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| Is Israel Lobby a laughing matter? |
| 2007-10-05 |
| Stephen Colbert, whose turn as a satirical ultra-conservative TV host entertains Comedy Central audiences nightly, was trying his darnedest to understand the arguments made in his guest's book. So, brow knitted, he turned to John Mearsheimer, co-author of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, on Tuesday night's broadcast. "You say that the Israel lobby was influential in helping push for war with Iraq. Is that because the Israeli lobby knew there were so many pro-Israeli forces ready to take over in Iraq once Saddam fell?" "No," Mearsheimer responded as the audience laughed. Colbert tried again. "How do they influence United States policy to make the United States the largest single supplier of arms - to Saudi Arabia? How does that benefit them?" The audience laughed again. Still perplexed, Colbert later asked whether the US should cut off support to Israel, to which Mearsheimer replied that the US should continue to help Israel whenever its existence was threatened. So Colbert followed up: "If we're not going to cut off aid to them, should we at least stop sending them Christmas cards? Cause they never send them back. It's always just a snowy field and the word 'blessing.'" Rest at the link |
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