Chas Freeman in his own words — sample the largely sensible views the israel Lobby can’t abide in the following 3 clips. See also his thoughts on the israel Lobby after his announcement he was withdrawing from the offer to chair the NIC.
Iraq Debate: Closing argument, Chas Freeman (2 mins)
Excerpt of a speech (transcript) at the 15th Annual US-Arab Policymakers Conference in October, 2006 (h/t War in Context):
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Heavy sigh.
Now I’m even more demoralized.
He sounds exactly like the man we most needed for that post.
I think I’m going to bundle up against the icy wind of this sunny day and go tromp off my miserable mixture of ire and shame and the razor blades on race cars in my veins from this betrayal by maybe the biggest coward in American politics… our president.
AIPAC should register as an agent of a foreign government. It’s sole interest in promoting right-wing Zionism and keeping dollars flowing into Israel’s already well lined coffers. It has no interests in what is good for the U.S. independently of Israel.
AIPAC is indeed an agent of a foreign government…!
and anybody who does not know or don’t want to admit this fact just does not know what AIPAC exactly is all about. Period.!!!