Authors Stephen Walt and John Mearshimer speak about their book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, on C-Span2 BookTV. It was an excellent presentation; the authors anticipated and thoroughly addressed many of the questions that have been raised by posters here at TPM Cafe. This represents a wonderful opportunity for people to learn more about what W&M really mean, by listening to them explain their ideas in their own words. The program includes a Q&A at the end.

Here is a link to the C-Span Book TV page about the program, which re-airs next Sunday, October 14:

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy - John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt on C-Span2

I watched the program on C-Span2, so I presume that will be the station on which it airs next week - best to check to make sure.

There's also a video of the entire program available for purchase on the page. I'm on my ancient old thinkpad right now and it doesn't do video, so I'm not certain of this, but it looks like there's a free podcast available, since the BookTV home page says, "Watch LIVE Online Now!" If anyone manages to access a live video link, could you post it in this thread? It may be this: http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8619&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No But you might have to change the "No" at the end to "Yes"

Airing as I write this is a different BookTV program featuring Abraham Foxman. director of the Anti Defamation League (ADL) discussing his reply to the W&M book, entitled The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control. The Foxman program also airs again on October 14. He's already labeled Walt and Mearshimer as "bigoted," using claims that W&M refuted in their presentation, and has labeled President Jimmy Carter as "anti-Semitic."

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." ~~ Abraham Maslow