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Roger Hoffmann's avatar

Thank you, Sam, for introducing me to James Abourezk... up until now a man about whom I don't recall every reading before. In the process of that introduction, you also shed some new light on the Israeli lobby and their hold over policy. One often reads contradicting perspective about this in various opinions- i.e. either that Israel is merely a U.S. puppet, or that Israel, through its lobbies, wields a lot of undue influence over U.S. policy.

I suspect it's a bit of both as Israel is at least a proxy for U.S. power projection in the Mid East, and a willing supporter at the UN, etc., and the U.S. will defend Israel from international criticism and sanction no matter how many injustices , no matter how repugnant its Apartheid is.

If only we might see one day again, a few dozen more Abourezks - people willing to fight for principles of justice regardless of the personal consequences.

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anti-republocrat's avatar

He attended a meeting of the Break the Bonds group with Dayton to try to get him to divest from Israeli bonds a few years ago. We will miss him. Thanks for the eulogy.

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