Dual loyalty
Sorry to disappoint you, conspiracy theorists: few Jewish voters are obsessed with Israel
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
A commentator with a brilliant nickname, “Agog,” was disturbed by the previous thread’s discussion of candidates’ positions on Israel. Agog asked: “Is that how you judge the merits of the respective candidates: who is best for Israel? Shouldn’t the criterion be who is best for the US? The two countries’ interests are not […]
AIPAC is an agent of…AIPAC
Friday, October 26th, 2007Mearsheimer and Walt write that AIPAC is a “de facto agent of the Israeli government.” In various parts of their book, they provide examples of the “Israel lobby’s” ability to promote Israel’s agenda in the halls of power.
But they do not seem to grasp a far more interesting, subtle point about AIPAC: it answers to […]
Mainstream American Jews should stand up to the preemptive war hawks
Saturday, October 20th, 2007For all of its many flaws, the new book by Mearsheimer and Walt makes a vitally important point about the invasion of Iraq that has been obscured in the ongoing war-for-Israel debate: “There was hardly any opposition to the war among the major American Jewish organizations,” they write. That is, sadly, true.
Those who […]
Weiss exonerates people who are obsessed with dual loyalty…
Friday, October 12th, 2007Philip Weiss reacted to my HuffPo piece (see previous post) on the neocons with a little essay entitled Fleshler Exonerates the Neocons of Dual Loyalties. Why He’s Wrong.
Take a look at it. Take a look at the comments. There are a number of people, including Richard Witty, who disagree with Phil and make some […]
“Jewish Neocons Are Dead Wrong, Not Disloyal” –My piece in the Huffington Post
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Please check out my new screed in Huffington Post, in which I find myself objecting to one (just one, I promise) of the accusations that are commonly hurled at Doug Feith and his fellow preemptive war fetishists. I spent a long time trying to figure out how to say what needed to be said, […]