[Peace-discuss] "honest broker"

[Morton K. Brussel]

Perhaps Lobby friends of Ross… Perhaps political calculations that Obama makes to keep the money and political support flowing from AIPAC supporters and corporations friendly to Israel. It is not so simple minded as you make out in pooh-poohing the influence of the Lobby. There are many actors in Washington, and they are not always on the same page, so the Lobby can be that much more influential. --mkb


On Apr 23, 2010, at 9:05 PM, David Green wrote:

> So who chooses to have Ross in the heart of the administration?
> 
> From: Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>
> To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 7:55:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] "honest broker"
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> I take the thrust of the article as one where if it were not for someone akin to Dennis Ross in the heart of the administration, the U.S.policy towards Israel Palestine might have been different.  We disagree. Petraus saw it correctly on this issue. --mkb
> 
> 
> On Apr 23, 2010, at 2:42 PM, David Green wrote:
> 
>> As long as its agenda doesn't conflict with U.S. "interests", which it usually doesn't.
>> 
>> From: Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>
>> To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>> Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 12:33:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] "honest broker"
>> 
>> So, is the Lobby important or not in the formulation of U.S. policy in the ME?  --mkb
>> 
>> On Apr 23, 2010, at 11:48 AM, David Green wrote:
>> 
>>> http://mondoweiss.net/2010/04/barack-obama-is-speaking-the-language-of-israel-firster-dennis-ross.html
>>>  
>>>  
>>> William Quandt is a reliable source and astute observor in this piece; Dennis Ross plays the role of Aaron David Miller:
>>>  
>>> The notion that the United States can’t want peace more than the Israelis and Palestinians want it is, as Quandt points out, a relic of the Clinton and second Bush administration’s approach to Israel/Palestine, and not Baker’s view. It’s also a view that Dennis Ross has pushed hard, with tragic consequences for the Palestinians. The question we should be asking is why Ross has such a prominent role in Obama’s strategy for dealing with the Middle East, a role that is very detrimental. Ross, as Laura Rozen at Politico reported in late March, is still very much involved in crafting the administration’s approach to Israel, and is reportedly “more sensitive to Netanyahu’s coalition politics than to U.S. interests.”
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>>> DG
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