Conversations with ColemanWalter Russell Mead on Christian Zionism, the ‘Israel Lobby’ Myth, and the Psychology of AntisemitismDefining The Lobby Into Existence
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Coleman lays out how Mearsheimer and Walt’s broad definition turns ordinary advocacy into 'the lobby,' creating a circular, unfalsifiable thesis; Mead adds that both pro- and anti-pressure get counted.