ich kann nich sagen inwieweit das hier alles richtig ist, aber es ist für mich schon sehr gut beschrieben warum hier so ein starker pro israelischer einfluss ist. ich heb mal einzelne teile etwas hervor: ...... Moreover, AIPAC and other hardline lobby groups could not convince the Obama administration to intervene in Syria, and they have been unable to convince the Bush or Obama administrations to launch a preventive strike against Irans nuclear infrastructure. They have also failed to derail the nuclear negotiations with Tehran--at least so far--though not for lack of trying. Pushing the U.S. toward another Middle East war is a lot for any interest group to accomplish, of course, but these setbacks show that even this leviathan among lobbies does not always get its way. But the lobby is still able to keep roughly $3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel flowing each year; it can still prevent U.S. presidents from putting meaningful pressure on Israel; and it can still get the U.S. to wield its veto whenever a resolution criticizing Israels actions is floated in the U.N. Security Council. This situation explains why the Obama administration made zero progress toward two states for two peoples: if Israel gets generous U.S. support no matter what it does, why should its leaders pay any attention to Washingtons requests? Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry could only appeal to Netanyahus better judgment, and weve seen how well that worked. .....
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:12:14 +0000
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