Israel is our ally when its in their interest to be our ally, which is understandable if you're an Israeli. However, I believe as an American that the Israelis will have to negotiate in good faith with the Palestinians as well as their neighbors to at least stabilize the region in an attempt to eventually bring peace to the region. I pray- as many others- that the USA does all it can in a good faith and as a neutral party to bring peace to the region.
Joe
The USA a nuetral party?
You gotta be kidding, right?
The only reason Israel exists is because of the billions in military aid the US provides to Israel along with the assurances to all of it's neighbors that any attack on Israel will be met with all of the force of the United States.
This is paramount to this discussion because Obama has succumbed to the power of AIPAC despite the fact that he is well aware that much of Israel's human rights abuses and UN violations could not occur if the US demanded it.
I suppose the Obama supporters are going to claim this is yet another area where he has to say these things, but once he gets in office he is going to change ME policy to reflect much more accountability from the Israeli government.
But it is a sad statement about our political system and it's citizens to say that the only way a reasonable person with good intentions can get elected is to lie about what they think.
