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To: TimF who wrote (282950)	4/4/2006 12:45:48 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572905

Here are links to an important essay on just the topic of the influence of the Israeli lobby in America. “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,” by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M Walt, professors at the Kennedy School, Harvard University. Short version, from the London Review of Books xxxhttp://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html Long Version (Kennedy School, Harvard University) xxxhttp://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP06-011/$File/rwp_06_011_ walt.pdf In this and a few following posts I will pass along some excerpts from the long version. Here is how the essay begins: “The U.S. national interest should be the primary object of American foreign policy. For the past several decades, however, and especially since the Six Day War in 1967, the centerpiece of U.S. Middle East policy has been its relationship with Israel. The combination of unwavering U.S. support for Israel and the related effort to spread democracy throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and jeopardized U.S. security. "This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the United States been willing to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state? One might assume that the bond between the two countries is based on shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives. As we show below, however, neither of those explanations can account for the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States provides to Israel. Instead, the overall thrust of U.S. policy in the region is due almost entirely to U.S. domestic politics, and especially to the activities of the “Israel Lobby.” “