Dershowitz writes a polemic for Israel, but overlooks two essential points.
First, American foreign politicy toward Israel violates the advice of George Washington in his Farewell Address on foreign policy, -- that between foreign powers at odds with each other abroad, we should take a position of friendly neutrality, and avoid taking sides. In Washington's day, the two contending powers were Great Britain and France in Europe, in our time, the two contending powers are Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. Thomas Jefferson departed from Washington's advice, and got us into the War of 1812, which nearly lost American Independence. That war was brought to an end by the Hartford Convention which threatened secession of New England from the Union. Our current departure from Washington's advice of many Presidents has led to universal detestation of the United States abroad, and involvement of the United States in costly, bloody wars and misuse of American generosity over seventy years, to no advantage to the United States. Dershowitz mentions nothing about Washington's timeless wisdom
Dershowitz also disregards the indefensible attack of the Israeli air force and navy against the U. S. S. Liberty over many hours in broad daylight during the Six Days' War, proving with moral certainty that Israel is not friend, but a dangerous enemy of the United States.
These omissions invalidate the case which Dershowitz makes for Israel. Our special relationship with Israel must come to an end -- John Remington Graham of the Minnesota Bar (#3664X)
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