AIPAC does not invite disinterested parties to speak at their conventions as they did when they invited Cheney . . .
Oh come on, rporter, we know better than that don't we? Look at the AIPAC Annual Convention list. It includes absolutely everybody who is absolutely anybody in the Beltway. They attract 3000 guests to the gathering for gunny sakes! Don't you just know they are the 3000 most influential people in the gubbmint? If for no other reason, 2999 people are interested in the AIPAC Copnvention because to not be interested is to sign your political death warrant - or as they say in the Beltway "
Pull a McKinney".
The odd man out is Cheney.
Don't insult your intelligence by concluding that Mr. Cheney was invited because of the slightest interest, concern, or sympathy on Cheney's part. The man does not feel compassion, as has been amply demonstrated, he doesn't "worry" in the conventional sense of the word, because he considers himself (and he may very well be!) the most powerful human being alive, and his only "interest" is the furtherance of his personal power and control.
Don't insult your intelligence by assuming anything Mr. Cheney night have said at the convention was the least bit sincere or even in line with his personal feelings or beliefs. Hard enough to use a word with the root of "feel" in reference to Cheney, is it not? Cheney knows exactly how to say absolutely anything that instills fear and loathing in his minions, no matter where he is or whom he is speaking to.
And don't insult your intelligence by avoiding comparison between what Mr. Cheney said in his speech to AIPAC and what any other speaker, major or minor, swears from that podium. Compare, for example, to what Senator Hillary Clinton said to the Gathered Zionists. Or even our precious Barbara Boxer. Cheney's speech was all about drawing out the mythology of the Mongol Hoardes, the Roaring Infidels come to end civilization (by taking his oil away from him), and justfying his orchestration of the crusade against them.
His speech is not about Israel. It is about Cheney. Whereas everyone else who speaks at AIPAC is applauded for what they say about Israel, Cheney is applauded for what he says about Cheney.
Now if you're looking for the
real money quote in the Cheney speech, here it is. This is Cheney in March of 2006 mind you, just after the landslide electoral victory of . . . Hamas!
Such duties now belong to the newly elected government in the Palestinian territories. I recognize that the outcome of last month's election has caused some to question whether democracy is truly the way toward peace in the Middle East. They argue that, by promoting democratic change, we are actually destabilizing the region and undermining hopes for peace. I believe that's a faulty argument.
Read his
2007 speech. It's exactly the same.
Richard B. Cheney could care less about Israel.
