“No
people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily
subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the
Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their
Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign
Invaders.”
~Samuel
Adams
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
The Israel Lobby in U.S. Strategy by George Friedman ...Beyond its ability to exert itself on small things, the Israel lobby is powerful in influencing Washington to do what it is going to do anyway. What happens next in Iraq is not up to the Israel lobby -- though it and the Saudi Embassy have a different story.