September 20th Show
Here's a quick look at what is happening today:
Last year, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt wrote a controversial paper arguing that the power of the Israel Lobby has helped block progress towards peace in the Middle East, among other things. Those papers have been made into a book entitled The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy." John Mearsheimer talks about the book's theories and the intense criticism that followed the paper's initial publication. And Aaron David Miller joins us, and will take issue with Mearcheimer's arguments. We'll end our first hour with playwright, professor and author Ariel Dorfman. His biographical film, A Promise to the Dead, documents his return to Chile following a self-imposed exile.
We learn more about Iraq's Anbar province in our second hour. Army Col. Sean MacFarland returned from the province earlier this year and was a key figure in the military's efforts to stabilize its capital, Ramadi. He is among the guests who will paint a picture of the province, what the military is doing there, and the region's political importance in Iraq, and here in Washington. Following that, we will check in on the massive rally going on in Louisiana and hear from the African-American bloggers who helped drive the protest for equal justice. And, look at the cultural impact and symbolism of the hangman's noose.
12:19 PM ET | 09-20-2007 | permalink
