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Originally Posted by roachboy
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the israelis accomplished a theatrical demonstration of the extent to which the israeli right is concerned about the obama administration and its potentials for maybe possibly not going along with everything and anything the israeli right does, and, worse, that it may not find the discourse of "terrorism" to be such a generative frame.
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How much do you really expect the Obama administration to stray from the 1967 status quo? I believe Obama is finding somethings are nothing as he perceived them before the beginning of his morning security meetings and he is making a visible shift to the middle or maybe even a little to the right of the middle. He began distancing himself from most of his campaign promises the day after he was elected. I believe many are putting to much stock in what he {Obama} is going to be able to accomplish because of obvious realities. I also believe contrary to the popular belief here the US doesn't have all that much persuasion on Israel's politics. We perhaps have a little because of the huge amounts of foreign aid we send that way but Israel is going to do what it wants and what it sees fit for it's national security no matter how many envoys we send over. Again, the Democrats have been in control of the purse strings the past few years and nothing has changed from a budgetary standpoint regarding foreign aid to Israel and there is no indication being signaled of any substantial change so exactly how is our foreign policy regarding the middle east going to change? The rhetoric leaving the White House may change but what will be the realities of the supposed change? Be careful not to expect to much so you aren't disappointed when little to nothing changes but the rhetoric. I'm afraid it will be nothing more than just more Washington double speak, say one thing but do nothing to change the status quo in fear of pissing off one side or the other.