Moved by Roger Cohen's great piece in the Times today to reflect on the horrors of Gaza, Andrew Sullivan has now been utterly converted to the theory of the corruption of our discourse by the Israel lobby. He says, and wisely, that the only thing that explains the Congressional blank check given to the Gaza slaughter–even in the face of American Democratic opinion against it–is Walt and Mearsheimer.
No doubt. Welcome, Andrew. We meet most nights here. Maybe you should introduce yourself. Do you mind if I prompt you?
Hello. My name is Andrew. I worked at an important Washington magazine for many years. I was the editor. My boss was a guy I'll call Marty. He was really big on Israel. I think he cared more about Israel than anything else. He would work behind the scenes to make sure that Israel was supported by major politicians with whom he was friendly. He had influence in a number of ways. I'll never forget this one time, the phone rang, and it was Al Gore. He said…
C'mon Andrew, you can do it.
