The art of the smear by Stephen Walt

The art of the smear

by Stephen M. Walthttp://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/12/17/the_art_of_the_smear?wp_login_redirect=0

I suppose I could be flattered that William Kristol is trying to use my endorsement to derail Senator Chuck Hagel's candidacy to be the next secretary of defense. But in fact I'm disgusted, because Kristol's predictable hatchet job depends on the false charge that my co-author John Mearsheimer and I are "Israel-haters." It is, to be blunt, a shameful lie. It is also a revealing glimpse into how Kristol thinks and operates.