Tuesday, November 30, 2010
One of the positive side-effects of the WikiLeaks business is the extent to which the "Neo-Lindberghians" (I love that expression though it doesn't exactly slip off the tongue, does it?) have been proven to be way, way off base in their persistent blame of Israel and American Jews for single-handedly attempting to drive the United States to war with Iran. Take note of who sticks to the narrative they've blocked themselves into and refuse to incorporate new data. The back and forth between Jeffrey Goldberg and colleague Andrew Sullivan has been ground zero for this particular battle. Here's a snip from Goldberg from yesterday addressing Sullivan:
...What is pleasing about the Wikileaks dump to me is that it disproves the narrative perpetrated by Andrew, and others, that it is only Israel advocating for war against Iran. This is an argument he has been making obsessively for more than a year. These documents seem to prove that, all the while, the most strident lobbyists for war against Iran have been Arab leaders, not Jews. I can understand why Andrew is so upset.
Goldberg has been extremely gracious throughout, which is much easier to be when you've kept your head all along and have been proven correct in the end.
