So Dave Smith finally clarifies his position on Jewish Power and the Israel Lobby after I very publicly and forcefully called him out last week, and the result should not be surprising. Although I'm sure it is for many of his defenders.
At first, many were puzzled by my aggressive criticism of Dave last week. People said: he is a consistent and smart critic of Israel, we're "on the same team," they support both Dave and me, and "there I go" burning another bridge. But it was very clear to me from the beginning what Dave represents.
From the very start, I said Dave appears to be another token Jew who has been elevated not because of his brilliance or sense of humor, but because they were looking for a kosher-Jewish "expert witness" nerd-resource to placate and steer the emerging Israel-critical element on the Right.
Dave's Jewishness gives anyone who wades into this territory plausible deniability and shields them from accusations of antisemitism. At the same time, being Jewish ensures that Dave's critique of Israel and the "Jewishness" of our neocon problem will remain squarely within the Hasbara-approved parameters of a discussion about this topic.
I said specifically about Dave's views that just because he is willing to say that the neocon wars of the last 20 years were conceived of, sold, and executed by Jews (which is obvious) does not make him "based." As I said, he is simply another anti-war libertarian who, by virtue of being Jewish, HAPPENS to be willing and able to include this fact.
The interpretation of these facts is what separates the us from everyone else. And predictably, because he is a Jewish liberal, of course Dave does not believe in "hard right Jewish conspiracy theories" such as that those neocon wars orchestrated by Jews were orchestrated FOR Jews... Kind of an important discrepancy.
Rather, Dave believes, like other liberals such as Haz, Michael Hudson and Joe Biden or really any supporter of the US-Israel relationship, that Israel is the permanent "aircraft carrier in the Middle East" of the US-ian Corpo-Military Empire, which is completely untrue on its face.
What's more, the Israel Lobby and Israel's wars are only parts of a larger story about the role of Jews in European-American civilization since their emancipation and especially over the last century.
Whether intentional or unintentional, the role of conservatives like Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Dave Smith is to circumscribe this discussion within narrow parameters. They don't want to have a discussion about our global Jewish elite and their fifth column in the United States, they want to talk about foreign aid, the Iraq War, and foreign policy.
And, relatedly, Candace Owens is now completely backtracking on the issue, outright LYING, claiming that the global Jewish elite are not Jewish at all, only pretending to be Jewish to use the label of antisemitism to inoculate them from criticism.
So here is our new "BASED" alliance, a CIA agent, a lifelong conservative influencer, and a libertarian Jew. They have arrived to suck the air out of the room and divert everybody's attention and energy into a minor critique of US Empire and yet another wacky conspiracy about who is REALLY driving the car. NO THANK YOU.
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