Comments on: The Israel Lobby, hardcover edition http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648 Cutting straight to the point Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648/comment-page-1#comment-28331 Michael Lonie Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:37:12 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648#comment-28331 I first heard it from a friend of mine many years ago. The way he put it was "They are shouting from the housetops that they are not allowed to speak above a whisper." I've been quite taken with the line and use it frequently about people like those complaining about the "Israel Lobby." I first heard it from a friend of mine many years ago. The way he put it was “They are shouting from the housetops that they are not allowed to speak above a whisper.” I’ve been quite taken with the line and use it frequently about people like those complaining about the “Israel Lobby.”

]]> By: John F. MacMichael http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648/comment-page-1#comment-28327 John F. MacMichael Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648#comment-28327 There is a line that I am trying to remember; something about "People screaming from the rooftops that they are being silenced." Wish I could remember the exact quote and the source. However it certainly seems to apply to W & M. There is a line that I am trying to remember; something about “People screaming from the rooftops that they are being silenced.” Wish I could remember the exact quote and the source. However it certainly seems to apply to W & M.

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648/comment-page-1#comment-28325 Michael Lonie Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:53:04 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648#comment-28325 I'll bet Walt and Mearshimer would claim that some of their best freinds are Jews. Probably Jews like Noam Chomsky. If the US abandoned Israel to the rage of her enemies we would not receive plaudits from them. On the contrary, we would get treated with increased hatred and contempt for our cowardly desertion of a friend. We would deserve that contempt. Arab/Muslim hatred of the US is not based on US pro-Israel policy; it started when the US had an arms embargo on Israel and regarded Israel with suspicion as a Soviet client state, back in the Eisenhower Administration. The 9/11 attacks can be seen as the reaction of the Arab world to the US, not their hostility for our pro-Israel stance, but rather their thanks for our pro-Muslim stance, for stopping the massacres of Muslims in the Balkans and for helping the Afghans against the Soviet invasion, just to mention two pro-Muslim episodes in recent history. I’ll bet Walt and Mearshimer would claim that some of their best freinds are Jews. Probably Jews like Noam Chomsky.

If the US abandoned Israel to the rage of her enemies we would not receive plaudits from them. On the contrary, we would get treated with increased hatred and contempt for our cowardly desertion of a friend. We would deserve that contempt.

Arab/Muslim hatred of the US is not based on US pro-Israel policy; it started when the US had an arms embargo on Israel and regarded Israel with suspicion as a Soviet client state, back in the Eisenhower Administration. The 9/11 attacks can be seen as the reaction of the Arab world to the US, not their hostility for our pro-Israel stance, but rather their thanks for our pro-Muslim stance, for stopping the massacres of Muslims in the Balkans and for helping the Afghans against the Soviet invasion, just to mention two pro-Muslim episodes in recent history.

]]> By: Jack Rich http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648/comment-page-1#comment-28323 Jack Rich Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:46:28 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648#comment-28323 Jeff Robbins piece in Friday's WSJ should be required reading for all those who foam at the mouth about the "Jewish Lobby." "Anti-Semite" is not a word I use readily; it can come across as crying wolf, and loses it impact. But for Carter, Walt and Mearsheimer, it is appropriate. By the way, being a Jew does not make one immune from being an anti-Semite. Self-hating Jews have been with us forever. Jeff Robbins piece in Friday’s WSJ should be required reading for all those who foam at the mouth about the “Jewish Lobby.”

“Anti-Semite” is not a word I use readily; it can come across as crying wolf, and loses it impact.

But for Carter, Walt and Mearsheimer, it is appropriate. By the way, being a Jew does not make one immune from being an anti-Semite.

Self-hating Jews have been with us forever.

]]> By: Cynic http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648/comment-page-1#comment-28320 Cynic Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:42:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/09/3648#comment-28320 Pity the WSJ piece needs registration to read. Pity the WSJ piece needs registration to read.

]]>