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Anti-semitism is evident by radicals on both ends of the political spectrum. Conspiracy theorists on the left have been known to use Jews as a cause of problems.<ref>[http://newint.org/features/2004/10/01/conspiracism/ ''Zog ate my brains''], Chip Berlet, New Internationalist, October 2004.</ref>

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~~==The Iraq War==~~

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~~Democratic Senator [[Ernest Hollings]] criticized the Bush Administration in 2004 when he said,~~

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:''"[[Israel]] long since would have taken us to the [[weapons of mass destruction]] if there were any or if they had been removed. With [[Iraq]] no threat, why invade a sovereign country? The answer: [[President Bush]]'s policy to secure Israel.''

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:''"Led by [[Wolfowitz]], [[Richard Perle]] and [[Charles Krauthammer]], for years there has been a domino school of thought that the way to guarantee Israel's security is to spread [[democracy]] in the area. ''<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040506-20051231re_/http://hollings.senate.gov/~hollings/opinion/2004506A17.html Bush's failed Mideast policy is creating more terrorism], U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings, Charleston Post and Courier, 6 May 2004.</ref>

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~~Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith responded to Sen. Hollings remarks publicly by stating,~~

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:''"when the debate veers into anti-Jewish stereotyping, it is tantamount to scapegoating and an appeal to ethnic hatred...Regardless of whether one feels that America's war on Iraq was justified, the charge that it is being fought by the U.S. on behalf of Israel grossly misrepresents the legitimate U.S. interests that are involved in the debate."''<ref>[http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4496_12.htm Anti-Semitism: USA, ADL Urges Senator Hollings to Disavow Statements on Jews and the Iraq War], ADL Press Release, New York, 14 May 2004. </ref>

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