Comments on: Iranian-American Dual Loyalty, cont. http://www.lobelog.com/iranian-american-dual-loyalty-cont/ Personality Blogs Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:28:30 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jon Harrison http://www.lobelog.com/iranian-american-dual-loyalty-cont/comment-page-1/#comment-88832 Jon Harrison Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:23:09 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=307#comment-88832 Indeed. But why should I or any American care if NIAC lobbies on behalf of Iran?The U.S., for all intents and purposes, is run by lobbyists. The multitude of domestic lobbyists, who virtually control Congress, are a far greater danger than NIAC potentially is or could be. And I won't even start on AIPAC! "City where everything is for sale" it was famously said of Rome. Or Lloyd George: "Here we sell honors. Over there [i.e., in the U.S.] they sell policies." America, the new Rome, has shown itself far less capable of running the world than Imperial Rome or Great Britain (though admittedly Britain went off the rails in the 1930s). And the American people have suffered (and continue to suffer) as a result. Indeed. But why should I or any American care if NIAC lobbies on behalf of Iran?The U.S., for all intents and purposes, is run by lobbyists. The multitude of domestic lobbyists, who virtually control Congress, are a far greater danger than NIAC potentially is or could be. And I won’t even start on AIPAC!

“City where everything is for sale” it was famously said of Rome. Or Lloyd George: “Here we sell honors. Over there [i.e., in the U.S.] they sell policies.” America, the new Rome, has shown itself far less capable of running the world than Imperial Rome or Great Britain (though admittedly Britain went off the rails in the 1930s). And the American people have suffered (and continue to suffer) as a result.

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