Comments on: The Next Big Thing? Tipping Point (Con’t)

By: Dowd Chimes In on ‘The Row’ « LobeLog.com

Dowd Chimes In on ‘The Row’ « LobeLog.com — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:12:18 +0000

[...] President, Keep up the heat before peace goes cold”). I commend her for doing so — and maintain that the winds of discourse are shifting — but, ever the nit-picker, I have a few [...]

By: Goldberg Won’t Shut Up Either « LobeLog.com

Goldberg Won’t Shut Up Either « LobeLog.com — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:29:30 +0000

[...] I spoke too soon. So did Jeffrey Goldberg, for that matter. [...]

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:01:13 +0000

Eppie, your first two sentences are pure gold. You are so right. But you’re wrong on Petraeus. I hold no brief for the general (having criticized him strongly in print), but what he said had nothing to do with 2012. Indeed, the stupidest thing a potential candidate for the Republican presidentual nomination in 2012 could do would be to criticize Israel sharply.

Change will come someday. But I’m afraid something much bigger than the current contretemps will be needed to make it happen.

By: epppie

epppie — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:26:16 +0000

On one hand, I think many of us feel that US public opinion about the Middle East is on the verge of a massive shift that one bold leader could facilitate, away from unconditional support for Israel. But Obama is NOT that leader. Petraeus is trying to steal the march from Obama, with 2012 in mind. In any case, none of this will change actual US policy, which will continue to support Israel’s crimes. Everyone knows, though no one dares to admit to knowing, that Israel intends to bring about Greater Israel, even if that means starting a regional or even a global war – in fact, most likely Israel is counting on such a wider war. And if the US intended not to go along with that, they’d do a lot more than throw a fit about an ‘insult’.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:31:42 +0000

Hamdullah

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:39:46 +0000

Ali, I’m glad to hear you favor liberalization of drug laws. I have published at least two short pieces advocating legalization as the only sane alternative to the so-called War on Drugs.

As to your “tipping-point” point, I say the same thing I said in response to Lobe’s piece: I can’t see it. You’ll be able to knock me over with a feather if this current contretemps leads to any significant change in US policy towards Israel. The Lobby is just too powerful, particularly given the knee-jerk support it receives from the Gentile right. Friedman is leading the soul-searching charge; after the finger-wagging stops and the dust clears (to use a Friedmanesque locution) nothing will have changed.