Israel Lobby Has Final Say in USA Appointments

The candidate for a leading US intelligence post has withdrawn his nomination after accusing the country's Israel lobby of plumbing "the depths of dishonour and indecency" to assassinate his character.
"...he withdrew his nomination following what he called a "barrage of libellous distortions" of his record by the Israel lobby in the US.
"The libels on me and their easily traceable email trails show conclusively that there is a powerful lobby determined to prevent any view other than its own from being aired," Freeman said."

What disturbs me as much as the Israel Mafia, is that this man did not make a stand and courageously refuse to withdraw his name. People need to stand up to this kind of strong arm tactic or we will have to live with it.

More selected quotes:
"The tactics of the Israel lobby plumb the depths of dishonour and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the wilful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth."

"The aim of this lobby is control of the policy process through the exercise of a veto over the appointment of people who dispute the wisdom of its views, the substitution of political correctness for analysis, and the exclusion of any and all options for decision by Americans and our government other than those that it favours."

Freeman, who in 2007 said "the brutal oppression of the Palestinians by Israeli occupation shows no sign of ending", was criticised by some in the US congress for remarks seen as critical of Israel.

Freeman quotes:
2007 - "The brutal oppression of the Palestinians by Israeli occupation shows no sign of ending"
2007 - "Israel is even more despised and isolated than we are, and together with the Israelis we are rapidly multiplying the ranks of terrorists with regional and global reach."
But he countered in an email to supporters on Tuesday: "It is apparent that we Americans cannot any longer conduct a serious public discussion or exercise independent judgment about matters of great importance to our country as well as to our allies and friends."

Max Blumenthal, a blogger and journalist for the Daily Beast website who has been following Freeman's nomination process, told Al Jazeera that his withdrawal was "a catastrophic defeat for the Obama administration".
"What happened is the Israel lobby won," he said.

This is just more evidence that the Zionists don't care about the truth as much as they care about winning. This is the same mindset and strategy they use against the native indigenous people of Gaza and the West Bank...Lebanon...oh heck...where DON'T they use these tactics???

I hope other "Blind" supporters of Zionism will like I did, finally become overwhelmed by the evidence that Zionists are not honest players in the world and will call them out and marginalize them.
They are like a bad apple that infect any barrel they happen to be found in.

Full story here: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/03/200931113340555177.html