into war and were well aware of pre-9/11 attacks. Tenet is right. The sad part is that no one is able to speak the truth without the anti-Semite grenade going off.

    They should be tried and hung as traitors. Why do we allow people with dual citizenship and non-US loyalties into positions of power in the government?

    These Jews (a loose term since they are neither religious nor moral) would sell their soul and the US for Mother Zion. They murdered dozens on the USS liberty without remorse and allowed thousands to die on 9/11.

    Time to rethink that plan from the 40s!


  78. Sam Thornton says:

    Jeesh! Mention the words “Jew” or “Israel” and the loonies pop out. Blaming members of a narrow, ideological group for something is a far cry from blaming an entire ethnic group. It’s the difference between criticism and racism.


  79. jgarbuz says:

    The situation of Jews in the US and Europe today is not much different than in GErmany in the late 1920s and ‘30, when a combination of economic depression and the post war situation made the scapegoating of Jews for Germany’s loss of WWI and the subsequent difficulties fashionable. Nothing has really changed, except that the word “Jew” has been replaced by such more “PC” euphemisms such as “Zionists” or “neocons.”
    They’ve even attempted to pin 9/11 on the “Zionists.” As my mother, a holocaust survivor, told me as a child, that antisemitism is in the blood, and while it may go underground for a while, never really goes away. Thankfully, today there is a Jewish state where Jews can defend themselves if required. Otherwise, not much has really changed.


  80. sickofitall says:

    For those who still don’t believe, Check out Operation Clean Break…There are still going to be weasels trying to carry out their plans, inept as they are and horrifying as it seems.

    http://www.irmep.org/PDF/3-27-2003_Clean_Break_or_Dirty_War.pdf


  81. MichaelF says:

    The joke is that these “Jewish” neo-cons really have no connection to the Jewish community. For example, Paul Wolfowitz belongs to no synagogue, no Jewish organizations, but he does have an Arab girlfriend. Ask any knowledgeable member of the Jewish community, and they will tell you that in the past Wolfowitz has always associated with the Arabs!

    And for those who say, “Wait a minute! The entire war was fought only for Israel’s sake!” Sorry. Hate to burst your bubble, but the neo-cons don’t give a damn about Israel. We now know that Israel opposed the US invasion. According to those present at Bush’s private talks with then PM Sharon, Sharon told Bush not to attack Saddam because it would open the gate for Iranian expansion and cause other problems. Note the comments of former State Department official Lawrence Wilkerson, who is one of these eyewitnesses. Just do a web search. There are plenty of news stories on this.



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