The Chicago Trib reports on the decision by the Chicago Council of Global Affairs to cancel a forum about "The Israel Lobby," the forthcoming book by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer.
Council President Marshall Bouton, who made the decision to cancel, said he was not trying to stifle free speech nor shy away from public discussion of a controversial issue. Rather, Bouton said, he preferred that the authors appear in "an appropriate forum" balanced by an opposing viewpoint. Neither council board members who are Jewish nor pro-Israeli groups influenced his decision or pressured him, Bouton said.
Proving again (see below) that Mearsheimer needs a better public relations person than the one Farrar, Strauss & Giroux has provided him—trust me, I know this firsthand—he responds:
"If he wasn't protecting the council from the lobby, who was he protecting it from?"
There you go, Professor Mearsheimer—blaming the Jews again. [You can tell that Mearsheimer would have capitalized "The Lobby."] Maybe the book should just be called "The Israel Cabal"?
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