‘Washington Note’ calls Freeman assailants ‘cabal’ with higher loyalty to Israel

Here's Charles Freeman, a foreign policy guy himself, defending his father Chas Freeman, Obama's pick to head the National Intelligence Council, from the attacks of the Israel-firsters, in a guest appearance at the Washington Note. Notable for a few points:
–Freeman uses the c-word, "cabal," for the Israel lobby and describes Goldberg, Peretz et al as having greater loyalty to Israel than to the US. This stuff used to be radioactive. Now we hear it everywhere.
–There's a suggestion here that Goldberg, Chait, Peretz etc have overplayed their hand. Steve Clemons of the Note is mainstream. Freeman is getting some mainstream backup. The Israel lobby may have overplayed its hand here, and isolated itself. 
–Piece ends with a Yiddish word, schmucks. Bill Kristol once called Walt and Mearsheimer "schmucks." The stuff they said was mild compared to this… And Kristol's history.