FP: Why Freeman Himself was Wrong About What His Defeat Signified

Aaron Keyak — March 16, 2009 – 10:06 am | Foreign Policy | Israel | Stop the Smears Comments (0) Add a comment

Foreign Policy’s David Rothkopf wrote a piece a few days ago that is still well worth reading: “Why Freeman himself was wrong about what his defeat signified…”

An excerpt:

That in this instance, this small group acted to lobby on behalf of what they viewed as the interests of both Israel and the United States cannot be denied. But here is where the Walt argument starts to break down for me. The implication is that because these people had an interest in Israel, they put that interest before that of the United States, and I know for a fact that many of the people listed by Walt as Freeman’s attackers certainly do not. Walt self-servingly implies that because some argue for strong U.S. support for Israel that means they are not putting America’s interests first—whereas it is also possible (and I think for the most part true) that these people feel that it is precisely because they put U.S. interests first that they end up advocating a close relationship with our most dependable ally in the Middle East. 

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