Posted under Election 2012 & Israel
Pandering to different groups is a standard operating practice of most politicians. Mitt Romney is as good as anyone at doing this which is why he is one of the top candidates in polls. But even Mitt’s pandering reached the level of pornographic when he stated in an interview in an Israeli newspaper that Israel should be the one to dictate what U.S. policy should be towards it.
So if Mitt becomes Commander-in-Chief of the world’s most powerful nation, one which for years has subsidized Israel’s economy and its military machine, the relationship between the U.S. and Israel will not be based on mutual interests, which is usually how foreign policy is made between nations, but one in which Israel itself determines what the relation ship is and how it should be conducted. Romney is proposing to give away U.S. control of its own policy to that of a foreign nation. So much for “American Exceptionalism” We give them money and they tell us what to do. That’s a strange policy.
Granted Romney is employing a fair number of neocons to his campaign team but I wonder if even they would say things so outlandish and outrageous about U.S.-Israeli relations (even if they believe the same in their hearts). It makes one wonder who Romney is trying to impress but it also shows the desperate depths he’ll sink to in order to do so. Some Conservatives, who may well have been resigned to a Romney nomination, are beginning to wonder if just giving it to the next guy in line is such a good idea.
roho on 01 Nov 2011 at 1:09 am #
Romney is an “Israel Firster” of the highest order, and even the less informed has noticed it.
Joey S. on 01 Nov 2011 at 2:02 am #
Since we give Israel’s enemies more money than we give Israel I don’t know how anyone can say that the U.S. is pro-Israel.
Certainly cutting off foreign aid to everybody would be an improvement in our relationship.
Sammy A on 09 Nov 2011 at 9:35 pm #
Any American who is willing to subordinate American interests for another countrys interest is an traitor. Sadly this title fit just about all of the US congress. They are all bought and paid for by Pro-Israel lobbies. I hope that one day all Americans wake up to the reality of what is going on. Then perhaps all of these traitors will be dealt with in a manner befitting a traitor.