> Then I don't really get why you use the term "lobby" at all. The
> standard usage is as some sort of fifth column whose primary loyalty
> is to Israel and which manipulates U.S. policy towards that end. But
> if it's so deeply American - not merely part of the scene but
> constitutive to some degree and at least until recently dominant in
> foreign policy circles - then why use the term at all?
Now I'm really confused. Isn't that exactly what lobbies *are*? "Lobby" seems like the perfect term.
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