Why the U.S. Supports Israel, cont'd

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun May 19 16:39:30 PDT 2002


Carrol Cox wrote:


>I would not have the remotest idea of how to write a one-page leaflet or
>poster, or make a two-minute speech, in which I demonstrated clearly
>what The National Interest is -- and if you are talking about appealing
>to more than that narrow populace who every day read the WSJ, the NYT
>and the Washington Post, and every week read the Nation, and every month
>or quarter read Foreign Affairs, then you had better start giving
>serious thought to how you are going find an audience among the rest of
>the population.

Wait a minute. Didn't you used to argue that trying to appeal to a broader audience was pointless, at least until the magical pre-revolutionary moment arrives?

Doug



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