Obama's White House is now online. The White House's foreign-policy agenda begins by vowing "to seek a lasting peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." But then three paragraphs of absolute support for Israel no matter what is very disappointing. Not a shock, but disappointing nonetheless. And of course not a word about the Gaza slaughter and destruction. Friends don't let friends drive drunk.
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They conclude that there is significant threat against Israel and Israelis, which you have stated that you dismiss.
They conclude that if they want to govern effectively and repair the country, they must have the support of Congressional leadership, which at the current time means the support of AIPAC. It is foolish to mistake fear for either agreement or stupidity.
With friends like Israel, who needs enemies?
Yes, like there has been no threat against the Pals–threat? How about massacre with no defense? Is this what we get with Obama?
Anyone else read that George Mitchell will be appointed Special Envoy?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h7FiHtnmJNschh9VfKV02r_TyCvA
as MRW pointed out the foreign policy comments at Obama's Change.gov site are swamped with demands stop coddling Israel.
The strike against Gaza was carefully coordinated with the news cycles. Begin over Christmas when news is low and pull out during the inauguration when attention is elsewhere.
The Gaza story is now over. No more news here. Israel pulled this off brilliantly from a PR perspective. The Palestinians are such cloddish buffoons when it comes to spinning their story. Somehow they think having the truth on their side means something. Perhaps they will learn after a few more generations of living in the diaspora or under brutal occupation.
sayvanen: "The Palestinians are such cloddish buffoons when it comes to spinning their story."
Talk about blaming the victim. No, the Palestinians just don't have thousands of propaganda agents ensconced in US media and the US Establishment hierarchy. For that matter, neither does any other foreign entity except Israel, with its nation-within-a-nation army of diaspora Jewish Zionist fifth columnists and their multitude of gentile useful idiots.
How are the Palestinians supposed to compete with a foreign army of Ziobots occupying the US?
The Lobby may take as long to defeat as it took to create. This means decades, so gird your loins. Judge President Obama by what he does, not what he says, or what he feels compelled to say. I do not believe that either he or his advisers are imperceptive enough not to see the grave threat the current leadership of AIPAC poses to American national security. They may choose, like many before them, to ignore the threat, but we cannot know that after less than one day.
There are numerous ways in which American foreign and domestic policy can be gently nudged into directions that undermine the Lobby. First and foremost is democratization. It is what extremist Zionists in Israel and the diaspora fear most. They fear an open American government, transparent and accountable to its people. They fear the same in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc, and every member of the European Union.
Oops, I forgot one critical nation to add to the list: Israel itself. We couldn't have real democracy there, could we? Apologies to Bush 41 (or was it a Saturday Night Live imitator?), "wouldn't be prudent…"
"Friends don't let friends drive drunk."
I like that. How about this one? Friends don't let friends shell UN schools.
Phil writes: "..The White House's foreign-policy agenda begins by vowing 'to seek a lasting peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.' But then three paragraphs of absolute support for Israel no matter what…not a word about the Gaza slaughter and destruction."
How much and how often can you be confronted with hard evidence of what Obama is about without facing reality? Today in the New York Times were these comments on his inauguration speech:
Heathgal: "President Barack Obama could have recited the ingredients on a jelly jar label and I would have – we would have – hung on every word. Our dark days are over…"
Susan DeBacker: "Obama’s words are a way to understand how he hopes to help us change and grow as Americans. I, along with so many others, stand ready to work with him for this change…"
the only change on the horizon is the atrophy of American minds. And we are not alone. The world has caught an American fever that can't be cured with antibiotics. We're too far gone.
What I consider the most interesting part is under the header:
Bipartisanship and Openness:Change the Culture of Secrecy:
Obama will institute a National Declassification Center to make declassification secure but routine, efficient, and cost-effective.
Engaging the American People on Foreign Policy:
Obama and Biden will bring foreign policy decisions directly to the people by requiring their national security officials to have periodic national broadband town hall meetings to discuss foreign policy. Obama will personally deliver Your Weekly Address via webcast.
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Engaging the American People on Foreign Policy: Obama and Biden will bring foreign policy decisions directly to the people by requiring their national security officials to have periodic national broadband town hall meetings to discuss foreign policy. Obama will personally deliver Your Weekly Address via webcast.
And I think this is crucial:
Support Foreign Assistance to Israel:
Barack Obama and Joe Biden have …
Sorry, I actually should do other things:
But here my favorites again and I am hoping of course that old Europe is still considered an alliance or a friend? and not secretly grouped among the foes as it felt a bit lately.
The main point below is the challenge to the culture of secrecy. Sometimes it felt it was meant to produce confusing rumors. Let's hope they mean what they say:
And of course:
and in the light of Israel's much talked about right for self defense this:
Support Foreign Assistance to Israel:
The above actually looked fine here.
and no I still have no preview button. Only one to "submit".
Obama's answer seems to be throw more tax money at everything–while Americans are increasingly living 3rd world lives, he's going to give more money to Israel. To I sense a special Obama agenda to
help traditional minorities and Israel at the expense of the working folk he praised in his inauguration speech? I think his notion is to
turn all of white USA into his dutiful grandparents–after all, the payoff is good, look where it got him. He's down with his jewish appointees and his black salvation gospel. White women have to do their part as his mother did.