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M.J. Rosenberg

Biography: M.J. Rosenberg works in Washington supporting US efforts to advance an Israeli-Palestinian agreement. Previously, he worked on Capitol Hill for various Democratic members of the House and Senate for 15 years. He was also a Clinton political appointee at USAID. In the early 1980s, he was editor of AIPACs weekly newsletter Near East Report. After the signing of the Oslo Accords, Rosenberg broke with the AIPAC position and became a strong advocate of the "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The views he expresses at TPMCafe are his alone.

Lieberman, Engel and Others Endorse Hagee Conference: Is Right-wing Anti-Semitism Okay?
Here is a list of those endorsing the July 20th Christians United For Israel. That is the right-wing assembly organized by John Hagee, the minister who has said that Hitler was doing God's work, who believes that the destruction of...more »
Posted on July 18, 2008 1:49 PM
Robert Wexler & Barney Frank Say They Will Fight Against Iran Blockade Language
I'm hearing that that House Democrats are beginning to resist H. Con. Res. 362 which demands that the President take a more militant approach to Iran (as if President Bush needs encouragement along those lines). The resolution was sailing along,...more »
Posted on July 11, 2008 3:57 PM
To Sen. Obama: When In Israel, Please, No Pandering
Senator Obama's decision to include Israel in his overseas tour makes a lot of sense. Although he has been there before, the ever-changing Israeli scene needs to be experienced first-hand. I only hope Obama is not going to Israel in...more »
Posted on July 11, 2008 10:34 AM
Clinton's Wolfson To Fox News (Joins Lanny Davis)
Howard Wolfson, Hillary Clinton's spokesperson since her first Senate race, is moving over to Fox, following the appalling Lanny Davis. Definitely a good move for Fox as it tries to appear not to be a non-stop Obama bashing machine during...more »
Posted on July 8, 2008 6:43 AM
Ha'aretz Columnist: An Israeli Attack on Iran Would Be Suicidal
As usual, one has to turn to the Israeli media for the kind of discussion of the Middle East that one can not find here. In this piece, Ha'aretz columnist Gideon Levy argues that Israel cannot survive by bombing its...more »
Posted on July 6, 2008 2:16 PM
Time's Joe Klein versus Foxman's Anti-Defamation League on THE NEOCONS! (Plus Clifford May Weighs In)
This is some exchange of letters. The whole thing started when Joe Klein blasted the neocons for instigating the Iraq war. It started here, I think, with Joe Klein simply letting the neocons have it. His language was very strong...more »
Posted on July 3, 2008 6:24 PM
October Surprise: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb...Bomb Iran
The Bush administration no longer makes any pretense of opposing an Israeli attack on Iran. Yesterday Martha Raddatz of ABC asked President Bush if he would "strongly discourage" Israel from attacking. Bush wouldn't. He responded that he has repeatedly stated...more »
Posted on July 3, 2008 10:38 AM
Neocon Mentality: World's Oldest TA (Marty Peretz) Attacks Kristof
I can't get enough of these neocons. Martin Peretz is a favorite. Who is he? He's former owner of the New Republic (his wife purchased it for him in the 1960's). He took the best liberal magazine in the country...more »
Posted on June 28, 2008 5:31 AM
She Rocks Alright: Hillary Knocks It Out of the Park
I have to hand it to Hillary Clinton. She just gave a great Democratic speech in Unity, New Hampshire. It was strong, hard-hitting and generous. It was also softer than her previous speeches. She seems to have been transformed by...more »
Posted on June 27, 2008 1:51 PM
Richard Perle is Back (IRAN!!!) and Joe Klein Skewers Neo-Idiots. The Iraq War Gang is Back!
I'm impressed. Joe Klein at TIME not only is discussing the neocons' critical role in inflicting the Iraq war on this country but also warning that the same crowd is ginning up for war with Iran. The reason I say...more »
Posted on June 26, 2008 10:13 PM

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smart analysis, tony

Posted at July 11, 2008 5:40 PM in response to To Sen. Obama: When In Israel, Please, No Pandering
Has there ever been a nation that attacked another knowing that the attackee had nuclear weapons and could destroy it in a retaliatory strike. There has not been.
Despite the racist assertion that certain people of color would happily lose their kids in an effort to destroy Israel, I say it's bunk.
The Iranians no more are prepared to lose their kids than the Israelis are.
Or we are.
Even the Nazis would not have attacked the Czechs, Jews or Brits if they knew that the price was their own extinction.
Muslims love their kids as much as we do.

