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We can't blame AIPAC beyond a certain point. They're pursuing their own interests, in ways that are more or less legitimate. But it's profoundly shameful that the cheerleaders of a foreign government have been able to commandeer American policy and public discourse to this extent. As long as our Congress, president, and president-elect play enablers-in-chief to the pathological regime in Tel Aviv, we remain hostages - not to little old ladies in Florida or thugs like Dershowitz and Peretz, but to the pathetic cowardice and indifference of those who have the power to take a principled position. The NYT opinion pages are, in fact, the perfect example. Bob Herbert, Gail Collins, Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich, Nicholas Kristof: how is it that these guys have nothing to say about the biggest story in the world, more than a week into that story? Still exhausted from their exertions over the election, no doubt. Or is it simply more fun to write about the awesomeness of Obama than about a military assault on an already brutalized population?
