Thursday, June 30, 2011

In Defense Of Alex Jones

A fresh expose on Alex Jones is circulating on the alternative news circuit, courtesy of Redacted News. Jones has been "exposed" numerous times and usually* the reasons are the same:

1. His wife is Jewish and they have children, making the family eligible for Israeli citizenship.
2. His lawyer is Jewish and represents a member of the Bronfman family.
3. The owners of the radio station from which he broadcasts are Jewish.
4. He has program sponsors who are Jewish.
5. He publicly denies Israeli involvement in the September 11 fiasco.

Given that Jones married a Jewish woman, of course he would have personal, community and business relationships with Jewish people. Similarly, his wife would now have personal, community and business relationships with Christian people. That the family is eligible for Israeli citizenship based upon the wife's racial heritage is hardly a conspiratorial issue, unless one dares to presume that Jones married for that reason. Who among us is in a position to advance such a ridiculous speculation?

Jones' lawyer, E.M. Schurig, is a solo practitioner in Austin, Texas with an annual revenue of less than $500,000. That makes her one of the billionaires upon whom Obama intends to levy more taxes. Obviously the Bronfman family member that retains her is not sending much business her way. $500,000 per year is barely enough to pay for taxes, licenses, dues, fees, insurance, salaries, office space, and incidentals required to run a law office in a city.

Moving on to numbers 3 and 4, are we to condemn a man for doing business with Jewish people? If so, then the movement for change is in vain because once we start separating people based on race or creed we have proven ourselves unfit for critical thinking.

As to number 5 - Jones' refusal to accuse Israel for nine-eleven - this is the heart of the argument against him and against others targeted as unworthy to call themselves revolutionary seekers of the truth. Who among us has proof that Israel was involved? Guiliani had the evidence trucked across town under tarps to the pier where it was shipped far, far away before any investigation could be carried out. As with all government inquiries, nothing came of the one begrudgingly permitted by Bush. What we know for a fact is that on that date, simulated war games were conducted that mimicked the attack and prevented the military from responding. It was not an Israeli in charge of those war games, of that we can be certain. Whether or not an Israeli influenced the person in charge of the games, we can not say.

The men allegedly flying the planes were trained on small aircraft at a flight school in Florida, not Israel.

Israeli involvement is said to be affirmed because an Israeli company was responsible for security at the airports, five Israelis were caught filming the Trade Centers, Odigo employees received forewarning of the event, and an Israeli spy ring was uncovered and the story was spiked by Fox News. Granted, these are suspicious implications of co-conspiracy or collaboration. However, we are far from proving that Israeli spies are the responsible culprits for the events of that day. The blame for what happened lies with Americans; be they dual citizens, shanghaied, blackmailed, or bought and paid for.

Blaming Israel is like blaming Iraq or Afghanistan for the deed.

Let's not kid ourselves or each other - "blame" is exactly what Jones is being asked to assign to Israel.

We should continue to investigate as best we can from outside the walls of National Security which protect Israel as much as they protect the American government. No doubt, the two are hand in glove. In the meantime however, if Jones chooses to withhold accusations, that's his prerogative.

Funny thing is, the same alternative news sites that run the Jones exposed stories are also the sites that link to Jones' sites for other articles which they deem pertinent to the cause. The simple solution to this is, if you don't like Jones, or don't trust him, then don't link to him - ever.


*One exception comes to mind and that is the time that Jack Blood attacked Jones for not supporting Texas gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina.