> On Tuesday 05 February 2008 15:36:44 Jim Devine wrote: > > The multilateralists don't seem to want to bomb/attack > > Iran.
Michael Smith wrote: > But the Israel lobby does, and the Israel lobby has even more > clout with the Dems than it has with the Reeps. the way I read the weather suggests that Israel Lobby -- or rather the Israel Lobbies -- is a bit chastened when it comes to foreign policy and needs allies in the multilateralist camp, just as the multilateralist camp needs allies in Europe. The revelation that Iran had discontinued any bomb programs a few years ago undermined European support for the anti-Iran war. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.