OBAMA ATTACKS ISRAEL LOBBY BOOK WITHOUT EVER READING IT

KEITH SILVERSTEIN, HARPERS - On September 11, staffers for Barack Obama had a campaign ad taken down that had appeared as a "sponsored link" on Amazon's web page for 'The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,' the controversial new book by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt. Obama's campaign didn't place the ad; it apparently appeared on the Amazon page because his campaign, like those of other presidential candidates, pay to have their ads pop up when people do searches for key words like "politics."

That same day, in the face of questions from the media, Obama's campaign released a statement saying that while he had not actually read the book, its conclusions were "dead wrong" and that the senator "has stated that his support for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship, which includes both a commitment to Israel's security and to helping Israel achieve peace with its neighbors, comes from his belief that it's the right policy for the United States."