Yasha Levine You ever wonder WHY people like Elie Wiesel attain such enormous success in America? Why do they quickly become iconic figures, the toast of Hollywod liberals and the favorite pets of media billionaires like Oprah? Certainly NOT because they are speaking truth to power, that's for sure. They have consciously become tools of imperial power, valuable soldiers in the culture wars. Wiesel, who for many decades perfected the image of premier victim of the Holocaust—that was his "schtick" as Yiddish so beautifully has it—never opened his mouth to denounce the horrid crimes of Zionism, or imperialism, in general, for that matter, which, incidentally, many brave Jews of good conscience openly condemn.