Posted on 12/16/2004 8:32:54 PM PST by quidnunc
Not long ago, I was talking about reporting news on Israel with a young journalist who works for a major metropolitan daily newspaper.
When it was pointed out that the Jewish press had an obligation to fill the gap in unbiased information and perspective on the Middle East, this man piped up, saying that was all well and good, but were Jewish journalists telling the truth about Israel being the reason America was a terror target?
When I responded that this was nonsense, he replied insouciantly that we all knew very well that American support of Israel lay behind the war on terror — and that it was fruitless to deny it.
Is this view typical of most or even many Americans?
Probably not, thank heaven. For the most part, it has been limited to the anti-Zionist fever swamps of the left or right where the likes of far-right-wing pundit Pat Buchanan or left-wing propaganda film auteur Michael Moore live.
But it is gaining traction, and one of the sources for this new respect for a bogus theory was the favorable reaction from many in America's chattering classes for a book published earlier this year.
"Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror" spent several weeks on The New York Times best-seller list during the recent presidential campaign, as it edged ahead of a spate of other books bashing the Bush administration.
But what made "Hubris" different was its author, a guy publishers called "Anonymous," but who was described as a "senior U.S. intelligence official."
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No, Jews are no longer good scapegoats for demagogues such as Buchanan. That's why he's teamed up with Tancredo to demonize Mexicans. Internet Brigade
When I responded that this was nonsense, he replied insouciantly that we all knew very well that American support of Israel lay behind the war on terror — and that it was fruitless to deny it.
Assume for the moment this is true (not that I believe it) So What? America supports a democracy? I call that a good thing.
Tancredo supported the war on Iraq and has a good record on Israel. Skip to the next track on your broken record.
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