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Vidal writes: “I would stop all military aid to the Middle East. This would oblige the hardliners in Israel to make peace with the Palestinians. We have supported Israel for forty years (this was written in 1985). No other minority in the history of the United States has ever extorted so much Treasury money for its Holy Land as the Israeli lobby, and it has done this by making a common cause with the national security state. Each supports the other. I would have us erase to pay for either.” Hmmm...this sounds like very good advice.

Vidal writes: “I would stop all military aid to the Middle East. This would oblige the hardliners in Israel to make peace with the Palestinians. We have supported Israel for forty years (this was written in 1985). No other minority in the history of the United States has ever extorted so much Treasury money for its Holy Land as the Israeli lobby, and it has done this by making a common cause with the national security state. Each supports the other. I would have us erase to pay for either.” Hmmm...this sounds like very good advice.

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Guy wasn't an idiot

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Link only leads to a paywall... sounds interesting tho

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I read the book but wasn’t able to post without a link, so I picked one. Gore Vidal may have been a full on lib, but he was a critical thinker and had some good ideas too.