Peoples Geography — Reclaiming space

Along with his co-author John Mearsheimer, no-one has been more responsible for starting to turn the tide in US academe towards a more sensible US foreign policy and away from reflexive and disadvantageous (to say little of immoral and unjust) blind support for Israel’s likudniks than Stephen Walt. (The likudnik label well applies to all of Israel’s governments: lest we forget that the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements under Labor actually accelerated).

In the thoughtful analysis that follows, Walt proffers a concise historical overview that leads to the conclusion that Israel’s military blunders have increased since its 1982 invasion of Lebanon, and these these blunders are compounded by reflexive and unconditional US support.  There is not much here that seasoned observers don’t already know; the greater point is that these facts and views, as clearly articulated by Walt here, are starting to gain traction, and that is not insignificant.

I’ve re-posted here slightly truncated and with editorial emphasis in bold. You can read it in full along with his other regular posts at his FP blog here.

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