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To: denizen48 who wrote (280556)	3/17/2006 3:31:37 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572523

Re: ...our politicians have become more concerned with Israel's than our own well-being. Straight from the horse's mouth: Fri., March 17, 2006 Adar 17, 5766 Study: U.S. Middle East policy motivated by pro-Israel lobby By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent WASHINGTON - The U.S. Middle East policy is not in America's national interest and is motivated primarily by the country's pro-Israel lobby, according to a study[] published Thursday by researchers from Harvard University and the University of Chicago. Observers in Washington said Thursday that the study was liable to stir up a tempest and spur renewed debate about the function of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby. The Fatah office in Washington distributed the article to an extensive mailing list. "No lobby has managed to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from what the American national interest would otherwise suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are essentially identical," write the authors of the study. [...] John J. Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago's political science department and Stephen M. Walt from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government do not present new facts. They rely mainly on an analysis of Israeli and American newspaper reports and studies, along with the findings of the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. The study also documents accusations that American supporters of Israel pushed the United States into war with Iraq. It lists senior Bush administration officials who supported the war and are also known to support Israel, such as Paul Wolfowitz, Doug Feith and David Wurmser. The authors say the influence of the pro-Israel lobby is a source of serious concern and write that it has even caused damage to Israel by preventing it from reaching a compromise with its neighbors. haaretz.com [] The Israel Lobby John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt For the past several decades, and especially since the Six-Day War in 1967, the centrepiece of US Middle Eastern policy has been its relationship with Israel. The combination of unwavering support for Israel and the related effort to spread ‘democracy’ throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and jeopardised not only US security but that of much of the rest of the world. This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the US been willing to set aside its own security and that of many of its allies in order to advance the interests of another state? One might assume that the bond between the two countries was based on shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives, but neither explanation can account for the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the US provides. Instead, the thrust of US policy in the region derives almost entirely from domestic politics, and especially the activities of the ‘Israel Lobby’. Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that US interests and those of the other country – in this case, Israel – are essentially identical. [snip] lrb.co.uk

To: denizen48 who wrote (280556)	3/17/2006 6:11:04 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572523

How did we get so corrupted? Simple explanation: our politicians have become more concerned with Israel's than our own well-being. As well as Iraq's. When Congressman Mura came back from Iraq & made his Clarion call, he was abandoned by most of the Democrats. And he was our one good chance to make a stand. Nope, we're 2nd rate now. Most decisions being made are against our own interests. We're headless. Just like they are abandoning Feingold now. However, Feingold has his resources.