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Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos (1928-2008, born Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamás Péter) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing California's 12th congressional district. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. <ref>'Tom Lantos Profile', [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/tom_lantos/profile.html ''Guardian Unlimited'' website], accessed 2 April, 2009.</ref> <ref>'About Tom', [http://web.archive.org/web/20050129043128/lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/About+Tom/About+Tom.htm web.archive.org/Congressman Tom Lantos website], accessed 2 April, 2009.</ref>  
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'''Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos''' (1928-2008, born Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamás Péter) was a Democratic member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] since 1981, representing California's 12th congressional district. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. <ref>'Tom Lantos Profile', [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/tom_lantos/profile.html ''Guardian Unlimited'' website], accessed 2 April, 2009.</ref> <ref>'About Tom', [http://web.archive.org/web/20050129043128/lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/About+Tom/About+Tom.htm web.archive.org/Congressman Tom Lantos website], accessed 2 April, 2009.</ref> He was identified as implicated in [[corruption]] by [[Sibel Edmonds]].<ref>http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com/2008/01/sibel-names-names-in-pictures.html</ref>
  
 
==Comment and criticism==
 
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Paul George, director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, said about Lantos, “Lantos isn’t just a Democrat who voted for the Iraq war, he was one of its co-authors… Lantos has never met a war he didn’t like. His unblinking defense of Israeli policy gives him tunnel vision with the rest of the Middle East.”<ref>Paul George, [http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1392 Hawk Slated to Chair International Relations], Institute for Public Accuracy website, 14 November, 2006, accessed 13 Jan 2010</ref>  
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[[Paul George]], director of the [[Peninsula Peace and Justice Center]], said about Lantos, “Lantos isn’t just a Democrat who voted for the [[Iraq war]], he was one of its co-authors… Lantos has never met a war he didn’t like. His unblinking defense of Israeli policy gives him tunnel vision with the rest of the Middle East.”<ref>Paul George, [http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1392 Hawk Slated to Chair International Relations], Institute for Public Accuracy website, 14 November, 2006, accessed 13 Jan 2010</ref>  
  
 
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According to ''The Jerusalem Post'', he represents Israel in countries with which it has no diplomatic relations. He was an enthusiastic supporter of [[Operation Defensive Shield]], Sharon’s war of terror on the Palestinians. <ref>'Meet The F*ckers', [http://fanonite.org/2007/03/17/meet-the-fckers/ Fanonite.org], 17 March, 2007. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)</ref>   
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According to ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', he represents Israel in countries with which it has no diplomatic relations. He was an enthusiastic supporter of [[Operation Defensive Shield]], Sharon’s war of terror on the Palestinians. <ref>'Meet The F*ckers', [http://fanonite.org/2007/03/17/meet-the-fckers/ Fanonite.org], 17 March, 2007. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)</ref>   
  
 
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While he derived some of his prestige from being a holocaust survivor, according to [[Jeffrey Blankfort]], “His ‘history’ as a holocaust survivor has evolved over the years and it is only in recent years that he has claimed to have been a leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in Hungary which conflicts with his earlier story that he was given a Swedish passport and a safe place to live by [[Raoul Wallenberg]]”. <ref>'Meet The F*ckers', [http://fanonite.org/2007/03/17/meet-the-fckers/ Fanonite.org], 17 March, 2007. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)</ref>
 
While he derived some of his prestige from being a holocaust survivor, according to [[Jeffrey Blankfort]], “His ‘history’ as a holocaust survivor has evolved over the years and it is only in recent years that he has claimed to have been a leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in Hungary which conflicts with his earlier story that he was given a Swedish passport and a safe place to live by [[Raoul Wallenberg]]”. <ref>'Meet The F*ckers', [http://fanonite.org/2007/03/17/meet-the-fckers/ Fanonite.org], 17 March, 2007. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)</ref>
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==Jihadists "of all color and hue" take note==
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|text=Just a reminder to the predominantly [[Muslim]]-led government[s] in this world that here is yet another example that the [[United States]] leads the way for the creation of a predominantly Muslim country [Kosovo] in the very heart of [[Europe]]. This should be noted by both responsible leaders of Islamic governments, such as [[Indonesia]], and also for [[jihadists]] of all color and hue. The United States;  principles are universal, and in this instance, the United States stands foursquare for the creation of an overwhelmingly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe.
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*[[Morris Amitay]], [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202742150570&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull My friend, Tom Lantos], ''Jerusalem Post'', 14 February, 2008.
 
*[[Morris Amitay]], [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202742150570&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull My friend, Tom Lantos], ''Jerusalem Post'', 14 February, 2008.
 
