An interesting piece in The American Conservative (surprise! my news-reading extends to both sides of the aisle!)...
http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_06/feature.html
...and an interesting companion to it from Al-Jazeera.
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=12030
For the record, both Breaking the Silence and B'Tselem are official, above-the-radar NGOs, based in Israel. It takes a lot, in the current political climate, to stand up for the truth (as it's not pretty on either side), and the two organizations should be applauded.
Although I think Walt and Mearshimer could have done a better job with carefully choosing source material and playing a bit of devil's advocate in their paper, I look forward to buying their book. Whatever your position on America and Israeli foreign policy, raising the level of debate in the US will result in a better outcome for us all.
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