"... But all this camaraderie came at a price. In his effort to win AIPAC and Netanyahu’s favor, Obama committed himself—far more explicitly than before--to taking military action if there was no other way to prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb. It was a far cry from the early days of his presidency, when he told the Iranian people that he would pursue “constructive ties among the United States, Iran and the international community” and that “this process will not be advanced by threats.”
It’s not just on Iran. The story of Obama’s relationship to Netanyahu and his American Jewish allies is, fundamentally, a story of acquiescence. Obama took office with a distinctly progressive vision of Jewish identity and the Jewish state, one shaped by the Chicago Jewish community that helped launch his political career. Three years later—after a bitter struggle with the Israeli government and the American Jewish establishment--that vision is all but gone. ..."
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