Obama's Israel

In the last presidential election, Barack Obama got 80% of the Jewish vote. As a percentage of the population, Jews are an extremely small minority. But the population is concentrated in pockets throughout the country, most notably in Florida. As recent history has taught us, Florida is the quintessential swing state. You can’t win the presidency without it. Realizing that in the 2008 campaign, Obama pledged his unending support for Israel, and stated that Israel’s current borders were not negotiable, and Jerusalem would remain the capital in total. No partition!!!

The question now is why has Obama decided to offend Israel once again, insulting its prime minister again (last time the Israeli prime minister was left cooling his heels in a White House room while Obama got up and went to dinner. He had to leave through the back door by the garbage). The whole sordid mess is so far off the mark, it is beyond comprehension.

The day before Benjamin Netanyahu was flying to Washington for a state visit, Obama announced to the world that the United States believes Israel should shrink its borders to as they were in 1967 before the last Arab/Israeli war. This after he told Netanyahu he would not do that. This after George Bush told Israel we would not do that. This when the Mideast is in turmoil! This when Iran is close to developing a nuclear bomb! This when Israel is, for all practical purposes, alone in the world!

In this speech, he deliberately chose to avoid the use of the word “I”, "me" or “my staff”. He chose to use the word “we” and “the United States.” No sir. Not me. I am not in that “we.” Don’t all of a sudden start using the "collective" country for cover. This isn’t funny. There is something seriously wrong here. What in God’s name is this jack ass doing?

There is no reason for this. Why antagonize our main ally in the region? Why antagonize one of his key political support groups? My major in undergraduate school was International Relations. Even 40 years later, I can spot when something is wrong. And believe me, there is something wrong.

I was among the many who warned that Barack Obama was no friend of Israel. Obama is a product of the left…and not the traditional left that embraces the American Jewish population and its traditional liberal values. Obama is a product of the radical left, and the radical left is anti-Semitic. They are more than pro-Palestinian. Many of them overtly hope for the destruction of Israel.

Who in his administration would support this? Did Hillary Clinton approve? What about Leon Panetta? What about Secretary of Defense Gates? NONE OF THEM WOULD SUPPORT THIS!! And to do it in such a manner as to deliberately insult again the Prime Minister of Israel? It’s not only what he did, but how he did it! All I can see in my mind is Obama’s bow to the King of Saudi Arabia. Is he listening to his leftist friends he has hidden in the White House? I have not heard one word of support for this policy from any of his congressionaly confirmed cabinet members.

Whenever I see something that doesn’t add up, my rule of thumb is to look for the money. Follow the money!!! But that doesn’t work here. Is this Obama placating to the Islamists for what he did to bin Laden? Is this Obama imploding because his ideological framework is being torn to shreds by reality? Or is this Obama cunningly and deceivingly and deliberately causing chaos so the government can seize more power. Maybe Glen Beck is right, and God help us all if he is.

This is a dangerous game. Obama is not a stupid man. He knows that his actions will embolden the enemies of Israel. If Iran thinks they can get away with nuking Tel Aviv, Iran will do so. What signal does this send to Iran? What signal does this send to Hamas? What does this signal to the rest of the world?

America, you need to look at this man. This isn’t right. There is something askew.