http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/blog_rss/ericbard What won't American politicians do for Israel? Foreign Agents The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal By Grant F. Smith Book Review by Terry Walz CNI Staff Many citizens concerned by the undue influence of the Israel lobby are dismayed by the action of the US Congress that adopts resolution after resolution favoring Israel with nary of word about its failure to make peace with the Palestinians, whose land it inhabits, or with its neighbors, whose borders it abutts. Last year Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, two professors from prestigious American universities, began a public debate on the power of the lobby - a cause long advocated by the Council for the National Interest - giving hope that a public airing of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), its work, financing, and political connections would help Americans understand the gross misdirection of Middle East foreign policy over the last forty years. Grant F. Smith's new book, Foreign Agents, decisively pushes this debate forward and shows just how brazen and criminal the lobby has acted since its beginnings. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ericbard/CqX5 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ericbard/CqX5/commentary#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:38:38 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/ericbard/CqX5 User from Denver, CO User from Denver, CO 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqX5/