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In reply to the discussion: Two CIA Agents Arrested by Minutemen while Crossing Mexican Border with 1300 Pounds of Cocaine [View all]sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Citing a holocaust denying rag hardly helps your cause.
Veterans Today (VT) is a website that bills itself as a military veterans and foreign affairs journal. And, indeed, many of its contributors are military veterans or veterans advocates from across the political spectrum. VT also offers some information about veterans benefits (lifted from the Veterans Administration) and links to home and other loans for vets.
But start reading the posts, and youll find something else entirely: myriad claims that there was a conspiracy behind 9/11 (Israel orchestrated it, in cahoots with the American government), that the American government is a puppet (of Israel), that the Holocaust never happened or was greatly exaggerated (Jews made it up to manipulate non-Jews), and, most recently, that Julian Assange, the man behind Wikileaks, is a pawn (of Israel).
Notice a theme?
Gordon Duff, the senior editor and chairman of the board at VT, is a prolific proponent of these anti-Israel conspiracy theories, including the Wikileaks claims. Though he does occasionally write on issues and policies that directly affect American veterans (he claims to be a Marine Vietnam veteran), most of his ammo is reserved for churning out articles that claim 9/11 was a U.S./Israel conspiracy and that Israel controls the U.S. government. According to Duff and VT contributors like author and attorney Jeff Gates, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a civil rights watchdog group, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a lobbying group, are Zionist-controlled fronts for Israeli intelligence operations.
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/01/06/buyer-beware-veterans-today-and-its-anti-israel-agenda/