[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Chomsky --from Neptune?

[Morton K. Brussel]

Bob, I happen to agree with the criticisms of Chomsky relative to  
letting the Zionist Lobby off the hook, and, in a certain sense,  
deflecting the attention from what Israel does because they are  
simply clients and agents and dependent on the USA. I suggest that  
you read the the detailed long article of Jeffrey Blankfort on this  
issue, referenced below. It is more researched than that of Petras,  
but your castigation of Petras I think is ill founded. I've sensed  
Chomsky's perverse "excuse" for Israel's admittedly atrocious actions  
and the Lobby for quite a time, and it has been irritating. Maybe he  
shouldn't have lived on a kibbutz when he was younger; he seems to be  
too linked to his idealistic Israel.

The point is that the Lobby has been instrumental in framing and  
pushing the policy of the U.S. in the Middle east, although of course  
it has not been the sole agent in doing so. It's not an all or  
nothing argument, as Chomsky implies. The Lobby has been very  
effective in squashing criticism of Israeli policies in the U.S..  
This is a tragedy for the Jews in whose name they speak. How can he  
not admit that ?

--mkb

I don't know. I kind of still have some affection for the word
"argument." I hate to see it associated with this nonsense. Chomsky as
a running dog of Zionist imperialism? I used to think of Petras as
mostly sane. Is he getting senile, or was he always like this and I
just wasn't paying attention?

On 4/9/06, Morton K. Brussel <brussel4 at insightbb.com> wrote:

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> The argument continues…
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> Noam Chomsky and the Pro-Israel Lobby: Fourteen Erroneous Theses
> James Petras


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> From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>
> Date: March 29, 2006 5:45:59 PM CST
> To: carl at newsfromneptune.com, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Chomsky --from Neptune?
>
> You've got to read this, or at least part of it; it is very long.
>
> http://www.leftcurve.org/LC29WebPages/Chomsky.html
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> I came to me from Mazin Q. , and is entitled Damage Control: Noam  
> Chomsky and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
> Jeffrey Blankfort.
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> It removes a bit of the gloss from Chomsky.
>
> --mkb

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