Iran debate devolves with charges of ‘dual loyalty’ and ‘dog whistles’

[Behind the Aegis]

THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The dredging up of the dual loyalty charge — that lawmakers who reject the Iran nuclear agreement and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is lobbying against it, are more closely aligned with Israel than the United States — illustrates just how tense the debate over the deal has become.

The charge came to the fore after Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the highest-ranking Jewish Democrat in the Senate, announced last week that he was opposing the deal reached July 14 between Iran and six world powers. A weekly cartoon on Daily Kos, a liberal website, depicted Schumer as a woodchuck, and in the course of a TV interview, the flag in the woodchuck’s office changes from American to Israeli and the moderator, a basset hound, calls Schumer a traitor. The cartoonist, Eric Lewis, has had drawings published in the New Yorker.

The cartoon has drawn outraged responses.

“There is room for a legitimate debate on the Iran deal, however charges” of disloyalty “against Senator Schumer — and any other members who articulate on fact-based but alternative views — are beyond inappropriate,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the new national director of the Anti-Defamation League, told the Times of Israel.

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Read the entire article, there is much more and it is quite interesting.

[MosheFeingold]

1. Count the posts here

Saying Shumer was the "Sentator from Israel."

[Behind the Aegis]

2. It is even more obvious now that Menendez has come out against it.

He is also a democrat, but is Roman Catholic, and no story after story, or thread after thread, or talk of being a traitor, D-Tel Aviv, etc. It is interesting as well as some tried to "diffuse" the anti-Semitism by posting about the RW crying about Obama being an anti-Semite, which he is not. The "logic" is "see, they are wrong, so anything I say must be right!"

[MosheFeingold]

3. I made the mistake of pointing out basic facts re: Israel

In another post.

The Antisemitism runs deep here and is tolerated by moderators.

I may be done.

[question everything]

4. And now, Debbie Wasserman Schulz

Yes, I agree that as a chair of the DNC she should not block a resolution calling to support the Iran plan. But here, immediately someone referred to her as "being paid by AIPAC."

I would think that her Florida district is heavily Jewish and that her constituents would be against the deal. This means that her first loyalty is to her constituents - as is true with most members of Congress. But, hey, why not put AIPAC in the game?