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review from what I really do say about the JFK assassination and trying to
lead them to believe that I think, perhaps, that the Martians killed JFK.
In the end, although he had managed to restrain himself quite
admirably, Dave finally couldn't resist himself. After having engaged in
some serious debate—at first—he finally started posting a variety of
material attacking the political views of my employer, rather than
addressing the specifics in my book.
A REASONABLE CRITIQUE . . .
I would be remiss in not mentioning the extended review of Final
Judgment posted in several parts on the Internet by Clark Wilkins. His
review was objective in the best sense of the word and while he never
concluded that he agreed with my thesis, he did remark at one juncture that
"A novice could walk away believing Piper had proved his case against
Israel." And this, of course, is precisely what upsets the Israeli lobby.
Wilkins did raise the very good question as to why the Israeli arms
dealer, Arnon Milchan, would finance Oliver Stone's film, JFK, which
resulted in raising "public awareness and suspicion" about the JFK
assassination if the Mossad were indeed involved in the JFK assassination,
commenting, "I would think they would be willing to let sleeping dogs lie."
I responded, however, that "My feeling is that the film JFK was
designed to give the public a 'consensus' about the assassination—kind of a
vague consensus—and that it functioned as a release valve for all of the
researchers to finally see a 'big theory' put on the screen."
Wilkins apparently views the JFK assassination conspiracy as a
scenario dictated more by money than politics, evidenced by his comment
that "Muddying up the waters even further, and a point avoided entirely by
Piper, is that this powerful movement is not powered by politics. It's
powered by money. Politics is simply steering it . . . Piper has grabbed the
tiger by the tail and I can see why he's been bit. He has ventured where few
would dare to tread."
About Mossad figure Tibor Rosenbaum, Wilkins made the thoughtful
comment: "Tibor Rosenbaum is not a criminal. He's not a Mafia man. In
terms of our understanding he's like Benjamin Franklin when Franklin went
to France in search of military support against the British. Rosenbaum, like
Franklin, went out in search of aid for Israel to obtain military support
against the Arabs—and, like Franklin—he succeeded . . . This guy is a hero
in Israel and he deserves to be." Wilkins added the cautionary note,
however, that "What nobody knows, or at least what nobody talks about, is
how Rosenbaum got the money."
By the time Wilkins had read about one fourth of Final Judgment, he
commented, in response to allegations that the book was anti-Semitic: "At
this point Piper still has not convinced me of a conspiracy involving Israel or
the Mossad. Even if the book fails in its premise, however, it will have
convinced me of something else: and that is the enormous power the charge