{"id":37602,"date":"2013-12-16T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=37602"},"modified":"2015-05-05T22:20:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T21:20:11","slug":"is-americas-passionate-attachment-to-israel-coming-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/12\/is-americas-passionate-attachment-to-israel-coming-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Is America\u2019s \u2018Passionate Attachment\u2019 to Israel Coming to an End?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an analysis piece<\/a> entitled \u201cIsrael\u2019s New Strategic Position,\u201d Stratfor\u2019s George Friedman claims that Tel Aviv has already lost its stranglehold over the U.S. political system. While Friedman doesn\u2019t refer directly to the Israel Lobby, he provides a rare, albeit indirect, admission from an Israel partisan that Mearsheimer and Walt\u2019s thesis<\/a> was not only on the mark but may have actually understated the extent of Israeli influence over U.S. foreign policy:<\/p>\n

The Israelis used to be able to depend on massive wellsprings of support in the U.S. public and Congress. In recent years, this support has become less passionate though it has not dried up completely. What Israel has lost is twofold. First, it has lost control of America\u2019s regional strategy. Second, it has lost control of America\u2019s political process. Netanyahu hates the U.S.-Iran talks not because of nuclear weapons but because of the strategic shift of the United States. But his response must remain measured because Israel has less influence in the United States than it once did.<\/p>\n

If the founder and chairman of the global intelligence firm is more accurate about the waning of America\u2019s \u201cpassionate attachment<\/a>\u201d to Israel than he is about Iran\u2019s alleged threat<\/a> to \u201cwipe Israel off the map\u201d with its most likely non-existent<\/a> nuclear weapons program, I may soon have to consider renaming this blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Maidhc \u00d3 Cathail is an investigative journalist<\/a> and Middle East analyst. He is also the creator and editor of The Passionate Attachment<\/a> blog, which focuses primarily on the U.S.-Israeli relationship.<\/i><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 thepassionateattachment.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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