University of Chicago Students Call On Anti-Israel Prof Mearsheimer to Retire
The omission in Mearsheimer’s book of any mention of any other lobbies concerned with foreign policy is part of a strategy to portray the pro-Israel lobby as unique, uniquely powerful, and sinister. An honest description of other such groups would make it clear that pro-Israel forces are no different from those advocating good relations with many other countries, and don’t necessarily have a more powerful influence on foreign policy. (Good relations with Israel are broadly popular with the American public, which is not always true for policies involving other countries that their lobbies advocate.) In other words, the omission is part of the book’s message of distortion and vilification.
Apropos your reference to Israel as an “aircraft carrier,” American military forces have never used Israel as a base for projecting force in any Middle East conflict, and unlike other American allies, Israel does not and never has depended on American troops to fight on its behalf.
