Posted on 03/18/2006 10:39:55 PM PST by SmithL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mearsheimer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_M._Walt (see also http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=509251 )
To my lack-of-surprise, both these turkeys opposed the War in Iraq. Someone needs to check where these "scholars" are getting their dollars from.
The Jewish composition in the student body many ivy league colleges is quite high compared to their population overall in the US. Unfortunately many of them possess anti-Israel/US ideologies themselves to their own detriment and to Israel their only santuary in the world if the US (God forbid) becomes an anti-Jewish nation. Look at the names of many of the white leftist/anti US/Israel professors. Many of them are of Jewish descent. I do see one hope. Many American Jewish students are from liberal families, and they expected anti-Sematics would be white rightwing Christians. On the campuses they see anti-Sematism being expoused by black liberal professors and being silently supported by white liberal professors. To their surprise they see white Conservative Christian students protest the anti-Sematic remarks.
Somewhere warm and sunny, Larry Summers in smiling.
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> It would be easy enough to blow off these overpaid, anti-semitic fools in their ivory towers, except for the fact that they're indoctrinating our children. <
And for the fact that there's a large kernel of truth in what they say.
Leaving aside the argument of whether or not our wholesale support of Israel is or is not in our best interest, is there any doubt that American Jews have influence in American politics in great disproportion to their numbers? I'm not saying that's good or bad; it simply seems indisputable to me.
Bingo.
Martin Kramer: The Reality Behind Charges About "The Israel Lobby"
As an ally I believe Isreal is entitled to being under our security umbrella and is deserving of our political support up too a point, but the degree to which we coddle their ambitions running political interference for them and subsidizing their country in such a lavish and generous way is ridiculous. It's well past time they draw up permanent borders and quit pestering us for money.
The same could be said for the NEA, the Trial Lawyers Assoc. etc.
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A well reasoned and balanced statement. One that will be rejected by the Israel ping constituents once their primary spokespersons are made aware of this thread.
> The same could be said for the NEA, the Trial Lawyers Assoc. etc. <
Exactly. And we know that such narrow, interest group politics in almost all cases does not promote the adoption of policies in accordance with the best interests of the nation.
I feel that many people tend to allow their emotional attachments to Israel cloud their objectivity when examining this matter. Providing them with a few hundred million a year in military aid so they are able to defend themselves is one thing, subsidizing their economy to the tune of 3 to 5 billion a year is another. And to expect us to provide an additional $2 billion to assist them in their relocation of the Gaza settlers is the height of chutzpah...
Support for Isreal should have reasonable limitations. The same Americans that would kill the US to support Israel at all costs are the same people who think you can conquer 1.5 billion Muslims without having an ally among them.
All or nothing, black or white thinking has been known to be ineffective for the survival of the human species for like how many centuries now?
By all means support Israel but with your head and backside left intact.
If you are correct, then all lobbying should be banned. In fact, anything that leads to lobbying should be banned. That would include people getting together on internet sites, since that could lead to political demonstations. Oh, gee, I've participated in a number of Freeps, so that would meaning banning FR, wouldn't it. Hey, it looks like McCain-Feingold was just an inadequate beginning. Aren't political parties another form of lobbying? Let's ban them, too. Gee, now if we just appoint a dictator, we can dispense with the Republic altogether!
good point.
Thanks for the links.
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