Franco
December 11th, 2003, 06:56 PM
12-11-03
Israel/Henry Kissinger/USA
[This e-list item is being resent due to its importance re: U.S./Jewish/Israeli relations. Jews gained enormous power in 1975 with the Memorandum of Understanding mentioned in footnote #2. The Zionist movement's influence in Washington, D.C. quadrupled almost immediately with the MOU. In fact, we say that the MOU is one of the highest points of modern Jewish history. This version of our previous e-mailing is edited slightly].
When nationalists hear the name "Henry Kissinger," most probably shrug and say, "yeah, he worked for Nixon and Ford in the 1970s. So what?" So plenty. Kissinger was not just president Richard Nixon's national security advisor and then Secretary of State, he steered U.S. foreign policy for the White House.
America and Israel were in love and going steady long before the Yom Kippur War in the MidEast in Fall 1973 [1], but after that war those two countries were literally married with children. And Kissinger, more than anyone else, largely arranged and conducted that U.S./Israel marriage, mainly through a Sept. 1975 document called the Memorandum of Understanding [2].
Kissinger, a German Jew, virtually pioneered the now-standard idea of "whatever Israel wants from America [e.g. military equipment], Israel should get." Oh, sure, Kissinger's claim was that that idea was good for America, serving to curb Soviet aims in the Middle East [3]. But we wonder aloud if Kissinger was instead doing What Was Good For Israel Because He Was Jewish rather than what was good for gentile America. Jews have a long history of doing the 'is-it-good-for-Jews?' thing, and that new 'unconditional-support-for-Israel' policy built mostly by Kissinger might have been another example of that [4].
[Also, was that Memorandum of Understanding mentioned above really a treaty without the required Congressional ratification? Maybe a constitutional expert can answer that question for us. More on U.S. Congress/treaties here:
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Treaties.htm ].
Once America and Israel formally wed in Fall 1973, there would be no going back to simple dating and hand-holding, and we believe that Kissinger knew that very well; it would be hard to go back to the old days once a new precedent had been established regarding U.S. aid to Israel.
Even though some Jews have criticized Kissinger for not being pro-Israel enough [we think that feature is political ourselves, if it even exists at all], we find ourselves wondering whether that 1973 marriage between Israel and America was good for America, or simply Good For Jews.
[1] America more or less 'saved' Israel during the 1973 war with arms guarantees and massive airlifts of supplies; America even had a political show-down with the Soviet Union in defense of Israel. After the 1973 war, U.S. aid to Israel increased 400%. The arms and airlifts announced the new U.S./Israel marriage.
[2] "While Kissinger’s diplomatic prowess was loudly credited in the United States for Sinai I, it was actually a secret agreement that he signed with Israel that had achieved the breakthrough. This secret commitment foreshadowed what was to become America’s huge aid program to Israel. The covert Memorandum of Understanding contained 10 detailed points, the most important being a far-reaching pledge that Washington would be responsive to Israel’s defense needs on a “continuing and long-term basis." http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0197/9701074.htm ; it must be understood that Kissinger negotiated the MOU agreement with Israel. [Of course, some Jewish people might try to claim that then-U.S. president Gerald Ford was the real brains behind the MOU and not Kissinger, heh, heh, yeah, suuuure...especially since "The Secretary of State, the ranking member of the Cabinet and fourth in line of presidential succession, is the President's principal adviser on foreign policy" -- quote from U.S. government].
[3] e.g. "First of all, we wanted to prevent a victory of Russian arms; we did not want Israel to be defeated with Soviet arms..." -- from CNN, Perspectives Series, episode 17, "Good Guys, Bad Guys," http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/17/interviews/kissinger
[4] bolstering the possibility that Kissinger was "acting as a Jew first" is the 1969 policy feud between then-Secretary of State William Rogers and then-national security advisor Kissinger over the Rogers Plan -- the carrying out of the UN's Resolution 242 that demanded that Israel withdraw from the illegally-occupied territories. Kissinger was against the Rogers Plan.
