Comments on: Pipes Advocated Arming Saddam as ‘Protector of Regional Status Quo’ http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/23/pipes-advocated-arming-saddam-as-protector-of-regional-status-quo/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/23/pipes-advocated-arming-saddam-as-protector-of-regional-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-44117 Richard Silverstein Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:04:10 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/23/pipes-advocated-arming-saddam-as-protector-of-regional-status-quo/#comment-44117 <blockquote>Do you think that this is an attempt to get a lock on the Israel Lobby</blockquote> Basically, yes. It's purely a ploy to capture the support of wealthy Jewish Republican donors. Walt-Mearsheimer note that up to 60% of primary contributions for Democratic presidential candidates comes fr. Jewish donors. You can imagine that Jewish Republican donors would be quite generous as well. This is a cynical attempt to sow them up for the primary campaign.

Do you think that this is an attempt to get a lock on the Israel Lobby

Basically, yes. It’s purely a ploy to capture the support of wealthy Jewish Republican donors. Walt-Mearsheimer note that up to 60% of primary contributions for Democratic presidential candidates comes fr. Jewish donors. You can imagine that Jewish Republican donors would be quite generous as well. This is a cynical attempt to sow them up for the primary campaign.

]]> By: Jeanne Capozzoli http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/23/pipes-advocated-arming-saddam-as-protector-of-regional-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-44082 Jeanne Capozzoli Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:25:17 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/23/pipes-advocated-arming-saddam-as-protector-of-regional-status-quo/#comment-44082 That Guiliani has named Daniel Pipes and Norman Podhoretz as his foreign policy advisors is most frightening. Do you think that this is an attempt to get a lock on the Israel Lobby for his campaign? Or does Guiliani really believe that we should take on the Muslim world (all 1.3 billion of them in 57 countries) into a World War IV which Podhoretz has long desired? That Guiliani has named Daniel Pipes and Norman Podhoretz as his foreign policy advisors is most frightening. Do you think that this is an attempt to get a lock on the Israel Lobby for his campaign? Or does Guiliani really believe that we should take on the Muslim world (all 1.3 billion of them in 57 countries) into a World War IV which Podhoretz has long desired?

]]> By: Zhu Bajie http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/23/pipes-advocated-arming-saddam-as-protector-of-regional-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-43972 Zhu Bajie Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:26:32 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/23/pipes-advocated-arming-saddam-as-protector-of-regional-status-quo/#comment-43972 Perhaps Pipes is one of those many people who cannot admit that any of their whims or ideas or prejudices are wrong. Perhaps Pipes is one of those many people who cannot admit that any of their whims or ideas or prejudices are wrong.

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