Andrew Sullivan, “America knows who its friends are,” from The Sunday Times:

Above all, Americans, like all people, tend to like and support those who like and support them. Israel (and Britain, to a similar degree) can only gain from their proximity to the greatest super-power. This is not ultimately decided by elites, but by the people who vote for and endorse them.

American support is not inevitable; and it can be withdrawn. If I were Jacques Chirac, or indeed any other European leader, I