Antisemitism is apparently an OLD charge against critics of neocon policy... a couple of snippets below. The whole thing is pretty chilling, 16 years later. The most obvious change between then and now is the replacement of communism as the bogeyman with rouge states and islam.
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http://makeashorterlink.com/?H1B235BF6Subject: Arms-Discussion Digest V7 #97
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Date: 1987-01-17 08:30:00 PST
Arms-Discussion Digest Saturday, January 17, 1987 11:30AM
Volume 7, Issue 97
<snip>
Another perspective on "the Reagan Doctrine" is provided by Theodore
Draper in an article called "Neoconservative History" in _The New York
Review of Books_ for January 16, 1986:
"Global unilateralism" has been presented by Irving Kristol, the
reputed "godfather" and "standard-bearer" of the new creed, as the
neoconservative alternative to "liberal internationalism." His new
order would require a total break with all our allies and the
abandonment by the United States of NATO, the United Nations, and
the Organization of American States. He wants to get rid of allies,
because they are "very effective hindrances to American action." This
is another myth; the United States has not been hindered by NATO or
the UN from doing anything it really wanted to do--not in Korea, not
in Vietnam or Grenanda or Central America or anywhere....
<snip>
To understand the mentality of one of the godfathers of neoconservatism,
consider an essay by Norman Podhoretz in the September 1982 issue of
_Commentary_ called "J'Accuse," in which he suggests that many reputable
critics of Israel's invasion of Lebanon in the American press, academia,
and foreign policy circles--figures like Anthony Lewis, Stanley Hoffmann,
George Ball, and Mary McGrory--are anti-Semites (never mind that the best
and brightest even within the Israeli intelligence community now consider
the invasion an unmitigated disaster). In the final paragraphs his
values and priorities are put forward directly:
The Bible tells us that God commanded the ancient Israelites to "choose
life," and it also suggests to us that for a nation, the choice of
life often involves choosing the sacrifices and horrors of war. The
people of contemporary Israel are still guided by that commandment
and its accompanying demands. This is why Israel is a light unto
other peoples who have come to believe that nothing is worth fighting
or dying for.
.
.... Hostility toward Israel is a sure sign of failing faith in and
support for the virtues and values of WESTERN CIVILIZATION emphasis] in general and AMERICA in particular....
.... I charge here that the anti-Semitic attacks on Israel which have
erupted in recent weeks are also a cover. They are a cover for
AMERICAN LOSS OF NERVE . They are a cover for
ACQUIESCENCE IN TERRORISM . They are a cover for the
APPEASEMENT OF TOTALITARIANISM . And I accuse all those
who have joined in these attacks not merely of anti-Semitism but of
the broader sin of FAITHLESSNESS TO THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND INDEED TO THE VALUES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AS A WHOLE
.
<snip, there's lots more. That was the original poster's emphasis btw>
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