John Mearsheimer, co—author of the research paper from which Harvard has removed the Kennedy School logo in apparent embarrassment, is now blaming the power of the Israel lobby for his failure to get it published in America. The Forward reports: John Mearsheimer says that the pro—Israel lobby is so powerful that he and co—author Stephen Walt would never have been able to place their report in a American—based scientific publication. "I do not believe that we could have gotten it published in the United States," Mearsheimer told the Forward. He said that the paper was originally commissioned in the fall of 2002 by one of America's leading magazines, "but the publishers told us that it was virtually impossible to get the piece published in the United States." Most scholars, policymakers and journalists know that "the whole subject of the Israel lobby and American foreign policy is a third—rail issue," he said. "Publishers understand that if they...(Read Full Post)