Renee Parsons
As the US continues to provide weapons for the Zionist war on Palestine, the House of Representatives met for a jam session to vote on six Resolutions as part of a legislative free-for-all hosted by AIPAC. Adopting the legislative initiatives took little time for debate since every voting Member knew beforehand how they would be voting; every Republican Member with the exception of Rep. Tom Massie (Ky.) fell in line to support the Zionist agenda which, in one way or another, were related to the Israel Palestine war as directed by AIPAC lobbyists.
There was nothing subtle about it. In one of its more rare moments of unity, the entire Republican caucus (minus one) including all RINOs, America First and Uniparty Republicans, differing ideologues all united in support of Israel as they voted in unison in what might have once been a contradiction; instead were all willing participants in the Israel First agenda. Those six votes are below and may be open to interpretation whether they serve America First interests or whether they are focused on serving another legislative Master.
Unity within the national Republican party on such highly charged topics might seem out of sync since former President Donald Trump‘s ‘no new interventionist wars’ of the 2016 campaign. There was once an isolationist thread throughout the GOP but had long since been overwhelmed by the intense domination and ideological clout of the Zionists.
AIPAC’s strategy for achieving master control of every vote serves to unite the feeble Republicans as well as a party hierarchy of every GOP Presidential candidate who support the Israeli agenda – even to the point of taking the US to war against Iran. As titular head of the party, the House looks to its leading Presidential contender and former President Donald Trump for his position on Israel-Gaza. As the entire world continues to speak in solidarity in favor of a ceasefire, not one Republican member of Congress has spoken in support of world peace and certainly not a word of criticism of war criminal Natanyahu or the Israeli war machine.
As the war grinds on, given Trump’s previous support for Zionist policies during his first term when he acquiesced middle east issues to his nothing-burger son in law Jared Kushner, leaves open the glaring admission that Israel represents an Achilles Heel for the 45th President. Whether he is able to personally confront the failed, out-of-control Zionist atrocities remains for the entire world to witness whether Trump digs deep and finds the inner strength to accept the Zionists as nothing more than a failed totalitarian political ideology granting Palestinians the indigenous right to return to their own homeland.
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Renee Parsons served on the ACLU’s Florida State Board of Directors and as president of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, staff in the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, an environmental lobbyist for Friends of the Earth and a staff member of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC. *
HR 559 was awkwardly entitled the “Islamic Republic of Iran that possesses a Nuclear Weapon would be an Unacceptable Threat to Regional and Global Security” Resolution. In other words, HR 559 asserted it is the policy of the US to “use all means necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon” as well as “Iran must not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon under any circumstances or conditions.”
The Resolution engendered little debate which may be concerning since an objective reading might confirm that the US continues to believe the hegemonic Empire has the authority to agree/disagree on all other nations decisions or relinquish their sovereignty. There was little debate because it was generally acknowledged the vote would be a slam-dunk for AIPAC with 354-53, twenty five NV and three brave Republicans voting NO.
There was one heroic Member who spoke in opposition by stating the obvious that no one else would articulate. Rep. Joaquin Castro (Texas) pointed out that the Resolution was ‘non binding’ and should require more ‘deliberate debate” since its current language went “too far” by potentially allowing ground troops and the use of nukes.
Zionist proponents asserted that Iran poses a “threat to US national security interests” and is an “existential threat to Israel” as well as “flagrant violation of terms of the nuclear deal’ which President Trump withdrew in 2018 presumably in collusion with Israel. While Iran is identified as a ‘destabilizing force” or the “principle source of instability” in the region, those accusations are confirming that US presence in the Middle East should be permissible without any stipulation in order to continue its ‘forever war’ strategy.
The short of it is that the US was never invited to participate in the Syrian civil war in 2014 or to conduct a ‘shock and awe’ bombing campaign in Iraq in 2003; nevertheless American troops remain ensconced in both countries. It does not take a West Point grad to figure out that with the war in Palestine, US presence in those countries is considerably more unwelcome than ever as hostile military action continues. It is a good bet that if US troops are removed, and why would they not be removed, Iran’s “threat to national security’ will also disappear.
As Israel and the US continue to raise alarm regarding Iran’s potential as the world’s greatest threat, it would be wise to review an event in August 2020 when an Israeli nuclear missile hit a Beirut warehouse destroying half the city as the port of Beirut exploded. There is general agreement that Israel used a tactical nuclear missile while the US obscured the scientific truth as discovered by a military video surveillance system. Expert opinion points to the sensitive power of the explosion and its characteristic “mushroom” suggesting the missile was nuclear. Cause for the attack has been identified Beirut’s port in competition with Israel’s Haifa port.
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Next up on AIPAC wish list was HR 340 which imposed sanctions against Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The Hamas International Financing Prevention Act was sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast (Fl.) who liberally wears his IDF uniform to Congress raising the question of whether he is representing the US or Israel while a member of the US House. Mast admits that “as the only member to serve with both the United States Army and the Israel Defense Forces, I will always stand with Israel.” The final vote was 363 – 46 with 23 NV.
Again, Rep. Castro courageously spoke in opposition pointing out that Mast had removed broad humanitarian aid from the bill while in committee which would have protected food, medicine and other life saving supplies in Gaza. Castro informed that, during committee consideration, Mast further requested that “any assistance should be slowed while no one can distinguish between Hamas and innocent Palestinians.”
Castro further stated he “could not support the Resolution because of intentional collective punishment against people of Gaza, half of whom are children while the choice was to intentionally remove aid was intent to hurt people.”
Mr. Mast attempted to redeem himself by further identifying himself as a typical IDF member with a history of kidnapping Palestinian children while suggesting “not so lightly throw around idea of innocent Palestinians civilians. I don’t think we would throw around the term innocent nazi civilians during WW II. Mast continued that “in their schools run by Palestinian Authority with anti semitic teachings within their own schools. They are classic terrorist, brutality nearly unspeakable, it is not a far stretch to say there are few innocent Palestinian civilians; I haven’t seen the videos of innocent civilians trying to help the Israelis.”
If American citizens were ever to understand the truth of IDF soldiers they would be horrified to see where the real brutality exists, especially as Palestinian children and women are tortured by those gratuitously malicious bullies who derive sick pleasure out of committing carnage and terrorizing those less empowered.
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Other legislative agenda items included:
HR 3266 “Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act” requires US Secretary of State to submit annual reports reviewing the school curriculum used by the Palestinian Authority. Approved by voice vote
HR 798 “Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff.” Adopted 396-23 with 14 NV.
HR 3774 “Stop Harboring Iran Petroleum Act” sanctions on petroleum products from Iran Adopted 342-69 with 22 NV
HR 829 Censor of Rep. Rashida Tlaib for “anti semitic activity and sympathizing with terrorists” ; Adopted 222 – 186 with 24 NV
Renee Parsons served on the ACLU’s Florida State Board of Directors and as president of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, staff in the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, an environmental lobbyist for Friends of the Earth and a staff member of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC.