In 2013, John Kerry went on Israeli TV to threaten that if Israel did not “make peace” with the Palestinians, they would face increasing global isolation, as well as the possibility of a third intifada (Arab “uprising” of violence).
And now, this:
Via Weekly Standard: Kerry Warns: Jews Will Be Blamed If Congress Sinks Iran Deal
Secretary of State John Kerry’s warning that Israel will be “blamed” if Congress opposes the Iran agreement conjures up troubling memories of other instances in which Israel or Jews were warned they might be blamed for international conflicts.
Secretary Kerry made his remark in an address to the Council of Foreign Relations on July 24. He appeared to be not merely predicting that Israel might be blamed, but hinting that the Obama administration itself might do the blaming….
The possibility that the blame would be extended to Israel’s supporters in the United States has already been raised by President Obama himself, in his warning that unnamed “lobbyists” and “money” were trying to block the Iran deal….
Such blame-the-Jews rhetoric was all too common on the eve of World War II.
The U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph Kennedy, reportedly warned one Jewish leader in 1939 that “if the United States is dragged into war with Germany there might even be a pogrom in the U.S.A. itself.”
Kennedy addressed a meeting of Hollywood notables, many of them Jews, in November 1940, shortly after the release of Charlie Chaplin’s anti-Hitler film, The Great Dictator. According to the actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who was present, Ambassador Kennedy warned them “that the Jews were on the spot, and that they should stop making anti-Nazi pictures”–and if not, “we all, and the Jews in particular would be in jeopardy” for allegedly pushing the U.S. to go to war.
The most infamous attempt to blame Jews for encouraging war was the speech by aviation hero Charles Lindbergh in September 1941. “Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the first to feel its consequences,” Lindbergh menacingly declared. “Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastation.”
….The debate over the Iran deal needs to be conducted on its merits, and should not be clouded by this kind of inappropriate rhetoric.
Related:
Jerusalem Post: Kerry’s ‘threats, intimidation’ won’t silence Israel, official tells NYT
IBD: Thomas Sowell: Obama’s Iran Blunder Presages A Catastrophe
Algemeiner: Sharansky Calls on US Jews to Stand Up to White House Over Iran Nuclear Deal
If Obama is evil, he will bring in evil people to run things for him. Thus Kerry.
Lindbergh gave that speech in Des Moines on September 11. An appropriate day to remember the effects of blind Isolationism and Jew blaming. Let’s hope Iowa comes through for clear eyed conservatism in 2016.
His speaking of virtue and tolerance in the speech is interesting. Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle, was not an isolationist in international romance. While married unto his death to Anne Morrow with whom he had 6 children, he had many affairs including 3 long-time mistresses in Europe with whom he had 7 children (2 mistresses were sisters). He saw his European children once or twice a year using the alias, Careu Kent (like Clark Kent. Careu meaning is not known, Charles A. romancing Europe?). He wrote letters on his deathbed in 1974 to his mistresses asking them to keep their affairs secret including from their children. They did, but one of the children found out in the mid-1980s.
Here we go… As a Christian, I can not help but gasp when I hear statements like this coming from the leadership of America. History shows (and will continue to show) God does not look kindly on this kind of “rhetoric” when it comes to Israel. I pray Israel will not be silenced and will not cower to the likes of Obama and his administration.
Jennifer Rubin, WaPo, takes Kerry et al to task on this. The last para. is a good summation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/07/27/blaming-failure-of-a-rotten-deal-on-israel/
Hey creepy jerk, I like this one better; Israel and the Jews will get the credit if Iran does not get the bomb.