[lbo-talk] [Pen-l] Obama defeats the Israel Lobby

[Carl G. Estabrook]

I think that's right. Both friends and enemies of the Israeli government overstate its influence on Washington's imperial policies in SW Asia (and Africa).

 

On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:


>> "...if a president pushed hard
>> enough, and told the American people that the Israeli-Palestinian
>> conflict was damaging US interests and that he had a plan to end it,
>> he would prevail...
>> 
>> "By that I mean AIPAC would have no choice but to
>> support him. We can never defeat a president who reaches over the
>> heads of AIPAC and Congress and invokes his prerogatives as president
>> of the United States or, even more, the national interest."