Obama's Strategy for the Israel/Hamas Conflict

[Jean S]

Has he said a word about this? Does he have a secret plan that will be enacted on January 20?

[Jean S]

His silence is deafening.

[HokieMom]

His spokesman said the U.S. has one president at a time and they intend to respect that.

[umgud]

He told the Jewish voters he was Pro-Israel, but the church he spent 20 years in was decidedly Pro-Pali.

[econjack]

Truth be told: He doesn't have a clue.

BTW, anyone else hearing rumors that the electoral college has been counted and Obama does not have enough votes to take office? I heard that several state delegations did not cast their votes, but voted "Present", and will not change their vote until Obama's eligibility is cleared up.

[Rembrandt]

It’s above his pay grade; he has nothing to contribute.

[Tigen]

The mythical Boy Zero has no authority over Israel what so ever!.

[bonehead4freedom]

Present! Next issue please.

[FastCoyote]

[His spokesman said the U.S. has one president at a time and they intend to respect that.]

I guess he plans to go from Zero yo 60 overnight on inauguration. Seems very bizarre that he is not at least offering Bush support, much less the Israelis. I think his foreign policy will go from fubar to present but unaccountable.

[pillut48]

Per Drudge:

Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in/ The president-elect's silence on the Gaza crisis is undermining his reputation in the Middle East

"...evidence is mounting that Obama is already losing ground among key Arab and Muslim audiences that cannot understand why, given his promise of change, he has not spoken out. Arab commentators and editorialists say there is growing disappointment at Obama's detachment - and that his failure to distance himself from George Bush's strongly pro-Israeli stance is encouraging the belief that he either shares Bush's bias or simply does not care."

[Jet Jaguar]

He hasn’t a clue.

He is damned if he does make a statement, by both sides in America and in the Middle East.

[Cheerio]

The mythical Boy Zero has no authority over Israel what so ever!.

But ahhh hmmmm ahh I thought I heard him announce to the Germans that he was going to speak for the world, and stop the seas from rising. Someone with that much power must surly have something to say about the joooos. /sarc

[HokieMom]

He can’t figure out how to offer the pro-Israel Bush administration support without enraging his Muslim voters. He’s in a pickle on this one being on both sides of an issue like Clinton and Kerry were able to do.

[rdl6989]

“surly” being the key word. :D

[libh8er]

I thought about it. I think by not commenting on the conflict he is giving a tacit go-ahead to Israel, hoping they finish their job quickly. At the same time by not openly supporting Israel he is letting the Muzzies think he will be more even handed in his approach than previous administrations. Problem with it is people will run out of patience eventually and demand a statement.

[Las Vegas Ron]

His silence is deafening.

Truth be told he should be, he's not the President

However, I doubt he has a clue anyway and if he does, it's wrong

[roses of sharon]

His silence speaks of support for Hamas.

Supporting Israel now, along with GWB, would help Israel.

Hussein obviously does not want that outcome.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Drudge has this link to a Guardian UK story:

Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in

And I just posted this ...from the BBC:

Israeli forces split Gaza in two

[odin2008]

Pee wee Obama in charge...Lord help us.

[csense]

Obama's Strategy for the Israel/Hamas Conflict

I shudder to think...