UK budget, Israel

[ravi]

pms wrote:
> Brad DeLong wrote:
> 
> 
>>It's historical memory of Auschwitz, not identification with Ariel
>>Sharon, that is one of the principal drivers of U.S. policy.
> 
> 
> doug> The U.S. government? Really? You actually think that the senior
> doug> officials of the USG care about this sort of thing, beyond PR
> doug> concerns? The people who snuffed three million Indochinese and a
> doug> million Iraqis?
> 
> I can't believe that Brad actually believes this.  The same reaction I felt
> when he said that Allie G was truly wedded to the idea of low unemployment.
> Waz-up Brad?
> 

the way out of this confusion seems to be in doug's point about PR
concerns. the majority of (white?) americans feel guilt about auschwitz
and this shows in their consistent pro-israel attitudes (~75%?). this
overwhelming support of israel among the masses drives the actions of
the party in power and hence US govt policy... etc...

	--ravi