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items: The Israel Lobby
items: Sieg Heil, mein liebchen
items: Re: Good Greeef

The Israel Lobby
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description: John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt For the past several decades, and especially since the Six-Day War in 1967, the centrepiece of US Middle Eastern policy has been its relationship with Israel. The combination of unwavering support for Israel and the related effort to spread ‘democracy’ throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and jeopardised not only US security but that of much of the rest of the world. This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the US been willing to set aside its own security and that of many of its allies in order to advance the interests of another state? One might assume that the bond between the two countries was based on shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives, but neither explanation can account for the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the US provides. Instead, the thrust of US policy in the region derives almost entirely from domestic politics, and especially the activities of the ‘Israel Lobby’. Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that US interests and those of the other country – in this case, Israel – are essentially identical. Since the October War in 1973, Washington has provided Israel with a level of support dwarfing that given to any other state. It has been the largest annual recipient of direct economic and military assistance since 1976, and is the largest recipient in total since World War Two, to the tune of well over $140 billion (in 2004 dollars). Israel receives about $3 billion in direct assistance each year, roughly one-fifth of the foreign aid budget, and worth about $500 a year for every Israeli. This largesse is especially striking since Israel is now a wealthy industrial state with a per capita income roughly equal to that of South Korea or Spain. Other recipients get the…
creator: TheWitness
date: 2006-08-23T01:02:09-00:00

Sieg Heil, mein liebchen
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description: Is that you, Bates?
creator: wunhuanglo
date: 2006-08-23T21:54:29-00:00

Re: Good Greeef
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description: This is a forum mot a 'great books discussion club' does the author have facts or is this all conjecture? OK, So, assume it's all true. 100% with out a word of lie. What do you suggest? can you limit the response to 4 paragraphs?
creator: Bill Martinelli
date: 2006-08-24T02:09:21-00:00

Re: Good Greeef
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description: Don't you just love it. They can't make a point without writing out the dictionary and the encyclopedia. Excuse me sir; I have four hours to spare; can you tell me your position on Israel?
creator: Manualblock
date: 2006-08-24T11:24:09-00:00