AIPAC has every right to say whatever they want about Freeman. I think what's being questioned is their denial of efforts to shoot him down. And there is a lot of criticism stemming from Gaza, the settlements and the effect of Israel-Palestine on the U.S. and instability in the region. Some liken the out-sized influence of AIPAC to that of the Florida Cuban-American lobby on U.S. policy.

If there's criticism, where the hell does AIPAC come in?

Give up on it. It's a bloody damned myth.

AIPAC is a powerful lobby. Period.

It has no power whatsoever to stop or stifle dicussion. Period.

What are we doing right now? What are newspaper columnists around the nation doing right now?

You are just so blinded by your own (I'll guess left-wing liberal) ideological cant, that you don't think in realistic terms. You think in stereotypes, and AIPAC is one of the best.

I'll ask you once again. What about the Arab lobbies, just as well funded as AIPAC? If lobbies have the great power to sway the press and government that you claim, then why isn't the Arab position more widely accepted by average Americans?

It couldn't be that Americans see the Arab side as condoning terrorism now, could it?

It couldn't be that they intrinsically trust modern, democratic Israelis, over tenth century religious maniacs now, could it?

It couldn't be that, after 9/11, they just like Jews better than Muslims now, could it?

Nope. It must be AIPAC.

LOL

Thoughtful Ted:

That's certainly how you see it.

That's not quite how it is, but you are free to believe whatever you like.

You could probably make a case for freeing the criminals from high security prisons too.

LOL

It seems that you see it as Israel is a nation of prison guards who must keep criminal Palestinians in their high security prison.