[lbo-talk] The Banality of anti-Israel Lobby Doctrine

[Joseph Catron]

Apropos of the reported, but not yet confirmed (
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/08/tony_judt_reported_dead.html) death of
Tony Judt, I offer his contribution to the debate, which really deserves to
be read in full:

"Thus it will not be self-evident to future generations of Americans why the
imperial might and international reputation of the United States are so
closely aligned with one small, controversial Mediterranean client state. It
is already not at all self-evident to Europeans, Latin Americans, Africans
or Asians. Why, they ask, has America chosen to lose touch with the rest of
the international community on this issue? Americans may not like the
implications of this question. But it is pressing. It bears directly on our
international standing and influence; and it has nothing to do with
anti-Semitism. We cannot ignore it. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/opinion/19judt.html

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