"..Support for Israel's actions has become so enmeshed in Washington that Israel has more leverage over us ..than we have over it..."

Matt Eckel in FPW, here , via WPR.

"....So, we're now in a position where if the Israeli government does what Netanyahu is hinting it might do, the Obama Administration will have to either be blamed by association and throw its whole Middle Eastern agenda to the dogs, or publicly and severely sanction Israel and open up a political s%&! storm in Washington that could derail any number of other projects. Support for Israel's actions has become so enmeshed within Washington's political culture that Israel, I would argue, has more leverage over us on key strategic issues than we have over it.
That's not how it's supposed to work when you're a superpower."