Falls Church News-Press
“The question of whether this document amounts to an engineered coup of American foreign policy control by a non-governmental institution, Smith noted, is dependent largely upon your definition of terms: is it a “conspiracy theory” or a “conspiracy of theories?” Some find the ties between the paper, the persons who authored it, and the similarities in United States foreign policy tenuous; others believe the “Clean Break” theory has been implemented by its creators behind the backs of American citizens, cleanly breaking from precedence and American values rather than achieving its intended goals of peace and prosperity.
Smith noted that the specific attention paid to the paper’s rhetorical message is certainly intended to sway the public to adopt a militant attitude towards Israel’s—and, by association, America’s—perceived enemies. The paper comments that Netanyahu could use the possibility of cooperation between the United States and Israel on the topic of missile defense systems as a boon for the largely unrelated militaristic policies. This would not only advance Israel’s goals of security, but “it would broaden Israel’s base of support among many in the United States Congress who may know little about Israel, but care very much about missile defense.” Mr. Smith, and many in the audience, were particularly concerned over this forthright attempt at manipulating US representatives.“
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