Yesterday’s Guardian reported that “Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.” Tyler Cowen says people should “give some thought” to the question of “Who should make this decision come January 20?”
During her interview with Katie Couric, however, Sarah Palin reiterated her absurd view that the President of the United States shouldn’t “second-guess” Israeli policy under any circumstances:
Palin is okay at repeating various “pro-Israel” buzzwords, but she can’t run away from the fact that her underlying position on this topic is stupid. Allies are allies and you need to give them some deference in forming their own views about what their security requires. But the United States and Israel are separate countries and our government needs to make an independent judgment about the implication of actual or potential Israeli policy initiatives.
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