The GOP/Netanyahu Coalition Source is Found, Follow the $$$$

And not surprisingly, Citizens United after effects come right to the forefront.

Thomas Friedman has the details to identify Sheldon Adelson's vision behind all this.  His influence is deep and pervasive and legal.  But it is the influence of one man (and his wife).

Link to Thomas Friedman's column

The Adelson's oppose a Two State Solution and support Settlements.  They are convinced that Iran must not get a nuclear weapon even if it takes military action to prevent it and deeply distrust the global coalition that has imposed sanctions on Iran and gotten them to the negotiating table.

They fail to see how their policies create both the motivation for the very despair that feeds the terrorism they fear and the potential for Israel to become an apartheid state.

My friend RedStateVT put forth a comment that Israel needs the Settlements to buffer against terrorist attacks.  My feeling is if you can defend the Settlements in the West Bank,  you can defend the natural borders of Israel.  After all, it was the inability to defend the Settlements in the Gaza Strip that led Israel to force the Settlers to return to Israel proper and abandon those Settlements.  Israel still defends its border with Gaza and when Hamas fails to act as a responsible government, military action is the justified hammer.  A similar situation on the West Bank with the PLO seemingly naturally in charge could be a shining example for whatever emerges from the chaos in Syria and Western Iraq.  With a 2 State Solution, a natural bulwark against such chaos would exist with Israel Palestine and Jordan.  I have no doubt that Israel may well have to protect itself against rouge elements originating in a PLO controlled West Bank, but they have to protect themselves against the same rogue elements in any case.

Anyway, I was wrong yesterday when I thought the military industrial complex was behind all this.  It is just Sheldon Adelson and he is a gambling magnate.