UK budget, Israel

[Bradley Mayer]

Bradford DeLong's wild and crazy hallucination that US
foreign policy is motivated by "memory of the
Holocaust" - which is even more ridiculous than the
current convention that says the U.S. entered WW2 "to
fight fascism" - is a perfect example of how
ideological "Zionism" has been grafted on to the
larger American political culture.  As in the style of
the Epcot Center at Disneyworld.

As Mr. Brenner documents, American Jews diverge more
and more from "traditional" Zionism. I would say a
counterprocess accompanies this, as it is
transmogrofied (sp?) into an type of _American_
Zionist ideology "of the goyim", spanning the spectrum
from Liberalism to the extreme and fascist right,
including in particular both the Christian
Fundamentalist and "secular" American far right.  This
last sector is most dangerous, as they exercise
partial power in the state on a permanant basis.  But
the echoes of "The New Jerusalem", "The Shining City
on the Hill", "God's Country", the settlers' "Land of
Milk and Honey", Manifest Destiny, and the general
notion that Americans are a people specially chosen
for some world-historical mission, are evocative
enough.

Oh, and the U.S. was not "terribly", but _fashionably_
late to the "party".
-Brad Mayer


>We in the United States were terribly late to the
>party that was World War II (and bear a lot of
>historical responsibility for being late to the
>party), even though we brought a lot of refreshments
>when we showed up. We need to make sure we do not
>make the same mistake twice. Hence our commitment to
Israel is absolute.
>
>It's historical memory of Auschwitz, not
identification with Ariel
>Sharon, that is one of the principal drivers of U.S.
policy.
>
>
>Brad DeLong

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