Posted by: zanshin, 2007-09-07 01:53

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Date: 2007-09
“We show that although Israel may have been an asset during the cold war it is increasingly a strategic liability now that the cold war is over. Backing Israel so strongly helps fuel America’s terrorism problem and makes it harder for the United States to address the other problems it faces in the Middle East.”
-- John J Mearsheimer and Stephen M Walt, in their book: The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy






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