The American president is not omnipotent. Another president, another time, any agreements made by a predecessor can be voided or countermanded. Then, there's the U.S.Congress that sometimes just seems to have a will of it's own now, doesn't it?...\n\nHistory does not speak well for the veracity of U.S. presidential promises...Remember the US/Taiwan defense treaty in 1954, Israel's retreat from the Sinai with US promises in 1957, President Ford's Golan Heights promise in 1975, Ronald Reagan's stipulations about Saudi Arabain F-15s in 1982, Bush's promise to reward Shamir for Israeli restraint in 1991, Clinton's promised reward for Israel's retreat from Southern Lebanon in 2000...and then there's the story of the US Embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem...Every one...a promise made...a promise broken, by a U.S. president...\n\nThe Israeli Prime Minister would do well to take Obama's promises with more than a grain of salt...\n\nAll this and more on \u201cThe Marty Roberts Show\u201d\u2026