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To: average joe who wrote (8166)	5/5/2005 2:00:52 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 22250

Jewish-American Israel Firster Steve Rosen sacrificed to save the entire subversive Israeli organization. FBI Affair Costs Lobby Dynamic Director Rosen, By Forward Staff, Forward, April 29, 2005 "The FBI investigation of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has in recent months eroded the reputation and credibility of the powerful pro-Israel lobby, Washington insiders said. But the firing of Steve Rosen, Aipac's policy director, is the first tangible price — and a very dear one — that the organization is paying as a result of the scandal. Ironically it is a self-imposed price, which sources close to Aipac described as a damage-control measure aimed at distancing the organization from the scandal. Sources close to Aipac said that for the sake of self-preservation, the group is letting go of its intellectual dynamo and toughest political enforcer, a man who insiders characterize as Aipac's behind-the-scenes leader. "It's hard to imagine Aipac without Steve Rosen," said David Twersky, director of international affairs at the American Jewish Congress. "Regardless of one's judgment on the outcomes, this is the guy who more than anyone else shaped the institution as it currently exists." [i.e., a subversive spy organization] Rosen, who reportedly has been the subject of an FBI probe for allegedly passing documents to an Israeli diplomat in 2003, is widely credited with turning Aipac into America's most powerful foreign policy lobbying organization and one of the strongest lobbies in Washington. In the 23 years that he spent at the organization, Rosen emerged as a lobbying rainmaker, a Washington fixture who has friends and allies in the most influential positions of America's policy establishment. Yet for years, Jewish communal leaders felt uneasy with what they saw as his secretive, Machiavellian mode of operation, as well as with his often confrontational and abrasive demeanor. Last week, when Aipac confirmed that he had been sacked, nobody gloated about his demise, but several Jewish activists were relieved to see him go. "Steve embodies what many don't like about Aipac: the overreaching in using Jewish power," one Jewish communal leader said. "He is now the victim of his own overreaching." With his sharp analytic skills, his impressive breadth of knowledge and his quirky sense of humor, Rosen created close relationships with both career civil servants and political appointees in Washington's successive administrations. He perfected what one former colleague characterized as the art of "power schmoozing," the ability to convince interlocutors that they could always learn new facts or insights from him. These skills were invaluable for Aipac, and therefore for Israel, pro-Israel activists said. By virtue of his contacts and access, Rosen navigated some of Aipac's most sensitive and complex advocacy initiatives, whether it was promoting the joint American-Israeli Arrow anti-missile defense system; fortifying the relationship among the United States, Israel and Turkey, or urging a tougher American policy for confronting Iran's nuclear ambitions. Recently, Rosen led a semisecret ambitious initiative to establish pro-Israel lobbying organizations in the United Kingdom, where antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments are rising. Aipac is also working to empower the pro-Israel communities in other European nations, as well as in Canada and Australia ... Rosen pushed for the formation of an independent think tank that would be funded by many of Aipac's donors: That body, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy is America's most active and influential Mideast think tank today." forward.com

To: average joe who wrote (8166)	5/6/2005 3:37:36 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 22250

Re: The real problem with Gussy and Emilio is that they are talkers not doers and want to inspire those even less mentally challenged than themselves. LOL... The average pot calling the kettle black! So, you are a doer?!? But then, why are you talking so much? What have you "done" so far? You wanna do something? Enrol in the US military and take your ticket to Baghdad.... Rumor has it that the Pentagon is facing a recruitment pinch. Gus

To: average joe who wrote (8166)	5/6/2005 3:50:41 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius I wonder how long the three inspired ones would last in front of a Roman legion? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

To: average joe who wrote (8166)	5/12/2005 4:27:16 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius 5. If we paid serious attention to all the dull, vain and puerile remarks made in ordinary conversation, we should be ashamed to speak or listen, and we should perhaps condemn ourselves to perpetual silence, which would be even more trying in social relations than useless remarks. We must thus adapt ourselves to every type of mind, and accept as a necessary evil the telling of unfounded stories, vague reflections on the present government or the fortunes of princes, and the endless repetition of the same fine sentiments; we must let Aronce speak in proverbs and Melinda talk about herself, about her vapours, her headaches and her insomnia. La Bruyère ourcivilisation.com A last quote from La Bruyère you ought to keep in mind before you reply: 2. A fool is always an intruder: an intelligent man knows whether he is welcome or unwelcome; he manages to disappear the moment before he would be in the way. ourcivilisation.com Don't act the FOOL, Joe!!!