Tag Archives: Barack Obama

The siren song of Syria and Iran

Charles Krauthammer (or here) sees that President Bush’s vindication starts on January 20. President-elect Obama seems to be accepting a number of premises of the Bush administration and appears ready to incorporate them into his administration. Vindication is being expressed … Continue reading

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Unique opportunity

Remember when it was scandalous to mention that Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein. Well I’ve just discovered the latest outrage: The President-elect himself! (via memeorandum): And when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20, he plans to be … Continue reading

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What part of Zionist don’t you understand?

According to Amir Taheri, Jesse Jackson said: The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where “decades of putting Israel’s interests first” would end. Jackson believes that, although “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades” remain strong, … Continue reading

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Fooling with tools

Sen. Obama from the debate Tuesday night. I don’t understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, while Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to … Continue reading

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Down on J-Street

via memeorandum A recent pro-Obama video has some of the Israeli officials who appeared in it upset, for they feel that it misrepresented their views. Former head of the Mossad Ephraim Halevy and former IDF deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. … Continue reading

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Bitterly clinging to my proletarianism

You know, I don’t think Obama has any clue how utterly elitist he comes off. From his speech to a crowd of Hollywood celebrities and money people last night, in a $28,500 dinner at a mansion we’ve all seen in … Continue reading

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Obama, Biden and Israel

Daled Amos concludes why he doesn’t trust Sen. Biden on Israel: Against this background of saying one thing but doing another–while I appreciate what Biden says about Israel, I am concerned that once he is in a different position, one … Continue reading

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Pop go the candidates

Both Sens. McCain and Obama passed their all important interviews with entertainment weekly. (via memeorandum) I have to admit that Sen. Obama’s choices were not pretentious as I had expected. I should have given him more credit. In fact Marc … Continue reading

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Sen. Obama’s JPost interview

via memeorandum The Jerusalem Post interviewed presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama during his trip to Israel. Despite the praise, the editor David Horovitz gives the candidate: And on Wednesday evening, Obama answered my question about whether Israel has a right … Continue reading

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Dennis anyone?

via memeorandum Time Magazine reports on the Middle East expert who will be accompanying Sen. Obama to the Middle East next week Obama’s Conservative Mideast Pick: Dennis Ross. Though he served under James Baker in the Bush 41 administration I’d … Continue reading

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There always will be pooh

Jay Solomon of the WSJ reports: In fine-tuning his foreign-policy agenda, Barack Obama is turning to a core group of Middle East experts who have spent more than a decade, in Democratic and Republican administrations, exploring avenues to engaging Iran … Continue reading

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People all over the world, join hands

People all over the world, join hands Start a love train, love train People all over the world, join hands Join a love train, love trainAll of your brothers over in Africa Tell all the folks in Egypt and Israel … Continue reading

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