Nearly every important political figure in the U.S. is parading in front of the AIPAC conference today. Hillary just said that some people say she shouldn’t be there to reconfirm the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Who? Who says that really? Who might possibly say that to Hillary?
They all say basically the same thing: Israel’s values are our values, Israel’s fight is our fight. Hillary called the existence of Israel a “stinging rebuke to … the Holocaust.” She’s all in favor of the “protective fence” in Gilo (well inside the West Bank, not on the Green Line).
Obama prostrated himself similarly. I suppose we have to look for change elsewhere in his policies, because he’s obviously gotten the memo that vocal, right-wing, Israel-first Jews in the U.S. are not to be denied.
Where’s the true, bold leadership that will redefine America’s relationship with other nations and regions of the world? I’m in a pessimistic mood, even though Obama got the nomination. How depressing.
Anyway, go here and maybe they can speak at a different conference next year.
