YoursTruly
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For the record, I’m also strongly opposed to Israel and AIPAC—for the exact same reasons. They pour far too much money and influence into our government, our elections, and our foreign policy. No foreign country or its lobby should ever have that kind of unchecked power over American sovereignty. Period.
That said, constantly blaming Israel and AIPAC is completely backwards. It’s like blaming the gun for a m/rder instead of the person who pulled the trigger. The real culprits are our own elected officials, mainstream media, and social-media influencers who willingly open the door, take the money, and sell out American interests. They’re the ones enabling this shady influence-peddling every single day.
Israel and AIPAC are simply doing what any well-funded foreign actor would do: feeding a corrupt political marketplace that’s hungry for it. Just like Mexican drug cartels flooding the U.S. with drugs because there’s a massive domestic demand—the suppliers are opportunistic, but the demand, the weakness, and the moral failure come from inside our own system.
All this obsessive finger-pointing at them doesn’t make the criticism stronger; it hands Trump supporters (and plenty of others) a legitimate excuse to laugh it off as conspiracy theory or antisemitism—even when the underlying concerns about foreign influence are completely valid. It distracts from the real fight and lets the actual traitors in our own government off the hook. If we want to fix this, we stop chasing the suppliers and start holding the buyers accountable.
That said, constantly blaming Israel and AIPAC is completely backwards. It’s like blaming the gun for a m/rder instead of the person who pulled the trigger. The real culprits are our own elected officials, mainstream media, and social-media influencers who willingly open the door, take the money, and sell out American interests. They’re the ones enabling this shady influence-peddling every single day.
Israel and AIPAC are simply doing what any well-funded foreign actor would do: feeding a corrupt political marketplace that’s hungry for it. Just like Mexican drug cartels flooding the U.S. with drugs because there’s a massive domestic demand—the suppliers are opportunistic, but the demand, the weakness, and the moral failure come from inside our own system.
All this obsessive finger-pointing at them doesn’t make the criticism stronger; it hands Trump supporters (and plenty of others) a legitimate excuse to laugh it off as conspiracy theory or antisemitism—even when the underlying concerns about foreign influence are completely valid. It distracts from the real fight and lets the actual traitors in our own government off the hook. If we want to fix this, we stop chasing the suppliers and start holding the buyers accountable.