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I recommend the reading of this book. I think it is just about time that people start speaking about the subject that has been banned for so many years.The American people need to take back the control of this great Country. Wake up Americans; now there is a lot of books on the same subject that enlighten, illuminate, educate and take the blindfold out of the eyes of the people of this our marvellous Country The United States of America. Do not let a small group of parasites blead our Country alive for their own selfish benefit.
It is definitely an influential book and highly recommended reading. Written by a former congressman, this book is a massive compendium detailing the enormous influence of the Israeli Lobby in the USA. I have only read the second edition, and actually am seriously considering getting the third just to see what Findley has added to the book - it's been almost a decade and a half since the second edition, so this update is long overdue. From the start, the author makes a sharp distinction between being pro-Israel (as he defines himself) and being "pro-Israel-right-or-wrong", as "They Dare to Speak Out" appears to categorize the Zionist lobby. In any case, if you haven't read any of the earlier editions, it is worth to just buy it and take a look. The book is very well-written, and very engaging as the picture unfolds like a detective story, chapter by chapter.
For one thing, as "They Dare to Speak Out" points out repeatedly, a large part of the Lobby's influence is psychological, yet the whole book tends to reinforce that "almighty lobby" image, which means the book is self-defeating, in a way. Released for a third time with an update all the way to the turn of the millennium, this is definitely the authoritative study of the working of American politics, and the ease with each the US political system can be manipulated by another country. In all fairness, I did not give it 5 stars for one reason: the book left me quite depressed about the state of affairs of this nation, and I didn't like the impression it inadvertently paints of an all-powerful lobby. The issues discussed are very relevant, examining the influence of a foreign country in every aspect of American life: in Congress and the White House, in the press, in the universities and churches, and throughout America. It reads like a who's who in politics and society, with quotations and interviews with everyone of relevance, even including many prominent American Jews who dare to speak out against the Israeli lobby and reject having to toe the lobby line. Perhaps the 3rd edition did something about it.
You might feel overwhelmed, but you will learn a lot of important things, too.
This book comes from a qualified credible source and is very educational. I found this book to be a significant piece of the U.S./world puzzle. It not only speaks of AIPAC, but also of various pressures, and intimidation tactics in politics, media, academia, used by pro-Israel groups and right wing fundamentals in support of such. Findley also writes about the left democratic Christians who oppose the pro-Israel lobby, and of those founding Zionists (Nahum Goldmann) and Anti-Zionists that spoke out against Israel's treatment of Palestinians and Arabs rights. And this is coming from a Jew critical of Israel policies and supporter of justice and human rights of all peoples. Highly recommended.
Findley, a pure PRO-AMERICAN is one of the rare congressman with a backbone who,. I feel Findley's courageous and 'making America' aware of the cancer within it book should be read and taken VERY seriously. puts America first. He was and is the pioneer of bringing attention to Americas getting off course with a spineless and cowardly Legislature - especially today. Outstanding and other A+ scholarly works on this topic are: Jimmy Carter's: Palestine:Peace Not Apartheid; ans most recent is "The Israel Lobby," by Mearshiemer and Walt. These are also excellent objective reads that bring true clarity to what's really going on today.
This book is a perfect counter-point to The Power of Israel in the United States. As with the other book, this book is a strongly documented and very lengthy catalog of the sins of the Zionists and the Israeli Government, not at all against the moderate Jews and their legitimate concerns. I review that book also, and recommend both books to every American, just as I also recommend the books that document how the Saudis have bought the Bush Family and the Republican and Democratic parties, neither of which represents We the People. Completely apart from the venal immorality of Dick Cheney (see my review of Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency in which I itemized the 23 high crimes and misdemeanors documented by that book), the fact is that Congress has been bought by multiple parties, and no longer represents We the People.This book is a harder, longer read, so I recommend you start with the other book. I have seen Gaza and Beirut, and what Israel has done to the Palestinians, to the former "Paris" of the Middle East, combined with their Assault on the Liberty, is unforgivable.This book logically catalogs how the Zionists intimidate even such a person as Ted Turner, who was forced to back down when he said both sides were committing terrorism (there is in fact a UN Resolution that finds Israel guilty of genocide and racism, but then that is one of those "fog facts" that our totalitarian monsters choose to ignore.The author organizes the book around how Zionists silence the small and the weak, while buying out the Oval Office, the Congress, the media, while also subverting academic freedon.I especially like the author's conclusion, "What Price Israel." The US taxpayer is subsidizing Israeli genocide and Israeli idiocy, and the US and Israel appear to be the last two countries to continue to believe in the value of force that is both unaffordable and unsustainable in an unconquerable world.Congressman Tom Moran, who represents my district, has personally said that Zionish have too much influence on Congress, and I agree. Tom Moran has been a very good representative, and he speaks the truth.Here are some books and a DVD that can put the totally unacceptable Zionist influence on the USA in a larger context:Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--And How We Take It BackThe Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised As FreedomThe Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - and What It Will Take to Win It BackThe Best Democracy Money Can BuyFog Facts : Searching for Truth in the Land of Spin (Nation Books)Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About ItThe Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Institutions of American Democracy)
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