What Drives American Israel Policy?

[KoKo]

An Interesting Discussion about Obama/Kerry and American Foreign Policy...... Fascinating to parse through...

Who knows?....I like to watch/listen to differing views....

Published on Sep 17, 2014

Andrew Levine says that Cold War strategic thinking about the Middle East is no longer relevant

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. A right winger once told me we support Israel as a foothold for white people in the Middle East....

He then refused to actually call Jews "White" when I asked the obvious follow up.

[BillZBubb]

2. And the answer is:

Stupidity.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Exploitation.

There's A) the group that feels we need them so that Biblical Prophecy can be fulfilled, and B) the group that feels it's 'handy' to have an 'ally' in that part of the world. If our politicians didn't feel we 'needed' them for anything, we'd ignore them as much as we ignore most of Africa, India, and Asia.

[truth2power]

4. According to Levine, Netanyahu knows he can get away with

humiliating both Obama and Biden.

Why the Obama administration puts up with this is beyond belief. But I think the tide is beginning to turn. That Levine is even able to utter the word "Zionist" in this interview shows that people are no longer going to be cowed by being labeled anti-Semitic every time they criticize Israel.

Good insights into the problem, IMO. thanks for posting.