[lbo-talk] Chomsky: Israel Lobby ?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Mar 30 15:40:36 PST 2006


Carl Remick wrote:


>Nope. Israel was useful to the US when the USSR was the
>destabilizing presence in the Mideast. Now that nuclear-tipped
>Israel itself is the destablizing presence there, its value to the
>US is zilch.

You're not thinking like the American elite. Israel is a stabilizing influence in a rough neighborhood. They're like the cop on the beat, trying to keep order among the uncivilized hordes. They're white people amidst a storm-tossed sea of browns. Etc.

Doug



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