2nd Fattest Propaganda Lie

His one eye was blind, the other couldn’t blink.
It saw what was shown. All else was unknown.
His thoughts were as varied as official black ink.
But they weren’t really thoughts, ‘cause he really couldn’t think.

This 2nd fat lie, despite its stupidity, has captured many otherwise rational individuals. Present conditions require powerful doses of psyops steroids to keep the lie functioning. It is sometimes called the Wag-the-dog theory to explain how a little Israel, the tail, controls a much more powerful USA, the dog. It’s nonsense, but with enough titled heavies and mainstream channels promoting it, shallow souls swallow the tale of the tail wagging the dog. It’s the other guys fault.

We are supposed to believe that AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), the Israeli lobby group, along with other Jewish interest organizations force the USA to comply with Israeli goals. The USA acts as it does because Israel controls US foreign policy. 

”The US is being held hostage by Netanyahu.”
Bullshit by Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz, Global Research, October 10, 2024

We are told that anyone who goes against the AIPAC lobby can say goodbye to their political career. In other words, if the people being bribed (lobbied) don’t shut up and do what they’re told, they will lose all opportunity to receive bribes. It’s the American way.

”Did Israel Accomplish Its Goal to Drag the US Military Into Another Middle East War?”
Bullshit by Timothy Alexander Guzman, Global Research, October 05, 2024

Military, strategic, economic and energy considerations weigh heavily in understanding the Israel game. These considerations were already in place when Israel illegitimately came into existence long before AIPAC appeared. The military/weapons lobby could eat the I-lobby for a snack, as could the lobbies representing Oil/energy, agriculture, electronics, commercial aviation, and others. AIPAC is even swamped by both the Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate lobbies.

”Israel Exercises Total CONTROL over the US Foreign Policy” 
Bullshit by Prof. John Mearsheimer 2024-10-12 (originally March 2017), The Strategist

Professor Mearsheimer initiated the idea of Israel controlling USA in 2007 with the book The Israel Lobby, authored together with Professor (Steve) Walt. Not even a professor can be stupid enough to claim that ”Israel exercises Total CONTROL over the US Foreign Policy”
(That rough sound you hear is Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels grumbling in his grave.)

Mearsheimer’s comrade-in-arms Walt refers to the Israel lobby as the “leviathan (= giant) among lobbies.” Talk about bullshit! AIPAC isn’t even in the same league as the big spenders or listed among the 30 top lobby groups. Compared to the Military Industrial Complex (MIC ), it could qualify as an errand boy. The weapons companies Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin EACH spend three times more than the Israel lobby. AIPAC’s less than $4 million budget can be compared to the $38,240,000 of the US Chamber of Commerce lobby, or the $17 million distributed by the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America.

Crystal clear proof of who controls who was demonstrated during the Obama presidency when the 10-year contract providing Israel with $3 billion/year was to be renewed with a new deal (from 2019 to 2028) at $3,8 billion/year. Israel fought with every gram of energy and influence it had to prevent the new contract. Why would they object so strongly to receiving more money?? Because the new conditions of how the ”aid” was to be used would mean less for Israel than previously. The rent had gone up. 

Israel was forced to buy 17 F-35 fighter planes at $100 million for each one. Israel’s ability to convert 26.3% of the aid for use in Israel would be faded out. As would aid money to buy fuel from the US, as it had in the past. A clause in the new agreement stated that Israel must cough up $500 million a year of its own money to help fund joint missile defence programs. In summary, despite appearances, the Zionists would receive $800 million less, and the MIC $1000 million more. Every year. And the deal couldn’t be refused.

For those people who still cling to the tail-wags-the-dog theory, here’s the last bit of professorial (sic) bullshit. In the beginning of Prof. Mearsheimer’s talk quoted above he says, ”what makes it (aid to Israel) truly special is that the aid is given unconditionally”. I guess you have to be a professor to believe that someone ”gives” $3,8 billion/year unconditionally and they takes orders from the receiver.

For those people who don’t buy the tail-wags-the-dog theory, but is still confused by the extent of the ”aid,” regard the following quotes:

“Almost all U.S. bilateral aid to Israel is in the form of military assistance.”
(Jeremy M. Sharp, Congressional Research Service, RL33222, Dec. 22, 2016)

“… a new aid package that will see Israel receive $3.8 billion annually through 2028, the vast majority of which must be used on purchases from American defence companies.”
(The Times of Israel, Nov. 27, 2016)

The actual percentage of ”almost all” and ”the vast majority” is unspecified, but one thing is clear; the so called ”aid” to Israel comes from US tax-payers and flows into the pockets of the MIC. This money doesn’t appear on the official military budget that already gobbles nearly 50% of the national expenditures. 

Considered in terms of pure military costs, $3,8 billion is a bargain. The USA supports military bases throughout the world.  54.000 military personnel are stationed in Japan; 8.500 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; 10.000 in Qatar; 13.500 Kuwait; 28.000 in South Korea; … On all of the bases everywhere, regardless of size and military character, the personnel must be clothed, housed, fed, and salaried, besides the equipment and other costs. Just the salaries, conservatively calculated, for those in Qatar, for example, would exceed $300 million/year. 

Israel can be seen as the largest outpost of the American Empire with 7 million Israeli personnel, a major portion of which are an ideological mixture of Nazis and KuKluxKlan heavily spiced with psychopathic sadists. 

But, hey, an Empire gotta do what an empire gotta do. Not to mention what an Empire in steep decline gotta do.

”Some people bravely condemn the genocide of the Palestinians, but can’t suffer the hardship of refraining from Coca-cola or McDonalds.”
Darwill Aquila

What’s the first fattest propaganda lie? Think about it until the next post!