Well its not totally inconceivable I suppose, but the pro-Israel lobbies in the US are immense and have to be taken into account by any US politician. Now I don't exclude the possibility that a US president might appeal to them rhetorically while at the same time running a contradictory policy soto voce. (Like Reagan did when he told the Soviets to ignore his hawkish rhetoric because it was just domestic politics.)
--- On Sat, 12/27/08, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> From: John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Settler Colonialism Seals Its Own Doom
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 3:35 PM
> Is the idea that the US President HAS to act this way a form
> of defeatism?
> I generally expect the US President will act this way but I
> don't harbor
> the idea that they must act this way.
> Maybe I'm just a starry eyed optimist?
>
> John Thornton
>
>
> Chris Doss wrote:
> > Why are you guys continuously kicking Obama for acting
> like a US president has to act? Your time would be better
> spent on something more constructuive, like pondering the
> demise of Ice Age megafauna.
> >
> > --- On Sat, 12/27/08, Dennis Perrin
> <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> You mean "one last ghastly crime" while
> Bush is
> >> in office, right? 'Cause this shit will
> continue under
> >> Obama, which is what Israel, I suspect, is setting
> up with
> >> this assault. Not that they need to, but murdering
> captive
> >> people tends to reinforce what is expected of the
> incoming
> >> imperial manager. Meanwhile, our savior went
> without
> >> electricity for a time while in Hawaii. Poor guy.
> I hope his
> >> kids are all right.
> >>
> >> Dennis
>
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