Israel/Henry Kissinger/USA
[This e-list item is being resent due to its importance re: U.S./Jewish/Israeli relations. Jews gained enormous power in 1975 with the Memorandum of Understanding mentioned in footnote #2. The Zionist movement's influence in Washington, D.C. quadrupled almost immediately with the MOU. In fact, we say that the MOU is one of the highest points of modern Jewish history. This version of our previous e-mailing is edited slightly].
When nationalists hear the name "Henry Kissinger," most probably shrug and say, "yeah, he worked for Nixon and Ford in the 1970s. So what?" So plenty. Kissinger was not just president Richard Nixon's national security advisor and then Secretary of State, he steered U.S. foreign policy for the White House.
America and Israel were in love and going steady long before the Yom Kippur War in the MidEast in Fall 1973 [1], but after that war those two countries were literally married with children. And Kissinger, more than anyone else, largely arranged and conducted that U.S./Israel marriage, mainly through a Sept. 1975 document called the Memorandum of Understanding [2].
Kissinger, a German Jew, virtually pioneered the now-standard idea of "whatever Israel wants from America [e.g. military equipment], Israel should get." Oh, sure, Kissinger's claim was that that idea was good for America, serving to curb Soviet aims in the Middle East [3]. But we wonder aloud if Kissinger was instead doing What Was Good For Israel Because He Was Jewish rather than what was good for gentile America. Jews have a long history of doing the 'is-it-good-for-Jews?' thing, and that new 'unconditional-support-for-Israel' policy built mostly by Kissinger might have been another example of that [4].
[Also, was that Memorandum of Understanding mentioned above really a treaty without the required Congressional ratification? Maybe a constitutional expert can answer that question for us. More on U.S. Congress/treaties here:
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Treaties.htm ].
Once America and Israel formally wed in Fall 1973, there would be no going back to simple dating and hand-holding, and we believe that Kissinger knew that very well; it would be hard to go back to the old days once a new precedent had been established regarding U.S. aid to Israel.
Even though some Jews have criticized Kissinger for not being pro-Israel enough [we think that feature is political ourselves, if it even exists at all], we find ourselves wondering whether that 1973 marriage between Israel and America was good for America, or simply Good For Jews.
[1] America more or less 'saved' Israel during the 1973 war with arms guarantees and massive airlifts of supplies; America even had a political show-down with the Soviet Union in defense of Israel. After the 1973 war, U.S. aid to Israel increased 400%. The arms and airlifts announced the new U.S./Israel marriage.
[2] "While Kissinger’s diplomatic prowess was loudly credited in the United States for Sinai I, it was actually a secret agreement that he signed with Israel that had achieved the breakthrough. This secret commitment foreshadowed what was to become America’s huge aid program to Israel. The covert Memorandum of Understanding contained 10 detailed points, the most important being a far-reaching pledge that Washington would be responsive to Israel’s defense needs on a “continuing and long-term basis." http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0197/9701074.htm ; it must be understood that Kissinger negotiated the MOU agreement with Israel. [Of course, some Jewish people might try to claim that then-U.S. president Gerald Ford was the real brains behind the MOU and not Kissinger, heh, heh, yeah, suuuure...especially since "The Secretary of State, the ranking member of the Cabinet and fourth in line of presidential succession, is the President's principal adviser on foreign policy" -- quote from U.S. government].
[3] e.g. "First of all, we wanted to prevent a victory of Russian arms; we did not want Israel to be defeated with Soviet arms..." -- from CNN, Perspectives Series, episode 17, "Good Guys, Bad Guys," http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/17/interviews/kissinger
[4] bolstering the possibility that Kissinger was "acting as a Jew first" is the 1969 policy feud between then-Secretary of State William Rogers and then-national security advisor Kissinger over the Rogers Plan -- the carrying out of the UN's Resolution 242 that demanded that Israel withdraw from the illegally-occupied territories. Kissinger was against the Rogers Plan.