Pro-Israel Mouthpiece Says Freedom of Speech Dangerous âJINSAâ article says outlets who oppose future wars should be silencedâkilled if necessaryâby military strike ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL voices of the pro-Israel lobby has published a shocking essay suggesting that, in the future, there should be âmilitary attacksâ on journalists and media outlets that oppose American military ventures on behalf of Israel. In the spring 2008 issue of its Journal of International Security Affairs, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a particularly vocal force of the Jewish lobby, published a series of articles devoted to the subject: âThe U.S. Military Faces the Future.â One article, entitled âWishful Thinking and Indecisive Wars,â written by Ralph Peters (described as âa retired U.S. Army officerâ) states flatly that âAlthough it seems unthinkable now, future wars may require censorship, news blackouts and, ultimately, military attacks on the partisan media.â The JINSA essay says âFreedom of the press stops when its abuse kills our soldiers and strengthens our enemies. Such a view arouses disdain today, but a media establishment that has forgotten any sense of sober patriotism may find that it has become tomorrowâs conventional wisdom.â JINSAâs suggestion that the media in America opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraqâa key demand by Israel and JINSAâflies in contrast to the truth. In fact, the major media banged the drum for war. AMERICAN FREE PRESS and a few independent newspapers strongly opposed this needless war. So what JINSA is saying is that those independent media voicesâsuch as AMERICAN FREE PRESSâthat opposed the drive for war should ultimately face military violence if they oppose the Jewish lobbyâs future military aims. One analyst, University of Pennsylvania Prof. Edward Herman, has described JINSA as âorganized and [run] by individuals closely tied to the Israeli lobby and can be regarded as a virtual agency of the Israeli government.â JINSA was founded in the mid-1980s by Stephen Bryen. He, along with several of his close associatesâincluding future George W. Bush administration officials Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feithâwas investigated by the FBI on charges of spying for Israel at various times. JINSA has worked to forge alliances between the Jewish lobby and former American military officials, treating them to international junkets and a variety of business and other financial bonanzas provided by Israeli sympathizers in America and around the globe in return for support for their blatantly pro-Israel policies. Petersâwhose pro-Israel articles are published regularly in The New York Post, owned by pro-Zionist billionaire Rupert Murdochâis just one of those whose views on the military appeared in JINSAâs journal. A recurring theme in the essays emphasized the need for the United States to coordinate its international ventures with its âallies,â that is, Israel. The essays underscore the idea that it is vital for the United States to engage in covert action to bring down regimes that stand in the way of Israelâs agenda. Written in âcode,â so to speak, the essays carry the theme that Israelâs interests are those of America and vice-versa and that those who oppose Israel are âanti-American,â and that includes American military officers. An essay by one Patrick Poole alleges that the distinguished Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College is in the state of âstrategic collapseâ because it published a study saying that Hamas, the Palestinian faction, has been misunderstood due to misreporting by what the War College report says are âIsraeli and Western sources that villainize the group.â JINSAâs propagandist claims the War College âis only representative of a larger rot in the U.S. militaryâs halls of higher learning . . . [that] apparently runs through all levels of our military senior service schools. . . .â The author of these attacks on American military leaders who refuse to pander to the Jewish lobby, Patrick Poole, is a ubiquitous Internet presence, writing pro-Israel screeds for Frontpagemag.com, the website of ex-communist-turned-neoconservative pro-Israel publicist David Horowitz. The record shows that increasing numbers of American military figures, and a host of ex-diplomats, intelligence officers and others are publicly challenging the Jewish lobby. They include Adm. âFoxâ Fallon, former ambassadors Charles Freeman and Richard Peck, ex-CIA officers Michael Scheuer and Ray McGovern as well as top academics such as Dr. John Mearsheimer and Dr. Stephen Walt. And former President Jimmy Carter as well. It is thus no surprise that influential Jewish voices, such as Forward, published in Manhattan, complain there is opposition to Israel within higher circles, a point that surprises many Americans who believe Israel has a firm stranglehold on the American intelligence, diplomatic and law enforcement apparatus. On May 11, 2005, Forward reported that Barry Jacobs of the Washington office of the American Jewish Committee said there were high-ranking officials in the U.S. intelligence community who were hostile to Israel and unreceptive to pro-Israel lobbyists. [Citing the then-ongoing FBI investigation of espionage by officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Forward noted that this top Jewish leader believed, in Forwardâs summary, that âthe notion that American Jews and Pentagon neo-conservatives conspired to push the United States into war against Iraq, and possibly also against Iran, is pervasive in Washingtonâs intelligence community.â Although the Justice Department recently dropped its case against the AIPAC duo, the FBI investigators remained confident that their criminal case against the intriguers would have resulted in a conviction. It has been a long-standing concern of JINSA that many in the military are tired of fighting wars for Israel. In the fall of 2006, JINSAâs journal suggested that a full-fledged witch-hunt was in order, designed to root out critics of Israel at high levels, implying that Israelâs critics were allied to âjihadistâ fundamentalist Muslims. JINSA asked: How deeply have jihadist elements infiltrated the U.S. government and federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and various military commands, either through sympathizers or via actual operatives? Since there are few Muslims in the FBI, Homeland Security, the Department of Defense etc, the suggestion that âjihadistâ elements have âinfiltratedâ our government might seem silly to the average American. But JINSAâdetermined to enforce Israelâs demands on American foreign policy and military mightâis concerned that there are growing numbers in the military, the FBI and the CIA who are opposed to wars for Israelâand this, in JINSAâs view, constitutes collaboration with the dreaded âjihadists.â _ A journalist specializing in media critique, Michael Collins Piper is the author of The High Priests of War ($20), the controversial âunderground bestsellerâ documenting the efforts of the neocons to inciting global war to attain their own New World Order. He is also the author of The New Jerusalem: Zionist Power in America ($20), Dirty Secrets: Crime, Conspiracy and Cover-Up in the 20th Century ($22), The Judas Goats: The Enemy Within ($25), The Golem: Israelâs Nuclear Hell Bomb ($25), Target: Traficant ($25) and My First Days in the White House ($20). All are available from AFP. He has lectured on the topics covered in his books in places as diverse as Malaysia, Japan, Canada, Russia, Iran and Abu Dhabi.