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 Criticize a country conducting genocide and risk retribution:

 

 

 

 

Very few presidents have treated their tenure as if they were constantly constrained, unable to wield the awesome power bestowed on them by the people. Barack Obama was one of those presidents (except, of course when it came to choosing candidates):

 Lee Camp explains:

 Palestine, Cuba, Venezuela, Sudan, Congo and others: 

 

 

 

 

There would not be protests/public outcries around the planet, the Democratic Party in the US would not have a precarious chance of "winning back" Congress (let alone the White House), and South Africa would not have been able to make an essentially air-tight case for genocide if not for the fact certain Israeli citizens can't help but brag about it at nearly every turn: And not only was Gazans mocked and ridiculed as they were bombed, shot and tortured, but the venomous vitriol targeted anyone who dare to defend starving children or criticize the bombing of hospitals, leading Israel's most powerful backer (the United States) to accuse South Africa of persecuting Afrikaners (the descendants of colonizers), abduct the leader of Venezuela (who had been a backer of Palestine and their right to sovereignty) and bombed Iran (the last powerful proponent for Palestine due to the limitations of Yemen, the internal politics of Hezbollah and the regime change in Syria). Iran it...

 

 

 

 

  Of course, there may be another reason people, groups and institutions haven't been so vocal: