The ‘Israel Lobby”s has become imperial. They barely conceal their bias and their influence now. This COULD be their downfall, but so far, there’s no sign of it.

Yes, what they are selling SHOULD be hard to sell. So how is it that they sell it so well? What can we do better?

Given Mr Freeman’s apparent defence of the behaviour of the Chinese leadership leading up to the Tiananmen protest

So you’re accepting the swill peddled to you by Steve Rosen and the neocon blog crowd though this was proven to be a total distortion of what Freeman’s views are on the subject?

our “friends” the Saudis…the financial sponsors of the attacks in the United States

So your claim is that the Saudi royal family financed 9/11? Interesting. Any proof?

his anti-Zionist views

Since when does criticism of Israeli policies & the Occupation make one anti-Zionist. Seems to me yr definition of “anti-Zionism” is a bit skewed.

[Arab states] did not want anyone living in their countries who had formerly lived in Israel?

Gee, you mean you object to the fact that Arab nations didn’t want to accept 700,000 expelled Israeli citizens and felt it should be the responsibility of their native nation which expelled them? The nerve of those ungrateful Arabs! DOn’t they understand their role is to solve Israel’s nasty little problems?

Richard, please reconsider Crimson’s comment in the contest of Bolton’s conception of “selling out Israel” which he presented it in, rather than the tribalistic reactionary sense you have apparently taken it. We are all in this together here, and the two-state solution Bolton decries is the pragmatic resolution to this conflict which is best for all of us.

those with an angry cross to bear.

I never knew crosses could be “angry.” At any rate I don’t buy what you’re peddling about my being especially angry or anger being a liability for a peace activist.

I have no idea what you’re referring to by acusing me of using a “litmus test.”

My criticism of J Street is NOTHING like that of Rosen. In fact, I’ve specifically & often condemned here smears against J Street. My criticisms of J Street related to specific positions they take or do not take, not to their overall existence. And I don’t only attack J Street. I took on Brit Tzedek as well in this post.

I requested perhaps thirty times on different blogs, some reference to actual support of Freeman, and NEVER got a single reference.

OK, now you’re not only annoying me you’re lying. I SPECIFICALLY told you of one letter written by retired CIA officers and one written by retired State Dept personnel which voiced support of Freeman for his foreign policy & intelligence expertise. You know I pointed this out to you. You know it exists. Richard, you’re right at the tipping pt. w. me. This is exactly what I & other readers here find most annoying about yr participation.