Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel

I have to admit I had a very positive view of the Israel in the past, but always looked at it as a state in a special position, not as anything special. As time went by I started to see that they are constantly seeing themselves as victims, always in danger although facts and history shows that Israel is anything but. And this started to irritate - why would they do this when they project power very far far away and with deadly consequences.

After reading this book it becomes clear why they are all so suspicious of the nations around them - because they are just like them, highly religious, cultivating eternal memory and recollection of all wrongs done billion years ago, old testament approach to life (eye for an eye) and that messianic show more ...... call? ..... that feeling of being THE special ONES.

What started rather ominous in pre-WW2 years, and then resulted in decision by many other nations to help people that truly suffered during WW2 and allow them to find safe haven, ended up as zealous religious conclave in the Middle East that trusts no-one, does not want to trust anyone and leads eternal preventive wars, because ...... hey why would they explain themselves, they are the eternal victims. Powerful country, proud people but so much living in old testament times they will never know peace not because of the outside pressures but because of their eternal fear - because they know what can happen, since they know what happened when they were given free reign. As I see it, Palestinians are cooked, Israel is there and it will remain (as any other state in the world). It will never change and it will always see others as intruders, remaining closed religious tribe in constant strife. It is sad state of affairs, but they cannot be different from the way the state itself was brought to life.

Sad.

Excellent book, excellent end notes and bibliography. Highly recommended. show less

highly relevant look at the root of problems in the Middle East

A well researched look at the hidden cabals that lead to the abusive displacement of the Palestinian people. Author provides extensive bibliographic information as well.

In this excellent book, Alison Weir shows how Zionist Jewish "Americans" have gained costly and almost unconditional military and economic support for their country of first loyalty (Israel) while harming the United States on many levels.

The story goes back some way and she looks at the influx of immigrants who arrived in the United States at the turn of the century and after WW1 and WW2. Most came from Europe and took American citizenship becoming Americans first with their various languages and countries of origin a distant second . This was the famous American "melting pot".

The author shows that Jewish immigration to the US had a different characteristic, with many Jews having no intention of intermarrying with Gentiles (becoming show more Goys) and developing a first loyalty to the ethnically exclusive Jewish state of Israel (ie becoming Zionists). For many, their preferred solution was a Jewish "state within a state" in the US and a rejection of the "melting pot". There wasn't actually anything new in this as Jews had traditionally lived apart from local populations guarding their racial integrity and religion and being quite distinct from Russians, Poles , Hungarians, Germans etc. despite having lived in these countries for generations.

The confusion in the US was that they were introduced into American society in the same way as all other immigrants on the unwritten understanding that they would adopt a new American loyalty and identity. This didn't happen of course, and Weir catalogues the persistent Jewish tribal patronage and self-selection that appeared in the US at all levels inside and outside government.

Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis, for example was a hidden political Zionist, for many years promoting fellow Zionists while officially renouncing all political affiliations. It is more than obvious that as a Supreme Court justice he should have been putting the interests of the United States first rather than those of Israel (Jews were about 2% of the US population in 1930's and are about the same proportion today).

Weir conclusively shows how US society was and is being drained economically (over 200 billion dollars since WW2) and militarily to support the Israeli economy, fight their enemies, provide them with the latest military technology and defend their decades long abuse of Palestinians in the UN with an automatic veto.

An obvious question after reading the book is, Where does the US go from here? The author doesn't look to provide an answer, which isn't a criticism, since the object of the book is to illuminate the way in which the US administration and media have been hijacked by militant Zionists.

If this reviewer is obliged to take a guess, the first observation could be that it's rather late in the day.
Truman in the 1940's and 50's could probably have defended American interests and faced off Zionist pressure, but he rather took the bribe and promoted his own electoral chances and personal gain. Repeat this story for 70 more years of political Zionist threats and bribes and one has the present corrupt and subservient US congress and a cowed media trumpeting Zionist scripts.

The situation is also probably more dangerous than it appears for the 98% non-Jewish majority of the US population, since, despite the Zionists best efforts, there is a rising awareness of the Zionist abuse of US institutions.

Their lobbyists have been unsuccessful in initiating a US attack on Iran (Iraq exhaustion + a weak economy + failed candidate McCain) and have also failed to overcome the 2nd Amendment (Colorado recall experience) to remove guns from the US population, so in a sense things are on a downward slope.

If history is any guide, and if one accepts that past actions are the best guide to future actions, then Jewish activists could take a gamble and fix the problem by using their power to launch a coup/emergency regime in the US in the same way that they did in Russia in 1917 (when they saw that they couldn't gain absolute power through the All Russia Constitutional Convention).

They could then bomb Iran at will and disarm US citizens without having to play any more Democratic games.

UPDATE 13th May 2015:

It's becoming increasingly clear that 9/11 was the coup and it didn't quite turn out as planned. See Christopher Bollyn's revealing book, Solving 9-11: The Deception That Changed the World show less

Poco después de la segunda Guerra Mundial el estdadista estadounidense Dean Acheson advirtió que la creación de un Estado judío en tierras ya habitadas durante siglos por musulmanes y cristianos «pondría enpeligro» tanto los intereses estadounidenses como los occi-dentales en la región. A pesar de advertencias como ésta y las enérgicas objeciones de los principales expertos diplomáticos y militares de la época, el presidente Truman apoyó el establecimiento del Israel moderno en territorio palestino.Como demuestra Weir, los políticos norteamericanos fueron bombardeados por un enorme cabildeo pro-israeli dirigido desde organizaciones sionistas bien financiadas, hasta una«sociedad secreta» entre cuyos miembros show more estaba el juez dela Corte Suprema Louis Brandeis.
La historia de cómo los sionistas manipularon al Gobierno y los medios de comunicación estadounidenses para promover los intereses de Israel permanece «oculta» al público en general, apenas existe bibliografía. Quienes han tratado de llevar esta información al gran público han sufrido ataques verbalesy amenazas económicas que rápidamente silencian el mensaje y, a menudo, destruyen al mensajero. Pero el libro de Weir ofrece una respuesta inequívoca: Estados Unidos tuvo un papel fundamental en la creación del Estado judío en las tierras árabes de Palestina, a expensas de sus habitantes. show less

La autora desvela la creación y evolución del Sionismo en USA desde finales del siglo XIX. El lobby sionista no ha dejado de presionar, amenazar y mentir desde sus orígenes con el único fin de obtener un Estado independiente. En algunos momentos este movimiento llegó a enfrentarse a los propios judíos que no querían emigrar a Palestina. Libro recomendable para entender como estamos actualmente.