I'm not sure who Israel has pissed off in DC and/or the press, but the pro-Israel propaganda hasn't been nearly as strong this go-round, and people who oppose the slaughter in Gaza are being a lot bolder than they've been in the past. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
There was a call to Bush, and Bush did instruct Rice to abstain. It's not clear what the US vote would have been without that call (although I doubt the US would have joined such a resolution anyway, given the past track record).