*[[Thomas Dine]], [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1203019393913&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Tom Lantos's liberal anti-authoritarianism], ''Jerusalem Post'', 16 February, 2008.
 
*[[Thomas Dine]], [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1203019393913&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Tom Lantos's liberal anti-authoritarianism], ''Jerusalem Post'', 16 February, 2008.
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Person.png Tom Lantos   PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, academic, businessman)
Tom Lantos.jpg
BornLantos Tamás Péter
1928-02-01
Budapest, Hungary
Died2008-02-11 (Age 80)
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Washington, University of California, Berkeley
SpouseAnnette Tillemann Lantos
Member ofSibel Edmonds/State Secrets Privilege Gallery
PartyDemocratic

Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos (1928-2008, born Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamás Péter) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing California's 12th congressional district. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. [1] [2] He was identified as implicated in corruption by Sibel Edmonds.[3]

Comment and criticism

Paul George, director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, said about Lantos, “Lantos isn’t just a Democrat who voted for the Iraq war, he was one of its co-authors… Lantos has never met a war he didn’t like. His unblinking defense of Israeli policy gives him tunnel vision with the rest of the Middle East.”[4]

Iraq

Tom Lantos’ record goes back to the ‘91 Gulf War when he played a key role in the Human Rights Caucus (HRC) – a front for Hill & Knowlton, the PR firm the Kuwaiti government had hired – where a girl named Nayirah gave false testimony about Iraqi soldiers removing Kuwaiti babies from incubators and leaving them on the floor. This story was subsequently picked up by Amnesty International (though it retracted the story after the war) and subsequently propagated by the congress, Kuwaiti expats and other proponents of war. The harrowing testimony of Nayirah — purportedly a nurse at the hospital but in reality the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the U.S., Saud Nasir al-Sabah – played a critical role in getting congressional support for the war (The Kuwaitis donated $50,000 as thanks to HRC). [5]

Palestine

According to The Jerusalem Post, he represents Israel in countries with which it has no diplomatic relations. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Operation Defensive Shield, Sharon’s war of terror on the Palestinians. [6]

Iran

As far back as 2006 he was gunning for war with Iran. He wrote an article, “Now or Never to Prevent a Nuclear-Armed Iran.”[7]

Lebanon

Lantos said in Israel, at Israel’s Foreign Ministry, on August 27, 2006, that he would block aid promised by President George W. Bush to Lebanon and free the funds only when Beirut agreed to the deployment of international troops on the border with Syria. He was meeting at the time with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.[8]

While he derived some of his prestige from being a holocaust survivor, according to Jeffrey Blankfort, “His ‘history’ as a holocaust survivor has evolved over the years and it is only in recent years that he has claimed to have been a leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in Hungary which conflicts with his earlier story that he was given a Swedish passport and a safe place to live by Raoul Wallenberg”. [9]

Jihadists "of all color and hue" take note

“Just a reminder to the predominantly Muslim-led government[s] in this world that here is yet another example that the United States leads the way for the creation of a predominantly Muslim country [Kosovo] in the very heart of Europe. This should be noted by both responsible leaders of Islamic governments, such as Indonesia, and also for jihadists of all color and hue. The United States; principles are universal, and in this instance, the United States stands foursquare for the creation of an overwhelmingly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe.”
Tom Lantos (2007)  [10]


Affiliations

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References

  1. ↑ 'Tom Lantos Profile', Guardian Unlimited website, accessed 2 April, 2009.
  2. ↑ 'About Tom', web.archive.org/Congressman Tom Lantos website, accessed 2 April, 2009.
  3. ↑ http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com/2008/01/sibel-names-names-in-pictures.html
  4. ↑ Paul George, Hawk Slated to Chair International Relations, Institute for Public Accuracy website, 14 November, 2006, accessed 13 Jan 2010
  5. ↑ 'How the public relations industry sold the Gulf War to the US, the mother of all clients', geocities.com, accessed 2 April, 2009.
  6. ↑ 'Meet The F*ckers', Fanonite.org, 17 March, 2007. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)
  7. ↑ Now or Never to Prevent a Nuclear-Armed Iran, The Huffington Post, 20 January, 2006. (Accessed 13 Jan 2010)
  8. ↑ 'Guests: Tom Lantos', Charlie rose website, accessed 2 April, 2009.
  9. ↑ 'Meet The F*ckers', Fanonite.org, 17 March, 2007. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)
  10. ↑ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/usa-proud-supporter-of-th_b_46424
  11. ↑ 'House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, AIPAC Policy Conference 2007', AIPAC website, 12 March, 2007. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)
  12. ↑ Ron Kampeas, 'Remembering Tom Lantos', FJC website, 13 February, 2008. (Accessed 2 April, 2009)
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