Two weeks ago I posted about the U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israel. I was in shock that our President would be the first to not veto such an action. I was relieved when he did. I admitted my mistake as an update to the original post. It seems though, that my dish of crow was premature. It seems as though his stance with Israel can best be described as thin and weak. At worst, it could be called schizophrenic. While President Obama realizes that he needs the appearance of being pro-Israel here in the United State, especially if he wants a prayer of being reelected President, he is doing his level best to show the remainder of the world that he is no friend of our only true Mid East ally.
Yet afterward, both our ambassador to the U.N. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed public support for the substance of the resolutions they vetoed.
In explaining the U.S. veto, Ambassador Susan Rice apologized to the world on behalf of America, confessing that “we agree with our fellow Council members — and indeed, with the wider world — about the folly and illegitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity,” and charging that it has “corroded hopes for peace and stability. . .. We therefore regrettably have opposed this draft resolution.”
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Secretary Clinton, like Rice, used the term “illegitimate” — a half-notch down from “illegal” (both words coming from the Latin lex, meaning “law.” But no one could mistake that the U.S. was condemning our staunch ally Israel in word, while providing the semblance of a defense in deed.
How could anyone mistake Barak Obama as being friendly towards Israel. This takes a level of mental acrobatics far beyond any feat performed by the Ringling Brothers or P.T. Barnum. After my initial outrage though, I realized that President Obama’s entire body of foreign policy is at best, schizophrenic. He has approached each and every instance with two driving philosophies. He has shown each one of our traditional allies the stick. Our friends, who’s friendship I hope survives this Presidency, have been constantly derided, bullied, and insulted. Our traditional foes, who I hope will be reluctant to take advantage too much, have been lavished with state dinners, coddled, and praised beyond belief. Some examples will follow.
The 2010 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Dali Lama, was forced from the White House through a rear entrance, and past the residence garbage. In 2011, a State Dinner was held for the dictator who had the Dali Lama imprisoned. We have refused to support our ally Columbia, by restricting trade, (which hurts us more, since they have plenty of oil,) and refusing to give them a hand in fighting the Farc lunatics which plague her jungles. We have inexplicably lavished praise on Hugo Chavez, the tin pot dictator of Venezuela, and coincidentally the source of the Farc scourge plaguing the Columbians. Even after Chavez nationalized American Assets, Obama thought it best to reward this thievery with preferred trade status. Chavez is also a monetary supporter of Islamic Terrorists who continue attacking our citizens and interests. Egypt, was allowed to fall in the exact same manner as Iran. We had a pro western leader who was believed to be a hard line brute. This was believed of him largely because of the way he dealt with the Islamic extremists in his country. He was replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood, who I assure you will make Mubarik’s supposed cruelty seem like a town picnic. When the Iranian’s took to their streets to attempt to shed themselves from the truly thuggish reign of the Shia, who Jimmy Carter helped usher into power in 1978, our President showed his support for the thuggish brutes. We have weakened our support for the Japanese, South Koreans, and Taiwanese. We have enhanced our trade with the Chinese, North Koreans, and Russians. Is this the smart diplomacy we were promised? This President is a menace to our nation and dangerous for our future. November of 2012 can’t get here soon enough.
Special note for my fellow members of the Jewish faith: If you continue to support Barak Obama, know that you are aiding in his desired destruction of Israel. If you believe otherwise, you are either blind or delusional. I recognize that support for the Democrats is a matter in most cases of momentum. We have been voting this way as a bloc since the days of FDR. It is time to reevaluate what is happening and take an earnest look at what the actions of our leaders are. If you still wish to support Obama and the Progressive movement fine, but realize that your side is an enemy of the Jewish People. I look forward to debating you in the arena of ideas. I just happen to believe that this debate should be an honest statement of which direction our country should go.
Crossposted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.
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