[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Freedoms Watch and The Israel Lobby

[John W.]

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John


>Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:43:05 -0400
>Subject: The Israel Lobby
>From: The Wisdom Fund <listserve at twf.org>
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>October 2, 2007
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>September 30, 2007
>The New York Times
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>New Group Boasts Big War Chest and Rising Voice
>Freedoms Watch, founded by the Republican Jewish Coalition, to raise $200 
>million to target 'radical Islam', Iran
>by Don Van Natta, Jr
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>Freedoms Watch, a deep-pocketed conservative group led by two former 
>senior White House officials, made an audacious debut in late August when 
>it began a $15 million advertising campaign designed to maintain 
>Congressional support for President Bushs troop increase in Iraq.
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>Bradley Blakeman, the president of Freedoms Watch, who left the Bush 
>administration as an assistant deputy to the president.
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>Founded this summer by a dozen wealthy conservatives, the nonprofit group 
>is set apart from most advocacy groups by the immense wealth of its core 
>group of benefactors, its intention to far outspend its rivals and its 
>ambition to pursue a wide-ranging agenda.
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>Its next target: Iran policy.
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>Next month, Freedoms Watch will sponsor a private forum of 20 experts on 
>radical Islam that is expected to make the case that Iran poses a direct 
>threat to the security of the United States, according to several 
>benefactors of the group.
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>Although the group declined to identify the experts, several were invited 
>from the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington research group with 
>close ties to the White House.
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>. . . Freedoms Watch has quickly emerged from the crowded field of 
>nonprofit advocacy groups as a conservative answer to the 9-year-old 
>liberal MoveOn.org, which vehemently opposes the Iraq war.
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>The idea for Freedoms Watch was hatched in March at the winter meeting of 
>Republican Jewish Coalition in Manalapan, Fla., where Vice President Dick 
>Cheney was the keynote speaker, according to participants.
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>Next week, the group is moving into a 10,000-square-foot office in the 
>Chinatown section of Washington, with plans to employ as many as 50 people 
>by early next year.
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>One benefactor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the group 
>was hoping to raise as much as $200 million by November 2008.
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>Raising big money will be easy, the benefactor said, adding that several 
>of the founders each wrote a check for $1 million. Mr. Blakeman would not 
>confirm or deny whether any donor gave $1 million, or more, to the 
>organization. . . .
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>"CONNECT THE DOTS", READ FULL TEXT at bottom of page
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>September 25, 2007
>I.N.N. World Report
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>Exclusive TV interview with Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer
>Authors of "The Israel Lobby & U.S. Foreign Policy"
>by Claire Brown
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>In an exclusive, and sometimes controversial, interview with I.N.N. World 
>Report, Professor Stephen Walt of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of 
>Government, and Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, 
>discuss their groundbreaking book, "The Israel Lobby & U.S. Foreign Policy."
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>After being asked about which 2008 Presidential candidate would stand up 
>to the Israel Lobby, Stephen Walt responded, "It's obvious already that 
>all of the major candidates have gone through enormous lengths to 
>demonstrate their personal devotion to Israel, and that they will do 
>nothing to change the U.S. - Israel relationship."
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>VIEW at 
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><http://www.twf.org/News/Y2006/0323-Lobby.html>http://www.twf.org/News/Y2006/0323-Lobby.html
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>The Hidden Facts
>A Message (In English) From The Iraqi Resistance
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