If not, are the differences large at times? Does America have any vital national security interest in the Middle East? If so, what?
Christoph Donnellan: “No, they’re not, but then U.S. Mideast Policy is dictated by the Israel Lobby, i.e. AIPAC and other unregistered agents of a foreign power. Our interests are to stay out of Middle Eastern tribal and sectarian conflicts, and to maintain neutrality in the Israel-Arab dispute as much as possible, at least not arming and subsidizing kooks like Nutty Yahoo and his settler friends.”
Chaim Amalek: “Today’s Bottom Line: Obama is not going to do anything meaningful to derail Iran’s drive towards nuclear supremacy in SW Asia. Netanyahu looks weak for coming over here to plead with a Republican Congress that the Administration (ours) reverse course because it just won’t happen.”
