# Israel and the USA-Why Does This Farce Continue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 13, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-and-the-usa-why-does-this-farce-continue/532387 "2010-03-13T20:04:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 343
**Author:** ![Honesty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-and-the-usa-why-does-this-farce-continue/532387/343 "2010-03-17T13:02:32Z")
> [@rights of schools to take things from students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rights-of-schools-to-take-things-from-students/59874/4): > > I don’t really have anything to add to that. Bibi can’t influence Israeli public opinion - he’s a follower, not a leader. Obama can. If he wins us over to his side, the government will follow. He’s our President, not yours. Elvislives said it best earlier in this thread: > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > What was Biden doing over there, then? Just wasting his time, because Israel won’t listen to anybody but the Leader of the Free World himself in person, and not his #2? The President has nothing better to do with his time? Get over yourselves already. Couldn’t have said it better. - Honesty P.S. who is Bibi --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-and-the-usa-why-does-this-farce-continue/532387)._