Endnotes back to page 180 Robert S. Greenberger and Karby Leggett, "Presidents Dream: Changing Not Just Regime but a Region: A Pro-U.S., Democratic Area is a Goal that Has Israeli and Neo Conservative Roots," Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2003....
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY John J. Mearsheimer & Stephen M. Walt page 2 previous next A DWINDLING MORAL CASE Apart from its alleged strategic value, Israels backers also argue that it deserves unqualified U.S. support because 1) it is weak and...
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt page 3 next previous back to page 1 The explanation lies in the unmatched power of the Israel Lobby. Were it not for the Lobbys ability to manipulate the American political system,...
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt page 4 next previous back to page 1 Manipulating the Media In addition to influencing government policy directly, the Lobby strives to shape public perceptions about Israel and...
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt page 5 next previous back to page 1 THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG If the Lobbys impact were confined to U.S. economic aid to Israel, its influence might not be that worrisome....
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt page 6 previous back to page 1 Dreams of Regional Transformation The Iraq war was not supposed to be a costly quagmire. Rather, it was intended as the first step in a larger plan to...
Backtalk, August 22, 2006
Suddenly, I'm an 'Islamic Fascist' Hi Jonathan, I am a Pakistani Muslim woman I live next door to Walthamstow. I have spent the last few years trying to convince my Muslim neighbors that we must respond to the rubbish that ill-educated gangster imams have been...
The Christian Conservative Who Opposed the Vietnam War
To the extent a Religious Right of any kind existed in 1964, Eugene Siler easily qualified as a platinum-card member. In his nine years in the U.S. House, he was unrivaled in his zeal to implement "Christianism and Americanism." Yet 42 years ago this month,...
Making Sense of Our Iraq Disaster
The single most basic fallacy underlying the present American catastrophe in Iraq is the belief that the U.S. can somehow solve that country's problems, however extreme and intractable they may seem; that, in short, we are part of the solution in Iraq, not part of the...
The Brits Want to Split
According to a poll conducted a week after the arrest of 24 Brits of Pakistani origin suspected of being involved in an alleged plot to blow up American airliners in-flight, by a margin of more than five to one the Brits want Prime Minister Tony Blair to...


