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our most recent issue of the Great Neck News contains a story about elected officials of North Hempstead writing to federal officials in opposition to the nuclear agreement with Iran as well as a letter opposing the deal that includes this statement: “We are rightly proud of the patriotic (emphasis added) North Hempstead Democrats, as we are of Sen. Schumer for speaking out against a dangerously flawed agreement. Such principled opposition, if it takes hold, is the only way to prevent war.”
Principled? I presume the writer means the principles of shadow U. S. Republican Representative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Patriotic? Loyal to whom?
What follows is the email I sent to North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and her cohorts:
“How presumptive the letter signed by you and Democratic colleagues against the Iran nuclear agreement is! Perhaps if this were a matter that affected domestic policy, say on an infrastructure matter, there might be a reason for a letter. But, to opportunistically involve our town in opposition to an international agreement which is being fiercely fought and financed by right-wing PACs on a national not local stage, is outrageous.
Yes, the Jewish/Iranian percentage is a large chunk of your town’s population, but how about those us who strongly support the agreement as the best chance against spreading an ever more destructive war. And, please remember, not all Jews are in the Netanyahu camp. Your divisiveness might prove quite harmful.
I have voted for you and the other signers of your infamous letter, but I won’t again.
Just as I was about to send this letter, I noticed in this morning’s New York Times another full-page ad from the anti-agreement Zionist Organization of America, headlined “Senator Cory Booker: Will you join Senator Schumer and reject the catastrophic Iran deal?”
Sen. Schumer is pictured looming over the image of Sen. Booker. The same Sen. Schumer who has said he will not lobby fellow senators to follow his lead.
He doesn’t have to; his monied friends are doing it for him. Hypocrisy reigns once again!
Robert D. Adams
Great Neck
