The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
In this paper, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago's Department of Political Science and Stephen M.Walt of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government contend that the centerpiece of U.S. Middle East policy is its intimate relationship with Israel. The authors argue that although often justified as reflecting shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives, the U.S. commitment to Israel is due primarily to the activities of the “Israel Lobby." This paper goes on to describe the various activities that pro-Israel groups have undertaken in order to shift U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction.
This attached PDF is a research paper from Harvard University and has also been published as a book. It is provocative and, a must-read for those who wish to stay abreast of current affairs. Although it is 83 pages long, the text takes up just half of it, ie 43 pages; the rest are end-notes and references.
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
[thanks SR]
related link: Comment: The Lobby by David Remnick
This attached PDF is a research paper from Harvard University and has also been published as a book. It is provocative and, a must-read for those who wish to stay abreast of current affairs. Although it is 83 pages long, the text takes up just half of it, ie 43 pages; the rest are end-notes and references.
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
[thanks SR]
related link: Comment: The Lobby by David Remnick
posted by temporal at 6/11/2008
1 Comments:
Israel lobby?
Hah, miniscule when compared to the oil lobby. Which explains how we ended up with 'you know who' in the White House, and why we didn't invade Saudi Arabia after 9/11.
Also miniscule when compared to the gun lobby, the junkfood lobby, and the medical industry lobby.
There are, in addition, so many anti-Israel activists and ""intellectuals"" over here that Aipac has an uphill battle.
Unlike the arms industry, for instance, who seem to supply half the world with weaponry - subsidized by taxpayers, and supported by congress in that endeavor - because unlike pro-Israel lobbying, the net result is jobs in congressional districts. Which is also what the oil lobby, the gun lobby, the junkfood lobby, and the medical industry lobby deliver.
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