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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: American Jews Are Starting Wars, Jewish Former CIA Spy Valerie Plame Wilson Retweets Former CIA Operations Officer Valerie Plame attends the premiere for the film 'Fair Game' during the 36th Deauville American Film Festival in Deauville, France, on September 9, 2010. Wilson was recently lambasted for tweeting an article titled "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars." Updated | Valerie Plame Wilson landed herself in hot social media water when she tweeted out a link to a story titled "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars" on Thursday without any commentary to explain why she was sharing it. The article, published in The Unz Review, was published Tuesday by Philip Giraldi, a former CIA case officer and Army intelligence officer. Subtitled "Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?," Giraldi argued that American Jews are pushing for war in the Middle East and pointed to Iran in particular, which he said "does not conceivably threaten the United States." American Jews, according to Giraldi, are faking the threat and dragging politicians and the media down with them. American Jews with an attachment to Israel, he added, should not be allowed anywhere near positions where they might deal with Middle East policy because it would be a "conflict of interest." So why doesn't anyone say anything? Giraldi has an answer for that too. And it involves a classic anti-Semitic trope about Jews running the media. "Any organization that aspires to be heard on foreign policy knows that to touch the live wire of Israel and American Jews guarantees a quick trip to obscurity," he wrote. "Jewish groups and deep pocket individual donors not only control the politicians, they own and run the media and entertainment industries, meaning that no one will hear about or from the offending party ever again." NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP > The reaction to Wilson's tweet sharing the story was fast and furious. One user said, "Um, what is this? You're one of my heroes. Please tell me it's a mistake." Another pointed out the added insult of timing, since Thursday is the Jewish new year, one of the most important holidays for Jews: "Why the hell would you retweet this drivel? On #RoshHashana none the less. Do you really believe this?" A third said, "Please tell me you were hacked or meant to quote tweet this anti-Semitic garbage with criticism." Another questioned, "You're seriously retweeting this? Btw, can be perceived like you wrote it until one clicks link. You actually support this?" But Wilson was not deterred. She responded with a series of tweets: 1) First of all, calm down. Re-tweets don't imply endorsement. Yes, very provocative, but thoughtful. Many neocon hawks ARE Jewish. 2) Just FYI, I am of Jewish decent. I am not in favor of war with Iran, or getting out of the Iran nuclear treaty. There are simply 3) too many who are so ready to go to war. Haven't we had enough for a while? 4) Read the entire article and try, just for a moment, to put aside your biases and think clearly. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
#1. To: Ada, 4um (#0)
I was gonna say...
There are 20 million Jews in America. There are millions of people of Jewish descent. I have a Jewish great-grandmother.
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