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Re: Chomsky: Israel Lobby ?

Carl Remick wrote:

Nope. Israel was useful to the US when the USSR was the destabilizing presence in the Mideast. Now that nuclear-tipped Israel itself is the destablizing presence there, its value to the US is zilch.

You’re not thinking like the American elite. Israel is a stabilizing influence in a rough neighborhood. They’re like the cop on the beat, trying to keep order among the uncivilized hordes. They’re white people amidst a storm-tossed sea of browns. Etc.

Doug

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One Response to “Re: Chomsky: Israel Lobby ?”

  1. Raw Data Says:
    March 31st, 2006 at 11:25 am

    I have heard this assertion — ” Israel is a stabilizing influence in a rough neighborhood. They’re like the cop on the beat, trying to keep order among the uncivilized hordes.” — but it sounds dubious. Can you offer any examples of how Israel stabilizes the Mideast? I am very pro-Israel but I just can’t see the dynamics or any examples. If anything it could be argued just the opposite.

    The meme sounds like a canard.

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