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Ecumenism is the Universal Solvent of Tradition .

Russia should have modeled itself on AIPAC

Russia made a strategic blunder when it didn't create ARPAC - American Russian Political Action Committee - modeled on the criminal enterprise AIPAC - American Israeli Political Action Committee.

If it had done so, it would not have to worry even if one of its actors was caught red-handed receiving Classified Information

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2007/11/05/aipac-espionage-and-legal-sabotage/

Isn't it interesting how we always hear about Assad of Syria doing this and that dastardly deed but never hear about Israel gunning down unarmed demonstrators?

https://original.antiwar.com/avnery/2018/04/16/israelis-kill-unarmed-protesters-barely-notice/

Israel operates the biggest open prison on earth



but we never hear or read the truth about it.

Do you think, say, Tucker Carlson, would be allowed to have Uni Avnery on as a guest?


Huh, it is enough to make a man wonder who really is running this gang called America.


The next time the Jewish-owned Media tells you that Israel is our closest friend in the middle east and is a great democracy, stop to think how good it would be if America had no friends like Israel.

O, and can we please drop the Democracy label? 




Caught a train from Alexandria 
Just a broken man in flight 
Running scared with his devils 
Saying prayers all through the night 
Oh but mercy can't find him 
Not in the shadows where he calls 
Forsaking all his better angels 
That's how every empire falls 

The bells ring out on Sunday morning 
Like echoes from another time 
All our innocence and yearning 
and sense of wonder left behind 
Oh gentle hearts remember 
What was that story? Is it lost? 
For when religion loses vision 
That's how every empire falls. 

He toasts his wife and all his family 
The providence he brought to bear 
They raise their glasses in his honor 
Although this union they don't share 
A man who lives among them 
Was still a stranger to them all 
For when the heart is never open 
That's how every empire falls 

Padlock the door and board the windows 
Put the people in the street 
"It's just my job," he says "I'm sorry." 
And draws a check, goes home to eat 
But at night he tells his woman 
"I know I hide behind the laws." 
She says, "You're only taking orders." 
That's how every empire falls. 

A bitter wind blows through the country 
A hard rain falls on the sea 
If terror comes without a warning 
There must be something we don't see 
What fire begets this fire? Like torches thrown into the straw 
If no one asks, then no one answers 
That's how every empire falls.