Ahmed Amr
Why would an American Ambassador apologize to Sharon?
Sun Oct 21 13:00:16 2001


Why would an American Ambassador apologize to Sharon?

by Ahmed Amr

On October 7th, Ha`aretz, an Israeli newspaper reported that Dan
Kurtzer, who gets a check from the State Department to be America's
ambassador in Israel had "apologized to Sharon for talks he held with
ministers over the weekend in which he criticized the prime minister's
comments. Sharon was apparently informed of these conversations and
telephoned the ambassador and told him that he felt he had become too
involved in Israeli affairs. An Israeli source said that Kurtzer apologized."

It is one thing for the Israeli lobby and its many operatives in the
American mass media machine to attack George Bush for not bowing to
Sharon's every desire. But, the American ambassador to Israel, at least
in theory, is working for the government of the United States. If he can't
stand up as an American when addressing a terrorist war criminal like
Ariel Sharon, he should resign. Kurzer, who is an orthodox Jew, needs
to realign himself with his own country. He should disassociate himself
from the Israeli lobby or give up his post in Jerusalem. Ariel Sharon and
the Israel Firsters have spared no effort to destroy the emerging
international coalition against terrorism. They have gone so far as to
accuse Bush of appeasement. &n bsp;Kurzer should apologize for being
careless with his apologies.

If Bush is serious about an Israeli/Palestinian peace, he should withdraw
Kurzer immediately and send a real American envoy to handle Sharon.
The United States should also instruct our ambassador in Belgium to
take a greater interest in indicting Sharon for the slaughter at Qibya and
Sabra and Shatila. To send an even stronger message, simultaneously
indict Sadam for his use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in
Halbja. And watch how quickly the attitudes in the Middle East will
change. Once and for all, let us hunt down terrorists and war criminals
and bring them to justice. In the coming years, nothing will provide more
security than the universal application of International law. America will
have to abandon its selective enforcement of Security Council
resolutions. We need to prove that any war criminal, whether serving in
the uniform of a regular army, a militia or a guerilla force must abide by
the Geneva convention. The slaughter of innocents needs to be
considered beyond the pale, no matter the political grievance of the
assailant.

So far, Bush has indeed been guilty of appeasement. The president has
consistently rolled over for that thug Sharon, with disastrous results.
This administration is largely responsible for sanitizing a notorious war
criminal, whose hands are every bit as bloody as Osama Bin Laden. If
the American government continues subsidizing Israeli repression, they
will be reinforcing the appeal of extremist elements on the Arab Street.
Until September 11th, no one predicted how lethal such resentments
could get. But the wizards at the State Department, an Israeli occupied
branch of our government, determined that the risk of a carte blanche to
Sharon was a 'no cost option.' Just now, the United States is realizing
that the appeasement of Israel carries a much larger price tag than
anyone ever imagined. The Likudnik Jewish Supremacists are every bit
as demented in their visions as the extremist Islamic supremacists who
labor for Bin Laden. They are just more clever in marketing their point of
view with the able assistance of ethnic media marvels like the New York
Times and FOX news.

Our political class, Bush and Powell included, continued to coddle the
fascist Likudnik lobbyists because they are 'our kind of supremacists'
and it was good for the polls. The incredibly stupid policies of the last
few decades have created us many enemies out of thin air. When more
Americans finally get around to how a phenomenon like "Bin Laden" and
his "suicide cult" came knocking on our doors, they will arrive at the
horrific conclusion that it has everything to do with a dangerous
combination of campaign financing and foreign lobbyists. Because of
the pro-Israeli ethnics who dominate any discussion of the Middle East,
Americans seem to have no idea of how the 'Gulf War' played in Arab
homes. Even for those who championed the forcible expulsion of Iraq
from Kuwait, the continued presence of American troops in the region,
long after the battle was won, was seen as a cynical attempt to reinforce
American domination of Arab lands. And these were no ordinary Arab
lands. They held vast amounts of Oil, the one promise of providence for
millions of impoverished Arabs and Muslims around the globe. They
were also the home of Mecca and Medina and the strictly puritanical
Wahabbis. And not a single Arab or Muslim failed to notice that while
the occupation of Kuwait lasted seven months, the brutal military Israeli
occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem, South Lebanon
and the Golan was actively supported and financed by eight American
administrations.

