I don't see any insinuations here, Joe: I thought it was a straight-out
> description of a serious analytic mistake.
>
Well, sure there were. Any number of critics of the Mearsheimer-Walt hypothesis are attacking it, not by pointing out its flaws (of which I'll acknowledge there are a few), but rather by calling its supporters anti-Semites. That's a sure-fire way to end a conversation on a sour note, without contributing anything of value to it.
As for me, I care very little whether someone promoting a theory I dislike is anti-Semitic (or any number of other nasty things) or not. Perhaps it might be fun to snicker about, behind their back and at their expense; but it doesn't, at this point in history, answer any important questions about the quality or usefulness of their ideas.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."