The Anti-Semitic Attacks On Maureen Dowd

MJ Rosenberg

 

Sep 17 2012

 

 

The Anti-Semitic Attacks On Maureen Dowd

 

It’s come full circle. The neocons are now using classic anti-semitic tropes to destroy Maureen Dowd for criticizing Romney adviser Dan Senor and the other neocons who are in charge of the Romney campaign’s foreign policy apparatus. See this
 and this and, of course this.  And read this: the best profile of Dan Senor.  Dowd’s column 
yesterday was about neoconservatives who, after their ignominious history of pressuring the U.S. to attack Iraq, are now “slithering” into the Romney campaign to be in place to do the same thing with Iran. Slithering is the right word. Because neoconservatism is so utterly discredited, neocons cannot walk into policy positions, standing tall, on their own two feet, they have no choice but to slither! In the column she suggests, actually she more than suggests that these neocons are largely motivated by their support for Binyamin Netanyahu and his policies. She never uses the words “Jewish” or “Jew” or, uh, the crucifixion of Jesus!
In fact, she says nothing about Jews. And everything she says about neocons  is simple fact. No one has ever denied that they were instrumental in getting us into the Iraq war. Some of them have even apologized (gee, thanks) for being part of the war push.
Neocons are not all Jews. Many are (Perle, Feith, Wolfowitz, Abrams Netanyahu, Lieberman, Senor, Krauthammer, Commentary, etc) but not all. John Bolton is a prominent neoconservative. And, more to the point, so is Dick Cheney.  All neocons are Israel-centered, but only a minuscule percentage of Jews are neocons. (Jews overwhelmingly opposed the Iraq war and supported and support, Barack Obama).
So an attack on neocons is not an attack on Jews. It is an attack on a tiny but influential movement that is dominated by people whose #1 concern is Israel. Man  happen to be Jews.
Saying that attacking neoconservatism is anti-Semitic is like saying that attacking the neo-fascist Opus Dei movement is an attack on all Catholics. Or that attacking the Muslim Brotherhood is an attack on Islam. Or that an attack on the Nation Of Islam is an attack on all African-Americans.http://mjayrosenberg.com/2012/09/17/the-anti-semitic-attacks-on-maureen-dowd/