> I agree about the mutual (codependent?) relationship between the US > and Israel and I think Obama does too since he said, "the commitment > of the United States to the security of Israel is ironclad" > Which is another boilerplate saying that's used no matter what. Sell bunker busters to a government who wants Israel gone. Sure - our commitment to Israel is ironclad.
> I think the timing of it was to get in front of Netanyahu's speech to > Congress today and thus set policy first (with the "Arab Spring" > motivations secondary). And his policy goal seems to be putting the > US in front. > Or to do another end run on Netanyahu, which Obama's done in the past. > (1.) The US is firmly opposed to Hamas no matter what its relationship > to the Palestinian Authority is. > Always has, but aid to the PA has not been stopped even though Hamas is part of the PA. > (2.) The US doesn't expect Israel to negotiate with anybody pledged to > destroy Israel. > BS. This looks good on paper but in the end the US will push for talks with a Hamas member government. > (3.) Without a peace deal the US will object to any vote to recognize > a PA state at the UN this September > We'll see about that. Obama's record at the UN is not very good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338282 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
