[lbo-talk] Chomsky: Israel Lobby ?

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>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.

Some "elite."  Some "thought."


>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.

In actual fact, they're arsonists guarding an oil refinery.

Carl