On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Doug Henwood wrote, about Brad M.:
> Your foregrounding of Israeli "influence" is, you know, icky. It's
> too close to the Counterpunch line - that Israel and a small group of
> rich American Jews have hijacked U.S. policy against our national
> interests - which is too close to classic anti-Semitic discourse for
> my taste. The U.S. doesn't need lessons in imperial brutality from
> anyone.
>
> Doug
I think the substitution test is useful here: if there were no Jews in the U. S., I don't think we'd see any substantial differences in U. S. foreign (or domestic) policies. --Bush would have invaded Iraq, even without the enthusiastic support of some conservative Jews.
Miles