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The very fact that Senator Chuck Hagel might not be confirmed as US Secretary of Defence because he said the Jewish lobby in America is too powerful is proof that the Jewish lobby in America is too powerful! Suppose he had said the pro-Thailand lobby in A
Does anyone think the Senate or the American media would give a hoot?
It’s bad enough that no one – not even Jews such as myself – can criticise Israel without being called anti-Semitic, but we can’t even criticise Israel’s American lobby.
The irony is that the lobby has such tremendous power that it can destroy any politician who says it has tremendous power!
Eric Bahrt
Pattaya
