Israel, Gaza and the US: what will Obama do?

[Mr. Sparkle]

Israel’s current crop of leaders are second-raters, and conditions ripe for a forceful push from the US
FIRST POSTED JANUARY 2, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama is getting whacked by the left for declining to comment on Israel's onslaught on Gaza, but his prudent silence is just as discomfiting to the Israeli government and its allies here in the United States. They wanted a ringing endorsement of their bombardment.

There were also hints in their demeanour on television that Obama's senior aides like David Axelrod were not overly delighted with Israel's state propagandists for headlining Obama's remarks on a visit to Israel in the summer that "If somebody shot rockets at my house where my two daughters were sleeping at night, I'd do everything in my power to stop them."

On the campaign trail and, indeed, since he reached the Senate in 2005, no politician was more sedulous that Obama in ensuring that the Israel lobby here had no cause for disquiet. On arrival in Washington, he instantly selected Joe Lieberman, known informally as the Senator from Israel, as his mentor. At the annual conference this last summer of the very powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Obama drew criticism from across a broad political spectrum for his grovelling.

The minute Obama makes any move deemed ‘anti-Israel’ he will see his economic recovery plan held hostage .....

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/46207,opinion,israel-gaza-and-the-us-what-will-obama-dare-to-do

A good read and unfortunately one i largely agree with.

[virgogal]

1. All I know is I feel bad for the poor guy. Lord what a mess over there.

[AnOhioan]

2. Thanks for posting

"...knows that the story of Arafat walking away from "the best possible deal" is a myth fostered by Israel and that it was Barak, facing elections, who collapsed the deal at the Taba summit."


I have heard this myth repeated here ad nauseum.