Thursday, March 28, 2024

Dr. Said vies for U.S. Senate despite Cantwell incumbency

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The Wenatchee Business Journal interviewed Dr. Mohammad Said recently about his uphill task to win the Democratic primary for United States Senate against longtime incumbent Maria Cantwell.

The following are his answers to a variety of questions:

WBJ: Tell the readers about yourself as much as you care to:

Said: Elected Experience: Precinct Committee for Grant County. State Delegate-Democratic Convention several times. National Platform Committee 1988. Former Vice Chair-Democratic Central Committee - Grant County. State Committeeman Grant County 2018.
Other Professional Experience: Expert in healthcare, holding one of the highest medical degrees in the US. Expert of US-Arab/Muslim relations. Facebook Dr. Mohammad Said & drsaid.netdrsaid.net.Education: M.D. with honors, PhD with honors, MPH, Specialist in Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Geriatric, Preventive & Alternative Medicine, Former Asst. Clinical Professor at VA in Fargo, North Dakota.
Community Service: Volunteer for 14 years at Washington State correction facilities and other local, county, and state.

WBJ: If elected, how will you be different than Maria Cantwell?

Said: I will be different in several areas:
• Foreign policy, particularly to Israel as our unconditional support for Israel caused the birth of Osama Bin Laden and terrorist attack of 911. Our invasion of Iraq engineered by the Pro-Israeli  Zionist  Jews so called Neo Conservatives, caused the birth of ISIL. We have spent trillions of dollars in those wars for nothing. We need to finance our Infrastructure.
• We have to reign in the military and not treat them as a sacred cow, we need to save that money.
• I call to change the Second Amendment of the Constitution to make it a privilege and not a right to bear arms.
• I am in favor of cutting foreign aid, particularly to countries who do not need it such as Israel. Former President Obama, before leaving office, gave Israel $38 billion from our tax payers in the next 10 years. His reasoning if he didn't limit the amount, Congress would have given them more. Nobody in Congress dare to question Israel and its treatment to the Palestinians, the native people. When it comes to Iran we are super power, and when it comes to Israel we are a Banana Republic.

WBJ: You are running against other Dems so I take it you are of a different "wing" of the Party?

Said: I am like most Americans in the middle progressive on some issues, and conservative on others. As I am pro-life, pro-family, and pro-traditional marriage between a man and woman.

WBJ: What is the biggest issue Washington needs help with in D.C.

Said: I wanted Washington State to be a hub for business from overseas, particularly from the oil rich countries of the Middle East. I want to make Seattle competitor with other international cities such as London, Paris, etc. I want to revive the international airport at Grant County that flights directly from Seattle to Dubai makes a stop in its way back and forth. We have a tremendous agricultural in Eastern Washington which is a bread basket.

WBJ: Are you prepared to impeach Trump or will you allow the status quo to remain?

Said: I will allow the status quo to remain, and let Trump be defeated by the voter’s next election.

WBJ: What about the American Embassy in Jerusalem?

Said: It is the most ridiculous thing that happened in my lifetime. In June 6, 1967, 51 years ago, my beloved city Jerusalem fell under the Israeli control, the same day I graduated as a Doctor from University of Granada in Spain. Transferring the American Embassy is fomenting a religious war between 1.7 billion Muslims and the 12 million Jews, unfortunately the tremendous influence, particularly In the United States, keep them holding on the Palestinian land as Israel has become an apartheid State.

WBJ: How best do we deal with N. Korea?

Said: If North Korea comes down it is because of the economy, as we see the tremendous difference between North Korea and South Korea, I am in favor of sanctions until North Korea gives up its nuclear arms. Unfortunately we have one country in the Middle East which has nuclear weapons at the Dimona nuclear facility in the Nagev Desert, but nobody talks about it, it is Israel.

WBJ: Are tariffs going to hurt or help our economy

Said: Some might hurt and others might help. I am in favor of free trade provided it’s a fair one.

WBJ: Are there specific national, state &/or regional issues you want to change, fix or remain the same

Said: I feel Canada Is our greatest ally, I do not have any specific changes at this time.

WBJ: How do you feel about DACA.

Said: I am in favor of Amnesty for immediate family of those who were born in the U.S. To institute a guest worker program where Latinos come and work the land, leaving their families’ behind, giving them enough time to go back and visit

WBJ: Can you get along with Republicans in D.C. in order to make real changes

Said: Yes, after all we are all Americans and our country is on top priority regardless of parties.

WBJ: Do you have any public elected office experience or is this your first go at political office.

Said: I have been Present Committee Officer for 71 in Grant County for over 30 years, I was elected as a committeeman representing Grant County in the Democratic Central Committee for the las two years.

WBJ: If you are new to politics, what caused you to throw your hat into the ring?

Said: I am not new in politics, I ran for public office before as a way to express my views regardless of ethics, religion, background in accordance with the first amendment of the Constitution

WBJ: Feel free to make additional comments.

Said: What motivated me to file for U.S. Senate on May 15, was exactly 70 years ago I was expelled with my family from the Port city of Haifa Palestine, which Is now part of Israel along with 700,000 Palestinians who remained refugees, to make room for people who claimed to have that promised land by God over 4,000 years ago. For the Palestinians it was called Al-Nakba or the catastrophe, most of those who occupied the land was with the help of Great Britain, and if we accept their reasoning as the famous English historian Arnold Toynbee, who said that we have to divided the whole world again, as nobody can claim he had this land or that even centuries ago. It has been always politics and not Prophecy or anything of that nature. The Palestinians still in Palestine, where their numbers are equal to the Jews and there is nowhere to go. The Israeli Jews can come to U.S. as they have dual citizenship. They have tremendous power in this county, through news media, the financial institutions, Hollywood and entertainment Industry, the banks, Congress and White House.
For them the U.S. is truly the Promised Land.

Editor's Note: NCW Media does not endorse any candidate for any office. These interviews are merely a way to allow candidates a venue to explain their points of view to local voters.

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