Suppose during the Palestinian UN bid, which was not too long ago, what do you think would have happened had the US not threatened to use the veto, for whatever reasons? Palestine is then accepted as a member into the UN.
And before you call it ASB that the US would not veto it, no, it's not total ASB. First off, the Israel lobby is not as all-powerful as many believe, and a majority of American Jews are actually Democrats and non-practicing, so Obama could probably still count on them. Plus, you can create PODs where Obama gets even more pissed off at Netanyahu: Say he never gets that one settlement freeze he did get, for example.
What happens next? Netanyahu isn't going to agree to simply withdraw to the 1967 borders and divide Jerusalem, but how far would the world really be willing to go in confronting Israel over the matter?
And before you call it ASB that the US would not veto it, no, it's not total ASB. First off, the Israel lobby is not as all-powerful as many believe, and a majority of American Jews are actually Democrats and non-practicing, so Obama could probably still count on them. Plus, you can create PODs where Obama gets even more pissed off at Netanyahu: Say he never gets that one settlement freeze he did get, for example.
What happens next? Netanyahu isn't going to agree to simply withdraw to the 1967 borders and divide Jerusalem, but how far would the world really be willing to go in confronting Israel over the matter?