re: #219 The Vicious Babushka

Democrats do not “hate Israel” FFS.

I started a tweet storm follow my tweet above about Schilling… Democrats have been Israel’s strongest supporters since Israel was founded. The smears against Obama and Clinton don’t reflect history, including the largest military aid deal signed just this year between the Obama Admin and Israel.

We’ve seen Reagan try to force Israel into giving up settlements over loan guarantee freezes. We saw GHWB try to force a deal at Madrid. We saw Nixon try to leverage/realpolitik Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Etc.

There’s also lots of legacy building by presidents at the end of their terms, to try and get a peace deal. Curiously, Obama isn’t going that route, even though one would expect him to at least try. My guess is he’s either not bothering, or figures that you create better conditions with backchannels approach that led to the Oslo breakthrough.