A CHARLATAN, A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

On Wednesday, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman excoriated Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, America's right-wing Jews, and the Israeli government. And he accused Congress of being “bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.”

Here is what Friedman wrote about Gingrich and Romney:

__That thought came to mind last week when Newt Gingrich took the Republican competition to grovel for Jewish votes — by outloving Israel — to a new low by suggesting that the Palestinians are an "invented" people and not a real nation entitled to a state.

__This was supposed to show that Newt loves Israel more than Mitt Romney, who only told the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom that he would move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem because "I don't seek to take actions independent of what our allies think is best, and if Israel's leaders thought that a move of that nature would be helpful to their efforts, then that's something I'll be inclined to do. ... I don't think America should play the role of the leader of the peace process. Instead, we should stand by our ally."

__That's right. America's role is to just applaud whatever Israel does, serve as its ATM and shut up. And this guy's [Romney] running for president?

Responding to Friedman’s column, an Israeli official told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that "Friedman has crossed a line that true friends of Israel should never allow themselves to cross and inadvertently encouraged anti-Semitism."

Friedman is a charlatan, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He pretends to be a friend of Israel while doing everything he can to undermine the Jewish state. In column after column he has condemned Israel’s right-wing government and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu in particular. His criticism of the Palestinians has been lukewarm at best.

Like George Soros, Friedman is typical of left-wing Jews who seem compelled to find fault in everything Israel does so as to prove their liberal credentials. Friedman’s defenders say that he is not an enemy of Israel. They are full of shit!

Motivational speaker Irwin N. Graulich once wrote: “Calling Tom Friedman and his ‘chevra’ [fellowship] Jewish, is like calling Charles Manson an American. Technically, both facts are correct even though these misguided souls do not uphold the most important values of their traditions.”

It is obvious from his numerous columns that Friedman has deluded himself into believing he’s an expert on any and all subjects imaginable. When it comes to Israel, Friedman either deliberately distorts the truth about the Jewish state’s conflict with the Palestinians or he simply doesn’t know what he is talking about.

Friedman is to Israel as the big bad wolf was to Little Red Riding Hood. With friends like Thomas Friedman, Israel sure as hell doesn’t need any enemies.