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Submitted by Jeff Blankfort (not verified) on Tue, 04/04/2006 - 17:38.
While Weinberg's investment in the theory that Israel is supported
by the US on the basis that it is a strategic asset and that AIPAC and the scores of Jewish organizations and hundreds of federations
that make up the lobby play only a secondary role is not as deep as
that of Chomsky but it certainly is as intense and even Chomsky isn't
reduced to depict those who blame the lobby as the latest example of "scapegoating" Jews which is akin, on this issue, to accusing the
lobby's critics of being "anti-semitic."
Since I have already disposed of the rubbish that Weinberg presents as
an argument in past articles, I will only note that like the writings
of Chomsky, Zunes, and more recently, Massad, his arguments read like
an AIPAC press release with only slight modifications. I find it ironic that the strongest defenders of the lobby's activities (and if denying its importance is not a form of defense, I don't know what it), apart from the lobbying organnizations themselves, with but a handful of exceptions, turn out to be Jewish activists who claim to be anti-zionist which in this case is what is really irrelevant.
What the position of Chomsky and Weinberg reflect is either (1) misplaced Jewish ethnic loyalty or (2) surprising ignorance of how Washington works. Neither is very appealing, but then neither are their arguments.
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Weinberg, Chomsky lock arms with AIPAC
While Weinberg's investment in the theory that Israel is supported
by the US on the basis that it is a strategic asset and that AIPAC and the scores of Jewish organizations and hundreds of federations
that make up the lobby play only a secondary role is not as deep as
that of Chomsky but it certainly is as intense and even Chomsky isn't
reduced to depict those who blame the lobby as the latest example of "scapegoating" Jews which is akin, on this issue, to accusing the
lobby's critics of being "anti-semitic."
Since I have already disposed of the rubbish that Weinberg presents as
an argument in past articles, I will only note that like the writings
of Chomsky, Zunes, and more recently, Massad, his arguments read like
an AIPAC press release with only slight modifications. I find it ironic that the strongest defenders of the lobby's activities (and if denying its importance is not a form of defense, I don't know what it), apart from the lobbying organnizations themselves, with but a handful of exceptions, turn out to be Jewish activists who claim to be anti-zionist which in this case is what is really irrelevant.
What the position of Chomsky and Weinberg reflect is either (1) misplaced Jewish ethnic loyalty or (2) surprising ignorance of how Washington works. Neither is very appealing, but then neither are their arguments.