Quid Pro Quo: What Can You Do and What You Must Do For Us…Since We Gave You the Money…

That’s the problem with taking the money of a foreign-sympathetic sponsor: he who has the gold makes the rules. It’s evident that Charlie was being used to push a pro-Israel line (which is crazy because what these rabid Zionists believe is pro Israel is really backfiring against them in many cases).

Towards the end he began to decouple because he was growing in knowledge and spirituality and felt a moral obligation to speak against some of Israel’s military excesses and not-quite-America-first policies.

There’s enough footage of Charlie expressing reservations and fear about Zionist, pro-Israel forces.

Unfortunately, there was little love of Charlie for Charlie. It was largely transactional: what can you do for us in getting younger Americans to be pro-Israel.

Thankfully, Charlie kept his soul and even began losing a lot of money for sticking to his ethical principles, even though he was trapped. When he saw the clearer picture he began to extricate himself: he turned his back on the the 30 pieces of silver, trading them for a pair of silver, angelic wings…