The U.S. Congress and White House are “puppets” of Israel, Ralph Nader said. “The subservience of our congressional and White House puppets to Israeli military policy has been consistent,” the independent candidate for president told Pat Buchanan in an interview in this month’s American Conservative magazine. “Both parties concede their independent judgment to the pro-Israeli lobbies in this country because they perceive them as determining the margin in some state elections and as sources of funding,” he said.
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