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Originally Posted by Dagwolf
I'm not against Israel but I forget... why exactly is the U.S. so interested in its welfare? Is it the religious significance of Jerusalem, Bethlehem etc?
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http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Researc.../rwp/RWP06-011
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
Working Paper Number:RWP06-011
Submitted: 03/13/2006
Abstract
In this paper, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago's Department of Political Science and Stephen M.Walt of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government contend that the centerpiece of U.S. Middle East policy is its intimate relationship with Israel. The authors argue that although often justified as reflecting shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives, the U.S. commitment to Israel is due primarily to the activities of the ?Israel Lobby." This paper goes on to describe the various activities that pro-Israel groups have undertaken in order to shift U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction.
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Seriously, I still can't believe how unaware 90% of America is to this issue. EVERYONE in politics in the USA knows where their bread is buttered, and they choose the course of no resistance when it comes to confronting the Zionist powerbase in the United States.