re: #262 ProLifeLiberal

There’s no willpower for any of that. Israel is too pissed and too divided to make that kind of big decision. It would need fresh elections, too, and those would have to be elections where the Ultra-Orthodox parties weren’t able to play kingmaker. Nor am I enamored with giving power to the sorts of losers often seen as Archbishop of Canterbury.

As for the US sending troops to anywhere, its not likely this year. If Obama does that, the left would scream “Betrayal!” and many activists would proceed to stay home on Election Day. Too many on the American left are still hostile to any sort of American military intervention. Obama won’t risk it. It’s the kind of thing where even if the GOP didn’t attack him at all for going into Syria, the Democrats would still suffer a serious internal backlash.