Wow. The Times is beginning to open the door. It has a big Week in Review piece by Helene Cooper asking, "Washington Asks: What to Do About Israel" that begins with the disclaimer, this is an "inflammatory" subject.
(Guess what, we’ve been talking about it anyway.)
It is of course based on Tony Cordesman saying that Israel has become a strategic liability, and on David Petraeus saying that a few weeks back. Unfortunately the piece quotes Jeffrey Goldberg doing dialect, and Steve Israel (in addition to smart stuff from Jeremy Ben-Ami and Daniel Levy). Wouldn’t it be nice to quote the guys who started the quiet rush to the exits four years ago?
Mark my words: the lobby is too important to risk; the lobby is essential to Jewish nationalism (as Avraham Burg so wisely explained). Netanyahu has opened up daylight between the lobby and the U.S. president. So Netanyahu’s days are numbered.
