Matthias Wasser wrote:
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> Is "the Israel lobby" per se really all that decisive? I think it's
> mostly just an ideological cornerstone of American politics that
> Israel must be defended as an outpost of liberalism, the white race,
> and the eschaton.
I would compare it to the mad astronomer in Rasselas, who thought he made the sun come up each morning. The Zionist lobby is successful because it is pushing the same way the masters of u.s. foreign policy are pushing. The policy would be the same if the lobby didn't exist.
Carrol