Why did American policy makers act this crazy? Simple answer. They
did anything they thought that they could get away with at a reasonable
cost. Besides, they were constantly intimidated by the muscular
Jewish lobby. On September 11th, we all paid for their serious
miscalculations. Blame the terrorists first and last for their war crimes.
But never forget that the apocalyptic assault on New York and
Washington were not preordained and were certainly provoked by
policies designed to humiliate and torment the people of the Middle
East.

The autocratic corrupt governments in the Gulf, afraid of their shadows,
were like puppets in the hands of their American handlers. The
American handlers were, in turn, puppets in the hands of the Israeli
lobby. The puppets responded as directed to the absolute delight of the
puppeteers. When it came to the people of the Middle East, not a
single American administration advocated democratic rule or freedom of
the press or human rights. Israeli war crimes against the native
Palestinians were routinely forgiven because they were administered by
a government 'democratically' elected by Jewish supremacists. Begin
was a terrorist. Shamir was a terrorist. Sharon continues to his long
career as a war criminal. These were the men who introduced the
language of terror to the Middle East.

The policies of the Clinton administration , which was owned and
operated by the Israel Firsters, have diminished the United States to
the stature of just another tribe in the Middle East. During the first 8
months of his administration, Bush decided to increase the dosage of
contempt by giving Sharon whatever he wanted. One of America's chief
allies in the Middle East, the Egyptian government was reduced to
pleading with the Bush administration to 'play fair' with the Palestinians.
President Mubarak repeatedly advised the Bush administration that his
continued support of Sharon's provocative policies where inflaming the
passions of people in the Middle East and fanning the flames of
anti-American sentiments. The failure of intelligence was not just about
a lack of information, it was about gross ineptitude in analyzing the
information. One did not need a CIA agent to figure this out, it was just
a matter of reading the daily papers in the Middle East. We arrived at
this sorry destination, because the infiltration of our government by
dedicated Likudniks has played no small part in reinforcing the blinders
we have firmly placed on eyes wide shut.

Israel and its American lobby have spared no effort in 'becoming too
involved in American affairs'. They have become champion campaign
financiers with entrenched influence at all levels of the American
government, especially the Congress. Our foreign policies, especially in
the Middle East, have nothing to do with our national interests but are a
byproduct of the endless pressure of 'special interest' groups working in
the service of a foreign state.

It is unbelievable that those who support a serial murderer like Sharon
are considered eligible for government service at any level. If Ariel
Sharon is not a terrorist, he is certainly indictable as a war criminal.
That he has been so warmly embraced by the leadership of the
American Jewish community should be cause for serious alarm.
Especially when one considers that the considerable influence of these
Yiddish supremacists on our mass media.

The atrocities of 911 will not soon be forgotten by the American public.
While the vast majority of Americans have simply not paid attention to
the conduct of our foreign policy makers, they will now. After all, these
policies have caused a catastrophe on main street. The Israel Firsters
will do everything within their powers to regain their monopoly on the
boundaries of this debate. They will flood the media with 'expert'
opinions and pundits who just landed from Chandrala. They will stifle
debate and avoid asking the hard questions. Complicated convoluted
answers will emerge where much simpler truths will do.

So in the days ahead, we all have a simple task. Get Americans to
challenge the 'experts' with our native common sense. People should be
encouraged to ask questions about how we ended up in this mess. The
first question on the Agenda should be on the role of the Israeli Lobby
and whether our mass media barons are integral parts of that 'special
interest' group. The answers to that first question will clarify many
minds and will allow Americans to figure out that they can answer many
of the other questions without the benefit of an 'expert' from the lobby.

Mr. Ahmed Amr is Editor of NileMedia.com in Seattle and a
regular contributor to Media Monitors Network (MMN).

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