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Entry: To Hell with Joe Klein! Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/to_hell_with_joe_klein#32693 Post contents: Assuming that Klein's "vacation" was, in fact, a forced one due to his criticizing the Israel lobby in print - and I that that might not be a certainty, but the circumstances are both familiar and suspicious - I would come to his defense not because I suppose him to be a conservative or a wonderful person in general, but simply ecause I think it is vitally important, particularly in these times, that people be able to question our foreign policy decisions vis a vis Israel without committing professional suicide. This isn't to say that I ascribe all of the blame in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Israel, which, as Professor Gottfried points out, leftists tend to do, but simply that our relationship with Israel must be as open to challenge and adjustment as our relationship with any other country. Sent at: 2008 12 01