I remain baffled why the mainstream media isn't doing stories about the war for the Jews between McCain and Obama, because the rhetoric is so extreme on the Republican side. The latest Republican Jewish Coalition ad presents Israel and the U.S. as sharing identical interests. RJC head Matt Brooks says, "The weak and naive foreign policy espoused by Sen. Obama is dangerous for the U.S. and dangerous for Israel." Speaks of "anti-Israel friends and advisors." Brzezinski again. The man who helped negotiate Camp David.
This is just what the old anti-Zionists warned us about, the complete confusion on the part of American Jews about which country is theirs (as Jeff Blankfort, who told me about this, reminds). And as John Mearsheimer said in Illinois 10 days ago, No countries ever share identical interests over a long period. That is the nature of the world. Oh what a mess the Israel lobby has made.
Meantime, Haaretz has a story about French President Sarkozy's impatience with Obama's position on Iran, which he reportedly regards as "immature" and threatening to the western front against Iran. Haaretz credits an Israeli source for the window on Sarkozy's thinking. Part of Sarkozy's attitude would seem to be turfy: doesn't want Obama doing an end run on Iran… How long before the RJC gets a-holt of this?
