The National Post is reporting that Anonymous is threatening to release text messages from John Baird that allegedly reveal the ‘real reason’ he left politics. They claim he was being blackmailed by Mossad with incriminating photographs. I'll wait for more tangible evidence to surface.
Anonymous didn't say they had a copy of the incriminating photo, they said they had text messages that referred to it. The real question is why did he get a special assignment at Barrick Gold? That company was founded by an arms dealer tied to Iran Contra.
Baird was such a staunch unthinking supporter of the Jewish state that I am very surprised Mossad would have to have had to do anything to blackmail him.
ReplyDeleteIf that is how that state's security forces work, that is directly representative on how that state truly is.
That's a good point. Why would Mossad have to blackmail him to do anything? He would have done anything they asked. Unless they were extorting him for money I suppose.
DeleteI don't think it would be for money:
ReplyDelete"U.S. military aid to Israel was $2.775 billion in 2010, $3 billion in 2011, $3.07 billion in 2012 (and $3.15 billion per year from 2013-2018)" (http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-america-really-spends-on-israels-defense-2012-9#ixzz3htu7ne6F)
"Since 1992, the U.S. has offered Israel an additional $2 billion annually in loan guarantees. Congressional researchers have disclosed that between 1974 and 1989, $16.4 billion in U.S. military loans were converted to grants and that this was the understanding from the beginning."
"In addition, there is the more than $1.5 billion in private U.S. funds that go to Israel annually in the form of $1 billion in private tax-deductible donations and $500 million in Israeli bonds."
Total U.S. aid to Israel is approximately one-third of the American foreign-aid budget, even though Israel comprises just .001 percent of the world's population and already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes.
(http://www.wrmea.org/congress-u.s.-aid-to-israel/u.s.-financial-aid-to-israel-figures-facts-and-impact.html)
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz will demand between 450 million to 1 billion euros in reparations from Germany (http://www.haaretz.com/beta/israel-to-seek-another-1b-euros-holocaust-in-reparations-from-germany-1.1739)
U.S. Military Aid to Israel Exceeds 100 Billion (http://www.haaretz.com/beta/.premium-1.611001)
Nor would Baird have any extra "pull" to change the gov't's position for Israel, by himself. It is not like they would want to get rid of him and get someone who was more pro-Israel - he (Baird) seemed to tow and promote the party line just as expected.
Mind you as Baird found out, with friends like that, who needs enemies!
There must be more (a LOT more) to this story than is being let out (at least so far).
Baird didn`t say why he left. Now it is interesting it was not that long after he and Steve went to Israel. Now if you check Montreal Simon`s blog, it was reported there was a private meeting between Steve, Baird,and Bennie. The topic of the meeting, who knows. It is however, reported, that one of the subjects was bringing to Canada, Israel`s model for conscripting young people over 18 into the armed forces. We will have to wait to see if Steve is re-elected and he does implement a conscription for our kids. Perhaps that is why Baird left, just a bit too far for him.
ReplyDeleteMossad blackmailing Baird, not so much. Why would they bother. It is no secret how Baird lives his life, just as he is entitled to.
People are most certainly entitled to be gay. I think the concern is getting photographed in the act with a minor. It blurs the consent aspect.
DeleteMind you, if the photograph was taken at a Gay bar in Israel, how would anyone but Mossad have a copy of it? I guess time will tell as to whether we are looking at a bohemian rhapsody or a bohemian grove.
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