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How many of those countries openly lobby politicians in USA though?
by parthdesai 3mo ago
How many of those countries openly lobby politicians in USA though?
- StriverGuy 3mo agoEvery single one.
- parthdesai 3mo agoDo you’ve proof for that? On the other hand, AIPAC is out there for anyone to see
- JumpCrisscross 3mo ago> Do you’ve proof for that? Yes, it's why we require foreign agents to register [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Ac...
- tbugrara 3mo agoYet AIPAC does not need to register.
- JumpCrisscross 3mo ago> Yet AIPAC does not need to register Why would it? We have lots of friends of X groups that don’t need to. The strongest own goal Israel’s political opponents in America play against themselves is in pretending this is entirely a conspiracy. It’s not. Until recently, Israel was popular. Against the background of few voters caring about foreign policy at all, that meant small margins were foreign-policywise meaningful while continuing to be electorally irrelevant.