Posted on 07/31/2009 4:43:18 PM PDT by granite
The tension in U.S.-Israel relations was manifest this past week as an extraordinary troupe of Obama administration officials visited Jerusalem. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, National Security Advisor James Jones, special Middle East envoy George Mitchell and new White House adviser Dennis Ross all showed up in Israel’s capital in an effort to…well, to do something. It was not quite clear what.
Since President Obama came to office on Jan. 20 and then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 31, the main motif in relations between the two governments has been friction. While nearly 80% of American Jews voted for Mr. Obama, that friction has been visible enough to propel him to meet with American Jewish leaders recently to reassure them about his policies. But last month, despite those reassurances, both the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Anti-Defamation League issued statements critical of the president’s handling of Israel. Given the warm relations during the Bush years and candidate Obama’s repeated statements of commitment to the very best relations with Israel, why have we fallen into this rut?
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I said before I think Obama will throw Israel under the bus. That will put us on the losing side of Ezekiel’s war (chapters 38 & 39).
Israel pays the price.
We are probably going to see the most unlikely pair of Israel and Saudi Arabia swoop down on Iran. The Sunni Saudis harbor no illusions that nuke-powered Shiite Iranians will be kissing cousins with them, they see a weak, cowardly USA, and they are existentially nervous. Israel has no axe to grind against Saudi Arabia, they want peace so bad they can taste it. The feces will hit the fan. Count on it.
Don’t EVER make the mistake of confusing Jews in Israel with their American (or Canadian) cousins.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Well, Israel just won’t fit under the bus. I hope even Obama is smart enough to know that. Surely Bill Clinton has been desperately trying to warn him.
Amen! :-(
You are correct.
....And Obama WILL in the end lose when it comes to the Lord.
The USA is not weak and cowardly...Obama is.
He won by hypnosis and racism (NLP, playing on white guilt, whipping up black pride) but he doesn't represent America.
Obama ran as a blank slate and now that he is in office, we are seeing who he is...and it isn't pretty.
Obama may hold the office, but the real America is standing behind him just waiting to step up into a dominant role.
If Obama isn't able to call to the legions of the damned to empower him, he is gonna get his skinny butt kicked.
why??? let me count the ways...
The USA projects internationally whatever character its CIC has. Right now that’s weak and cowardly. If America gets past Obama, that will probably change, drastically. The country will probably be ready to elect even a GOP ham sandwich president in 2012, and Sarah Palin will probably step forward if nobody else forceful enough does.
Incorrect. Obama most definitely ran on Realist/Pragmatist policies, and many Republican Realists endorsed his mideast policies. Realist Powell even voted for Obama.
NeoCom Abrams says there is no linkage, the Realists say there is linkage
If you include the Muslim world as well you’d have to include; Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, and more. Israel has a right to be nervous, and a right to defend itself.
Eriteria?
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Given the warm relations during the Bush years and candidate Obama’s repeated statements of commitment to the very best relations with Israel, why have we fallen into this rut?
Obama lied?
Obama may hold the office, but the real America is standing behind him just waiting to step up into a dominant role.
Really? The same Real America was going to send the true small town hockey mom maverick to Washingon DC and show those guys what was what.
Context...as in “out of”!
Context...as in “out of”!
Every Sunday the man sat in a pit of anti-semitic hate for 20 years, what did they expect?
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