As we all know, minnow, you're barking mad.

I note that Mr Obama is getting apoplectic about the capture of a single Israeli soldier (apparently forgetting the thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of women and children, held without charge in Israeli jails - great democracy, huh?). Pity he can't get quite so apoplectic about the slaughter of hundreds of children in Gaza. I note how nasty he can be about the Russians, who might, indirectly, have been somewhat responsible for about 300 deaths in that aircraft rocketing. Yet he can't get all nasty about them Israelis, who have killed five times as many as were killed in that aeroplane. Forgive me for concluding that Mr Obama dare not even raise the slightest finger of criticism against Israel, as, if he did, he and his party would be toast at the next election, thanks to AIPAC and their fellow-travellers. In the Great Democracy, the Land Of The Free, one of the most undemocratic organisations one could possibly imagine holds all the reins of power. Brief against Israel? Sure, go ahead, but, if you do, you're toast. My belief is that most yanks even on internet forums dare not even breathe AIPAC's name. I'm certainly not expecting it here. Hands up for democracy, anyone?