Sullivan has an excerpt of a piece John Mearsheimer wrote in 2001 saying that the U.S. shouldn’t invade Afghanistan. Sullivan: “And this is another reminder of the strategic brilliance of Mearsheimer, a man subjected to a vicious smear campaign because of his resistance to the Greater Israel Lobby.”
This is courage. Sullivan has a mainstream perch. He is spending political capital on an important issue. As Mearsheimer himself says, Tenure means that you are supposed to speak out on important issues. And being a columnist is supposed to mean the same thing…
