Marilyn, Arjay, Mkk & Stan1 I just wanted to tell you that I'm usually in the minority when tackling the formidable Israeli propaganda machine that swings into place any time that any one says a single questioning word about Israel.

They play the man not the ball. I may be accused of being an anti-Zionist but I have absolutely nothing against the Jewish people who have contributed so much to humanity through the millennium.

It is a pleasure to hear voices that respond to what America and Israel do and not what they say. I am currently reading Dissension Among Allies Ernest Bevin's Palestine Policy Between Whitehall and the White House, 1945-47. Bevin was foreign minister in the British Labour Party under the Prime Minister Atlee and he was responsible for solving the problem of the displaced European Jews post WWII with America.

Bevin is appalled by President Truman who makes it clear that he was more concerned with the votes of approximately 1,000,000 Jews residing in New York and the forthcoming presidential elections he had to face than acting as a statesman. Truman would take no responsibility for Palestine and yet he was insistent that the Zionist be given a quota of 100,000 Jews that could enter and settle in Palestine immediately with a view to dividing the country.

Bevin complains that he has no leverage as America is helping Britain get back on its feet again after WWII found Britain bankrupt. He couldn't believe that an American President would use such a delicate foreign policy question as the future of Palestine for domestic political consumption. It shows that right back at the beginning the Zionists used their political advantage of block voting to achieve what they had set out to do.

Today we see exactly the same thing the Zionists have complete control of America's Middle East policy and it is immaterial which party wins next year's election American policy on the Middle East will not change. The tail today is wagging the dog.

Ulis you will be very interested in this story.Richard Silverstein says he has got a leak from IDF which reveals Netanyahu's secet plan to attack Iran. http://www.globalresearch.ca/

Silverstein goes on top say that Israel has new stealth weaponery that the USA does not know about.It seems that even those within their IDF are very nervous about starting a fight with Iran.Iran is said to have over 100,000 missiles.They will then have Russia and China to contend with since they will no longer tolerate Western imperialism taking control of more major energy sources.

This monopoly of energy is bad for us too since the big oil companies will charge what they like.

Apparently there is now an oil line that runs from Iraq into Israel.Make no mistake,this is about the Western Oligarchs taking what they cannot produce.They are left with worthless derivatives while China and India are the factory of the planet.

This thread should be alive with comments. Don't you realize how close we are to nuclear war thanks to Israel?

Do the nukes have to fall before Australians wake up to the danger? Why aren't people marching in the streets, demonstrating outside Parliament and Syagogues, ringing their local Members, sending emails to Obama and Netanyahu, etc?

Nuking Iran will lead to WW3 and human extinction. Are you not worried?

I thought not! You are more interested in the gay marriage issue!