John J. Mearsheimer

And since Elbridge Colby works mainly on China issues, the Times speculated on why Israel would be so interested in keeping a careful eye on Elbridge Colby.

And the Times actually said at the end of the piece, it's probably because he's a restrainer.

he's interested in a restrained foreign policy.

Colby does not want to be fighting wars everywhere.

He once told me that he was opposed to the Iraq war back in 2003.

He wants to concentrate on containing China, but he's not interested in fighting in Ukraine.

He's a restrainer.

And of course, the Israelis do not like restrainers.

They do not like the Quincy Institute, right?

Well, the answer is yes to that, or at least it's been yes to that in the past.

But in answer to your question, the first reason here that our engagement in Ukraine

is pushed by the same people who are pushing the Iran war is because of Israel and the Israel lobby and the influence that the lobby and Israel have and seeing the United States involved in places like Ukraine.

The second reason is you have lots of Americans, Jews and non-Jews, who have roots in Ukraine.

And those people...

believe strongly that Ukraine should be a sovereign state and that the Russians are the bad guys.

And they believe that we should support the Ukrainians hook, line, and sinker.

And the journalist Steve Kinzer has written a book on this that I believe is coming out later this year.

that explains this phenomenon in great detail.

Stephen, his new book, shows how many Americans inside of the foreign policy establishment who have roots, family roots, in Eastern Europe or in Ukraine or in Russia are deeply committed to supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia, which they see as the bad guy.

Well, anytime you have immigration, you run into the problem.