http://www.amazon.com/Israel-Lobby-U-S-Foreign-Policy/dp/0374531501

The Israel Lobby," by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, was one of the most controversial articles in recent memory. Originally published in the London Review of Books in March 2006, it provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in America: the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy.

Now in a work of major importance, Mearsheimer and Walt deepen and expand their argument and confront recent developments in Lebanon and Iran. They describe the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States provides to Israel and argues that this support cannot be fully explained on either strategic or moral grounds. This exceptional relationship is due largely to the political influence of a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction. Mearsheimer and Walt provocatively contend that the lobby has a far-reaching impact on America's posture throughout the Middle East--in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--and the policies it has encouraged are in neither America's national interest nor Israel's long-term interest. The lobby's influence also affects America's relationship with important allies and increases dangers that all states face from global jihadist terror.

Writing in The New York Review of Books, Michael Massing declared, "Not since Foreign Affairs magazine published Samuel Huntington's 'The Clash of Civilizations?' in 1993 has an academic essay detonated with such force." The publication of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is certain to widen the debate and to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2186256&forum_id=2...id.#22654056)

He's just making it up as he goes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2186256&forum_id=2...id.#49193171)

Mearsheimer says it was a grave mistake 30 years ago to

- continue obsessing about Russia

- jam multiple rounds of NATO expansion down Russia's throats

- gleefully pay for China to transform from third world into world power

From here, he recognizes China is the biggest threat to American hegemony. But obviously he's not advocating for hot war, just pointing out how retarded American policy has been wrt China and Russia. America has put itself at a big disadvantage and that increases the chances China tries something, but he doesn't think they'll attack Taiwan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2186256&forum_id=2...id.#49193266)

Mearsheimer believes somehow that the U.S. can ally with Russia or something because Chinese could seize the Far East with ease.

Sorry folks that ain't gonna happen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2186256&forum_id=2...id.#49193280)