Every day we see that a democracy with a powerful government that can legislate anything and do anything produces results miles away from the public interest and individual liberty, or that most legislation and executive actions are for private interests that trench on rights. Israel is a private interest of groups within America. Otherwise it would get very little play. Netanyahu is playing hardball. He wants in essence to get the U.S. government to commit to attacking Iran. That’s his interest, and it’s resisted even in Israel. (This is not in America’s public interest, but such an attack too is … Continue reading Jewish Vote and Obama-Netanyahu Scrap