In my latest for Souciant, I look at the ratcheting up of joint Israeli-AIPAC efforts to press the US into attacking Iran on Israel’s behalf. The pressure is intense, coming from multiple directions, and we US citizens are just letting it happen.
Posts Tagged ‘John Mearsheimer’
Criticism of ‘False Flag’ piece is misguided and simply wrong
Posted in Iran, US-Israel Lobby, tagged 972mag.com, AIPAC, False Flag, Foreign Affairs, Israel Lobby, John Mearsheimer, Jundallah, Mark Perry, Mossad, Rafael Frankel, Stephen Walt on January 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Many of my readers probably saw the recent article in the journal Foreign Policy by Mark Perry entitled “False Flag,” which details an Israeli covert operation to engage a Pakistani terrorist group (Jundallah, a group officially termed “terrorist” by both the US and Iran, a rare point of agreement between the two countries) for attacks on Iran. The Mossad did [...]
Everyone’s A Critic
Posted in United States, US-Israel Lobby, tagged Israel, Palestine, human rights, international law, pro-Israel, Middle east, J Street, AIPAC, Obama, Occupation, Netanyahu, Israel Lobby, Two-state solution, ADL, Abe Foxman, Anti-Semitism, Flotilla, Jewish State, John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, Thomas Friedman on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My latest piece for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, reflects on the NY Times’ Thomas Friedman surprisingly confirming the words of Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer in their book The Israel Lobby.
AIPAC, Gaza and Letters to the President
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AIPAC, Flotilla, Gaza, Hamas, IHH, Israel, Israel Lobby, J Street, John Mearsheimer, Middle east, Noam Chomsky, Obama, Palestinians, Stephen Walt, Two-state solution, US Foreign Policy on June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I was reminiscing recently about a very pleasant conversation I had with Stephen Walt, who, along with John Mearsheimer, wrote the explosive book “The Israel Lobby.” Both authors are aware that I disagree with their thesis, and yet Stephen and I were always able to have respectful conversations about it. Would that more conversations about [...]
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