Posted at July 7, 2008 7:43 PM in response to Ha'aretz Columnist: An Israeli Attack on Iran Would Be Suicidal
Hi Dave,
No. Right-wing Israelis (and their American friends) have no problem with the Christian right. Their motto would seem to be: we don't care if you are anti-semitic so long as you support the occupation now.
In other words, a Haggee can pray for the destruction of Israel (the rapture, etc) and be called another Moses by Joe Lieberman. But if a liberal expresses opposition to West Bank policies, he's condemned.
Sheer stupidity.

Posted at July 6, 2008 3:29 PM in response to Time's Joe Klein versus Foxman's Anti-Defamation League on THE NEOCONS! (Plus Clifford May Weighs In)
Thanks. Here is the link to Greenwald.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/02/israel_iran/index.html

Posted at July 3, 2008 12:19 PM in response to October Surprise: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb...Bomb Iran
Wars I supported:
American Revolution
Civil War (North)
World war II
Korea
Cold war

Wars I opposed:
War of 1812
Mexican War
Spanish American War
WW I
Vietnam
Iraq
{Iran]

You are right. I do oppose most wars.

Posted at June 27, 2008 6:32 PM in response to Richard Perle is Back (IRAN!!!) and Joe Klein Skewers Neo-Idiots. The Iraq War Gang is Back!
Tony, I think you are right. It's dangerous.

Posted at June 27, 2008 6:28 PM in response to Richard Perle is Back (IRAN!!!) and Joe Klein Skewers Neo-Idiots. The Iraq War Gang is Back!
I don't think they should shut up because of Israel. They should shut up out of shame that 4000 American soldiers died in furtherance of their dreams, and the lies they invented to sell them.

As for the government officials among them, they should be hauled up before Congress and then the courts.

And Marc, guess what, I never have advocated Americans dying in wars to support any position I hold on Israel or anything else. These chickenhawks knowingly sent Americans to die while sitting at home cheering and (like Richard Perle) raking in the profits.

Being Jewish is irrelevant in that Jews overwhelmingly opposed Iraq and now Iran (and formerly Vietnam). Scumminess knows no ethnicity. Nor does treason.

Posted at June 27, 2008 4:53 PM in response to Richard Perle is Back (IRAN!!!) and Joe Klein Skewers Neo-Idiots. The Iraq War Gang is Back!
Good point, Marc.

There is no reason to bring up their religion (actually, ethnic group). Neocon suffices and it covers Bolton and a host of others too.

It is, however, not Klein's fault that neoconservatism was invented by Commentary magazine which was then the voice of the American Jewish Committee.

Is it worse for Klein (himself Jewish) to point out his problems with the worldview and loyalties of the neocons or for the neocons to endanger America, Israel and American Jews by leading the charge for a second Middle East war.

I'm a Jew and an active one. I don't think any of the neocons give a damn about the Jews. If they did, they'd shut the hell up.

Posted at June 27, 2008 3:51 PM in response to Richard Perle is Back (IRAN!!!) and Joe Klein Skewers Neo-Idiots. The Iraq War Gang is Back!
No, I think it's this. He means that, as is the case with Syria and Saudi Arabia, one can't get into Iraq with an Israeli stamp on your passport. So he had to get a "clean" one.
He's saying that if Iraq is now on "our" side, why is this the case.

Posted at June 27, 2008 8:34 AM in response to Richard Perle is Back (IRAN!!!) and Joe Klein Skewers Neo-Idiots. The Iraq War Gang is Back!
Thanks, Coralsea. I'm sorry the vid doesnt play.

Posted at June 25, 2008 8:18 PM in response to While We Sleep.....War With Iran Is Being Planned