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AIPAC Used Distorted Photo of Cori Bush in $7 Million Negative Ad Blitz (theintercept.com)

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[+] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There’s a huge Chinese diaspora that could be used to fund a PAC that advocates for China’s interests.

Yeahno, that’s ridiculous. The Chinese diaspora is hardly in step with the China. Have you met these people? Over 20% of San Franciscans are Chinese, and virtually none of them care about the interests of the Chinese state.

This kind of nonsense is how we ended up with Japanese internment camps during WWII.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You only need a few to funnel a bunch of money to an organisation like this, it's not like AIPAC is super popular with American Jews either. I was using China as an example, but any country could basically do it. You could take India as another example, Modi definitely has his share of fans abroad.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

it’s not like AIPAC is super popular with American Jews either.

It’s been super popular with Zionist American Jews. It’s also popular with the vastly larger number of non-Jewish Zionists. Quite a bit of this is coming from Christian conservatives. AIPAC Not Just for Jews Anymore

any country could basically do it.

Not really: the US would shut it down if it ran up against US interests enough. But Israel doesn’t run up against US interests; it’s in line with them. Israel is the US’ unsinkable aircraft carrier in West Asia. As Biden has said throughout his career, “Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interests in the region.” A lot of this money and influence is coming from the US military-industrial complex.

Israel isn’t a case of the tail wagging the dog. It’s a symbiotic relationship.