LIKUDNIKS, HE FOAMED:

Interview with Charles Freeman (Robert Dreyfuss on 03/13/2009, The Nation)

Since February 26, I've written several times (here, here, here, and here) about the battle over the nomination of Charles W. ("Chas") Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Committee. On Tuesday, he withdrew his name from consideration after what I called a "thunderous, coordinated assault" against him by the Israel lobby and its neoconservative allies.

On Friday, three days after he withdrew -- in the midst of a media storm, including front page stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post -- Freeman and I spoke in an exclusive interview for The Nation. [...]

The only thing I regret is that in my statement I embraced the term ‘Israel lobby.' This isn't really a lobby by, for or about Israel. It's really, well, I've decided I'm going to call it from now on the [Avigdor] Lieberman lobby. It's the very right-wing Likud in Israel and its fanatic supporters here. And Avigdor Lieberman is really the guy that they really agree with. And I think they're doing Israel in.

He's been making the comments that got him in trouble--about China, al Qaeda and Israel--for years--yet he blamest johnny-come-lately Avigdor Lieberman? Way to take responsibility for your own opinions.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 13, 2009 7:19 PM