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VDARE.comJanuary 31, 2007
MidEast Policy—Immigration Policy:Is The Other Boot About To Drop?
ByKevin MacDonald
Almost 3 ½ years ago I published
Thinking about Neoconservatism
,analyzing theneoconservative movement in the context of my studiesof the behavior pattern of Jewishgroups in the societies where they live. I concludedneoconservatismwas the latest of along procession of political and intellectual movements dominated and essentiallycontrolled by members of the Jewish community, in effect dedicated to a particular concept of how to promote the interests of that community. I specifically cited foreign policy and immigration as hallmark interests.At the time, and for a couple of years later, this was an unmentionable theory. I am toldcertain prominent web sites stopped linking to VDARE.com after my essay was published. Themalignpresence of the SPLC (the
“Southern Poverty Law Center”,
anotorious
 
ethnically-oriented Political Correctness enforcer) was soon felton the scene, not coincidentally, and it named VDARE.COM a
“hate group”
, a sobriquet morenormally associated with groups advocating violence and other forms of illegality.But now public debate has changed considerably. Serious antiwar commentary routinelyconnects the Iraq/Iran policy problem with the influence of Israel and her friends inAmerica. (Seehere andhere andhere.
 
)So I ask now: will theother bootdrop? Will this candor next extend to theimmigration controversy?The vast majority of Americans live under the comfortable illusion that theirs is a freecountry. They suppose that issues are openly and honestly debated in the newspapers andon talk shows. In this imaginary world, all issues affecting public policy are on the tableand are constantly scrutinized by the best and the brightest.But that is simply not the case. In fact, I would go so far as to argue the opposite—thatvirtually
 
all of the really critical issues affecting the United States and its role in theworld are actually excluded from discussion in the elite media or in the political arena.The classic case: US policy in the Middle East. Despite the obvious fact that US supportfor Israel has crucial implications for war and peace, the vast majority of Americans areoblivious to what is really going on in this region.Most Americans would be appalled to learn the truth about what former President JimmyCarter terms 
“the abominable oppression and persecution in the occupied Palestinianterritories, with a rigid system of required passes and strict segregation between
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