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University, if you dont have your heart set on working in the u. S. Government or if youre retired. [laughter] but its hard to find people inside the Foreign Policy establishment who are willing to say what they think on this issue out loud. Just look at how chuck hagel and Samantha Power had to contort themselves during their confirmation hearings, and you see the lob bys continued lob bys continued influence. And please dont forget were still a long way from a deal with iran or a twostate solution, and the lobby will be working 24 7 to make sure that the United States doesnt do anything isra...

were other people advising truman as well as well as max lowenthal, david niles and others. truman wanted a legal opinion. he went to a man named oscar ewing who ran the federal security agency. he said give me a judgment. would a jewish state be legal under international law? and ewing's study -- he concluded that a jewish state would be legal and not against any existing legal law. palestine had been turkish and the allies had given part of it to do jews who had a indisputable title and he recommended the u.s. stick to partition. now, at this point the issue is going to be turned b...