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still_one

(92,136 posts)
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 12:59 PM Sep 2017

Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame raises eyebrows after sharing article blaming Americas Jews for US war

"Valerie Plame, a former CIA operations officer at the center of the 2003 agency leak scandal dubbed “the Plame Affair,” tweeted out an article Thursday from the anti-Israel website “UNZ Review,” entitled, “America’s Jews Are Driving America’s Wars.”

The tweet, which remains active on Plame’s feed as of publishing, links to an anti-Semitic article arguing people of Jewish faith should recuse themselves from “dealing with the Middle East.”

“Jewish groups and deep pocket individual donors not only control the politicians, they own and run the media and entertainment industries, meaning that no one will hear about or from the offending party ever again,” the article reads, adding “they have been very successful at faking the Iranian threat, so much so that nearly all Republican and most Democratic congressmen as well as much of the media seem to be convinced that Iran needs to be dealt with firmly, most definitely by using the U.S. military, and the sooner the better.”
The article goes on to argue that many of the staffers in George W. Bush’s administrations—under which Plame served and had her identity as a covert CIA officer revealed—were neocons who had a “universal attachment to the state of Israel.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/ex-cia-agent-valerie-plame-raises-eyebrows-after-sharing-article-blaming-americas-jews-for-us-wars/

Plame has just revealed herself as an anti-Jewish bigot


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grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
5. She's a lying piece of shit. The title she posted reads "Americas Jews Are Driving Americas Wars."
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 05:00 PM
Sep 2017

I detest Jew haters. She's vermin.

Behind the Aegis

(53,950 posts)
6. What's even worse is her "apology" and the people defending her.
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 05:08 PM
Sep 2017

I am SICK of people defending anti-Semitism, then following it up with "I am a Jew!" SO THE FUCK WHAT! What, did I miss a meeting where anti-Semitism no longer applies to Jews?!

Of course, people defend anti-Semitism and on Rosh Hashana. I am NOT in the least bit surprised!

Behind the Aegis

(53,950 posts)
3. Well, I wouldn't be surprised to see the actual article posted elsewhere.
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 02:18 PM
Sep 2017

Anti-Semitism runs deep in the veins of many.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
10. I'm less distirbed by Plame
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 10:03 AM
Sep 2017

That I am by her defenders.

The fact she is not shunned by polite company is disgraceful.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
11. When it first broke I wanted to believe it wasnt true or that she really did overlook it somehow
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 11:00 PM
Sep 2017

but there is no excuse and no getting away from the fact that she is an antisemitic bigot.

The disappointment I feel in someone who I regarded previously as a hero is overwhelming.

still_one

(92,136 posts)
12. I felt the same way Steve, but unfortunately I came to the same conclusions you did. Her excuses
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 11:28 PM
Sep 2017

were pathetic claiming ignorance when the title of the article was, "Jews are driving America's wars"

Not surprisingly, those on the extreme left and extreme right have the same mindset



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