The Myth of the 'Arab Lobby'

A familiar pro-Israel line is that of the mythical "Arab Lobby." Lately it's been mentioned by Jeffery Goldberg, perhaps the most ill-informed, stupid, and reviled reporters put there. Steven Walt put out a good response today in his FP blog. Everyone is obviously aware of the power of the Israel Lobby, which Walt and his colleague John Mearsheimer (who is speaking at the school I teach at soon) expose in their excellent book. Although, I did take issue with their own work in my thesis, as I think they are far too quick to write off the American evangelical as useful idiots. On the contrary, their political power involves 30 million American voters and all kinds of crazy.