Bloglines user SeanMcBride (smcbride2@yahoo.com) has sent this item to you, with the following personal message: Noam Chomsky apparently is running a con game as an Israeli gatekeeper on the left. The reason he rarely criticizes, or even mentions, the neocons is because he is essentially one himself. They are playing on the same team.
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| By Brian I am very disappointed about Noam Chomsky's (NC) comments on the Walt-Mearsheimer paper on the Israel Lobby. NC concludes, as he has many times in the past, that "the strategic-economic interests of concentrations of domestic power in the tight state-corporate linkage" is the primary factor in our support for Israel, not the Lobby. While it may be true that from time to time other interests align with The Lobby's, it is absurd to argue that these other interests are the primary driver on US policy in the Mid East. HR 4681 is a case in point. The bill does the following: * Threatens U.S. assistance to NGOs in the Palestinian territories by putting it in the same category as aid to the PA, which is essentially prohibited. There is waiver for certain humanitarian aid categories. * Designates Palestinian territory as a "terrorist sanctuary." This designation would trigger restrictions on U.S. exports to Palestinian territories. * Restricts Palestinian diplomacy in the US. * Targets the UN for supporting Palestinian human rights by defunding certain organizations. * Denys Palestinians the ability to receive assistance through international financial institutions. Can someone find a US business interest or State Department advocate for these policies? You can't becuase there are none. This is an AIPAC promoted bill. And this is just one example. Even if this bill does not pass, there are many similar examples that demonstrate the same thing. This bill provides substantial support to the W-M paper. NC should ackowledge examples such as these, rather than dismiss the W-M paper with old statements that have not held up over time. More discssion on this point can be found here. | | | | |
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