America Finally Stops Being Israel's Bitch

Don't worry; it's just temporary.  When the new Sheriff takes over next month, America will bend over for Israel once again.

Today the U.N. Security Council issued one of its periodic condemnations of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, for being in violation of International Law.  As always, the Security Council's vote was 14 to 0.  Only, this time: 

The United States did NOT veto the resolution. For a brief moment, the Israeli government is actually being held accountable for overrunning Palestinian territory with gazillions of settlers.

The Israeli government  — together with their chickenhawk allies in the U.S.  — is having a massive tantrum and panty-twist.  How's this for a drinking game:  Every time another rightwing spewbag says “apologizing for America,” knock back another shot of your favorite poison. 

However, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said that in 1982, then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan declared that “Washington will not support the use of any additional land for the purpose of settlements.”

And Secretary of State John Kerry said the purpose of today's vote was “to preserve the possibility of the two-state solution.”

We'll see how long this brief period of sanity will last.

Israel’s Bitch Bends Over Again

Fourteen members of the U.N. Security Council voted to condemn Israeli settlements as “illegal” and urged a halt to all new settlements.

Fortunately for the Israeli government, their Bitch (that would be the United States) vetoed the resolution. The Israelis can continue paving East Jerusalem and the West Bank with new settlements, as long as the United States continues to perform as instructed.

Throughout the Middle East and North Africa, dictatorships will probably keep collapsing like houses of cards. Since the U.S. is Israel’s biggest enabler (or is puppet a better word), these newly liberated populations will be more anti-Israeli and anti-American than ever.

And then the U.S. will spend even more billions of tax dollars to keep Israel propped up, which will generate even more fury from the Arab world, which will mean Israel needs even more help from the U.S.

And the vicious circle continues…