I heard in this remarkable conversation that in the USA, the “Israel Lobby” controls about 400 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives. That’s deeply disturbing, to say the least.
Here and now I won’t bother disputing the ludicrous positions of the “Israel Lobby”.
Nor am I now going to vindicate defenders of the so-called First Amendment that is so sacred to the USA (with good reason). In my country, you see, suppressing dissent is much easier than in the USA. In my country, people implicitly “trust” the mainstream press, because the mainstream press is, after all, our press. Our press tells us, day in and day out, what we need to know. It tells us that Russia will invade Europe, that China will invade Taiwan (without reminding us that Taiwan is actually part of China) and that we must be very grateful for US military presence here (Norway). The press adds that we must all be prepared for nuclear war. We must keep a stock of toilet paper, bottled water and batteries. Our press looks after us, you see.
Do you think I am proud of my country’s press? Has my country’s press informed me that one of the 9 US military bases on the Philippines has a Typhon missile system installed? With a range of about 2,000 kilometres, it can hit most major cities on the Chinese mainland. Not a word, as far as I can see.
But at least my country has made it resoundingly clear that we are horrified and repelled by the moral decrepitude of genocidal Zionism, which appears to control the Congress of the country that insists on controlling the world.
In the above-linked conversation, the two men seem to agree that Congress has quite simply been bought, bribed if you will. Now I really have trouble getting my head around such a supposition.
On the other hand, is it not so that anybody who freely and voluntarily defends starving a population to death, mutilating and torturing hundreds of thousands of people and forcing them to live under unbelievably ghastly conditions is in some way or other a defective human being, the sort of creature who should be monitored around the clock with an electronic bracelet?
Surely Congress isn’t made up of lunatics and psychopaths?
So I must take a closer look at the other supposition: A million USD is a lot of money. Even half a million would revolutionise my life. Besides, just as a member of Congress I would presumably be very well paid. I don’t really approve of torturing innocent people, but I would like to improve the plight of homeless people in my district and I could raise their case if I were in Congress, and – well – half a million USD would be nice.
Is that how it goes?
Is that also how the innumerable US wars go? We want to bring freedom to peoples of the world from Communism, theocracy, autocracy, etc. We are appalled by how women are oppressed in Afghanistan and Iran. We believe in LGBT rights, in justice, etc. etc. We raise our banners and continue the crusade, marching on, leaving a trail of death and despair everywhere we go.
All for money, right? Oil, minerals, black earth, etc. Gee!
Money, then, is very expensive.
Now, if so many members of the US Congress have been bribed – bought – where does that leave Democracy? In Democratic countries, members of national assemblies are elected just like members of Congress. Are Norwegian MPs more incorruptible than US Americans?