Mark Steyn

Mark Steyn

Jewish World Review June 6, 2010 / 24 Sivan, 5770

Contempt for Israel also contempt for U.S.

By Mark Steyn





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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Foreign policy “realists,” back in the saddle since the Texan cowboy left town, are extremely fond of the concept of “stability”: America needs a stable Middle East, so we should learn to live with Mubarak and the mullahs and the House of Saud, etc. You can see the appeal of “stability” to your big-time geopolitical analyst: You don’t have to update your Rolodex too often, never mind rethink your assumptions. “Stability” is a fancy term to upgrade inertia and complacency into strategy. No wonder the fetishization of stability is one of the most stable features of foreign-policy analysis

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