“I have never taken money from an Israel lobby, have you?”
Ted Cruz, AIPAC, and the Quiet Corruption of American Foreign Policy
In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Senator Ted Cruz made a series of shocking admissions that could very well mark the end of his political relevance. Defending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Cruz claimed that the organization is not a foreign lobby, but rather a purely American one. He went so far as to suggest that he is unsure whether AIPAC operatives are even in contact with Israeli officials. Most notably, he admitted that from the beginning of his political career, his primary mission has been to defend the interests of Israel.
This was a confession that raises serious questions about Cruz’s loyalty, judgment, and understanding of American national interest. When a U.S. Senator publicly states that his political compass points first and foremost to a foreign country, and then simultaneously insists that a lobby built to advance that country’s interests is somehow purely domestic, its not an argument, he is playing in political theater. Worse, he is insulting the intelligence of the American public.
The implications of Cruz’s statements go far beyond his own career. They speak to the outsised and under-scrutinised role that AIPAC plays in shaping U.S. foreign policy. It is long past time to call this what it is exactly. This AIPAC thing operates as a de facto foreign agent, and its influence is fundamentally corrosive to American democracy ( If there was ever such thing as democracy in America)
AIPAC’s allegiance is to mission of Israel.
AIPAC has always straddled a legal and rhetorical line to avoid being designated as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Technically, it is not registered as one. John F. Kennedy got assassinated for trying to get AIPAC registered as a foreign agent. But functionally, it operates as the political arm of the Israeli government within the United States.
The pattern is disturbingly clear. The Israeli government articulates a demand or position. AIPAC amplifies that demand within American political circles. Congress, often across party lines, then acts swiftly to implement it. This is an observable fact, its not even conjecture at all.
Consider the recent case involving the International Criminal Court (ICC). In May, the ICC signaled it might pursue war crimes charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others over actions taken in Gaza. Within days, the Israeli government called for retaliation. AIPAC responded by lobbying Congress to sanction the ICC. Shortly afterward, the House of Representatives passed a bill to do exactly that.
One can see this is far removed from diplomacy, but more in tune with subservience. The United States is being enlisted to shield a foreign leader from international legal accountability. And AIPAC is the conduit making it happen.
Cruz’s candor just exposed a larger problem. The interview must be excruciatingly painful for him to replay. These people live in a bubble. Ted Cruz’s admission that defending Israel has been his guiding political principle is so revealing and troubling. American lawmakers are elected to serve the people of the United States. Their first obligation is to uphold the Constitution and represent the interests of their constituents. By placing the defense of a foreign nation at the center of his political identity, Cruz has reversed that order.
Moreover, his insistence that AIPAC has no direct link to the Israeli government stretches credibility to the breaking point. AIPAC exists to ensure unwavering U.S. support for Israel, militarily, diplomatically, and financially. Its record of coordinating closely with Israeli officials is well-documented, even if informal. That Cruz claims ignorance of these connections is not just implausible, it's a total insult even to the most brainwashed.
The notion that AIPAC is simply a pro-Israel American advocacy group belies its actual function is to enforce absolute political alignment with Israeli policies and punish anyone who steps out of line. This enforcement takes the form of primary challenges, massive political donations to opponents, and public smearing campaigns, especially against those who voice concern for Palestinian rights.
This interview just showed how AIPAC will make more people link it its activities direcy or indirectly to the erosion of political integrity. The real danger AIPAC poses is not just in lobbying for a foreign country, but also what it demands of American lawmakers. AIPAC does not tolerate nuance nor does it permit criticism. It demands total and unconditional support for the Israeli government, regardless of its actions, regardless of its human rights record, and regardless of American national interest.
In doing so, it reshapes the moral foundation of U.S. politics. Lawmakers who dare to oppose Israeli policy are painted as extremists. Humanitarian concern for Palestinians is branded as antisemitism. And international legal institutions, like the ICC, are threatened with sanctions for attempting to investigate allegations of war crimes.
This is not how a democratic republic should function (If again, such a thing exists). It is how an occupied legislature behave, one beholden to fear, donations, and political retaliation.
Ted Cruz’s political future may be in doubt after this debacle, but the deeper problem remains. The American political system continues to enable and protect a lobby that acts in the interest of a foreign state while disguising itself as a domestic advocacy group.
There is nothing partisan about this issue. This is a structural problem. If the United States is to pursue a foreign policy rooted in justice, human rights, and national interest, it must break the spell of enforced loyalty to AIPAC’s agenda. That begins with honesty, about what AIPAC is, whom it serves, and how its power is used. Not just AIPAC, but all lobbying bodies and lobbyists in general. That is just plain corruption.
( Video by Stew Peters )
AIPAC is more than just a lobby group. Its clearly a political force with foreign priorities and domestic dominance. Until "they the people" reckon with that reality, the American people will remain second-class citizens in their own "democracy" ( in the way we are made to understand it, not the reality) governed by representatives who answer not to them, but to a foreign-backed political machine.
The truth is uncomfortable truth but AIPAC is a foreign agent in all but name, and its influence has become a liability to the principles of American self-governance. AIPAC has been exposed.
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