Saturday, February 17, 2007

Oooooh! Bama

Ah yes, the Democratic politicians are falling all over themselves to support one of the worst human rights violators in the world. This time it is Barak Obama.
Here's an exerpt from the Israeli Daily Haaretz
WASHINGTON - United States Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois who is competing for his party's presidential nomination, told Haaretz on Thursday that the United States should help protect Israel from its "dangerous" enemies.
"My view is that the United States' special relationship with Israel obligates us to be helpful to them in the search for credible partners with whom they can make peace, while also supporting Israel in defending itself against enemies sworn to its destruction," he said.
"Israelis want more than anything to live in peace with their neighbors, but Israel also has real - and very dangerous - enemies," Obama said.


Mr. Obama please sit down and have a smoke. Collect your thoughts. You will not get the Jewish dollars for your campaign because yoou can never be as tough as Hillary is on Arabs.
First off, Why should the U.S. protect Israel, the strongest military in the region with hundreds of Nuclear weapons, when it obviously can protect itself. I thought the point of the Western world possessing nuclear weapons was as a detterent.
Second, what is this special relationship that America has with Israel and what do we get out of it? THe only special relationship we have with Israel is our blocking of any meaningful peace process and vetoing any resolution critical of Israel at the UN. America hasn't and will not search for credible partners with whom they can make peace. We never had. Remember Arafat couldn't be talked to. Now Hamas is in charge and all of a sudden the US backs Arafat's Fatah party, which before wasn't a partner for peace. We are told that Hamas must recognize Israel's right to exist yet no Israeli politicians has ever said that the Palestinians have a right to exist.
THird, if Israel really wanted to live at peace with their neighbors they would get the hell out of the West Bank and pull back to the pre-67 borders.
Again this just shows how powerful the Israel Lobby is. In order for any Democratic candidate to be viable they must come out in favor of Israel's terrible human rights record and against the Arabs. Fuck, Obama is probably the only person on the globe who has Hussein in their name who doesn't support the Palestinians.

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