Oil talks. Israel hasn’t got any. The Arab nations do. Though the fact that Israel is America’s truest ally in the Middle East, the fact that the IDF trained American soldiers in city combat to prepare them for Iraq, the fact that Israel shares valuable intel with America and has done so for decades—none of that matters to this administration, which has been ready to jettison Israel since the night Obama was elected.
The U.S. is going to vote with the Security Council to rebuke Israel on settlements. Because in the Middle East today, where Egypt just suffered a military coup, Iran is barreling forward towards nukes, Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen, and Iran are undergoing their own protests for freedom, Jordan is edging towards the same, and Muammar Ghaddafi is shaking in his sandals, obviously, the most important thing to take care of in the Middle East is—settlements.
This is a huge win for the Palestinians, even if the language is utterly watered down. As of last night, this was supposedly going to be in the resolution.
The statement also condemns “all forms of violence, including rocket fire from Gaza, and stresses the need for calm and security for both peoples.”
Don’t hold your breath over it staying.
This is being spun as a sop to the Arab world. Obama can’t afford to alienate them any more, supposedly. Funny. I thought Obama was the man we elected to improve America’s image with the rest of the world. I thought he was our ambassador to Muslims, what with his living among them as a child. I thought it was George W. Bush they hated, not America.
Israel is going to feel very, very alone if this resolution goes through. You know what happens when Israel feels alone and threatened?
War.
These are dark times.
Well it’s dark but think about it – America has never failed to re-elect a wartime President. Maybe he plans to somehow get America involved in another ME war and then 2012 will be secured.
I pray for Israel.
It doesn’t appear he knew specifically what was coming, but Omri seemed to know that something was up. It seems that Thomas Friedman is reprising his role as administration’s anti-Israel PR guy.
Despite its imperfections, I miss the previous administration.
joke’s on King Obama: we need Israel more than Israel needs us. Israel will adapt and overcome / having a more fluid economy and a more mobile military. the sad fact is our State Dept remains thoroughly in the 20th century and it’s a Whole New Ballgame (the fact that Israel military strategists are reading – and *applying* – Deleuze speaks volumes).
The autocratic regimes of the Middle East have used the Palestinian/Israeli conflict to distract their own citizens from the oppression and misery all around them. The proof of how little Israel matters towards Middle East stability is more obvious than its ever been. One needs only to turn on CNN and Fox news nightly. Only our myopic hard left administration seems to be missing the message. The Arabs revolting know it. Average Americans know it. Yet our genius ivy league educated Democratic administration is hell bent on alienating our strongest ally in the Middle East. And for what? You got me?
Obama’s et al betrayal of Israel has repercussions. In his delusional arrogance, Obama has yet to realize that he himself will be betrayed.
Added to that, G-d will kick his ass from here ’til eternity.
The old adage of piss me off, see what happens will be played out for the islamists, obama and others.
May the Armies of Heaven guard Israel and her people everywhere.
“America has never failed to re-elect a wartime President.”
Lyndon Johnson had to abandon his quest for reelection because of the voters’ reaction to his conduct of the Vietnam War. So America did fail to reelect a president in wartime. America did so because he was incompetent at directing the war. Obama ought to have enough self-knowledge to realize that he also would be incompetent to direct a high-intensity war. But maybe, in his arrogant narcissism, he does not.
On the other hand, Obama may not have a choice in whether or not to engage in such a high-intensity war. The incompetent diplomacy of his administration may get us into one without Obama intending to do so. I have always had the horrible feeling that, confronted with a large scale war, Obama would have no other idea how to respond than to throw nukes around.
It is a great pity that we did not elect someone with courage, good sense, and at least a modicum of executive experience in 2008, instead of the empty suit of Obama. John McCain has those qualities. Sarah Palin has those qualities too, and would have made a better President than Obama (or Biden, or Hillary for that matter).
I have said this before, if you think that Obama is bad for Israel now, just wait if he is somehow reelected on 2012 and no longer has to worry about any semblance of appearing to “appease†the Jewish voters!
The LA Times video of his appearance at a pro-Palestinian event that was not allowed to be shown during the campaign of 2008 would tell us of his true agenda for Israel !