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The Revenge of the Anti-Cabal

(Jerusalem Post) Saul Singer - Is there anyone else who is angry at this McCarthyite witchhunt against AIPAC? I will eat this column if there is a single arrest in this "case." Anyone who knows AIPAC and how Washington works can see these charges are absurd from top to bottom. It is a near-certainty that some bureaucrats illegally leaked their own investigation, all but ruining the lives of a number of patriotic Americans and impugning the political legitimacy of millions of pro-Israel Americans and the organization that proudly represents them. When terror struck the American mainland, President Bush responded with a foreign policy revolution of a magnitude not seen since Harry S Truman laid the foundations of the Cold War. Revolutions are carried out by small bands of leaders, leaving behind a large, frustrated group to lead the inevitable reaction. We are seeing, in short, the revenge of the anti-cabal, that has already succeeded in portraying Jewish power as something sinister, perhaps even treasonous. Will this odd coalition of right-wing anti-Semites, left-wing Bush-haters, and Scowcroftian "realists" succeed in marginalizing Bush's post-9/11 revolution? We cabalists must fight back. First, rather than denying Jewish power, we should ask, "What's wrong with that?" Does being Jewish make one any less American? Does anyone count Catholics or any other ethnic or religious group in the corridors of power? Is anyone concerned about the Greek, Hispanic, Lebanese, and other Americans who lobby for close relations with countries they love along with their own? How is being pro-Israel different from being pro-British during World War II, or supporting any other close American ally? There are millions of non-Jewish Americans who strongly support Israel, either because they support a plucky democratic ally fighting against the same jihad, or out of religious conviction, or both. This same group supports the Bush Doctrine of preemption against the Islamist terror network. When Bush spoke at the [Republican] convention of "our good friend Israel," it was an instant applause line for the hardly Jewish audience.
2004-09-14 00:00:00
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