You wrote: "He has broken with ...Bush's subservience to Israel." Sorry but that doesn't seem to be true. He sent more weapons when they were being used to kill more Palestinians. Now he's helping Israel in trying to keep the UN debate about the Goldstone report off the table which shows their war crimes. Obama made a few noises about how Israel should stop building settlements on Palestinian land, but he's backed down because Netanyahu has said he won't stop. He's also indicated that we will go right on sending them money that we can ill afford. Seems pretty subservient to me.