I didn’t think it was possible, but President Obama beat the former backtrack record of 36 hours previously held by Newt Gingrich. Not like other flip flops, backtracks are a complete denial and reversal. On Thursday, President gave his Cairo II Speech. In it, he gave his vision for an agreement between Israel and the so called, “Palestinians.” He promised Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that there would be no major bombs or surprises in his speech. He dropped three, which if followed would spell out the end for Israel, the end for any survival chances any Jewish person would have in the region, and the death of our only true ally in the region. President Obama made these three very clear statements. One, that any hope for peace in the region would require that the return of 1967 borders be used as a starting point for future negotiation. Two, that Israel would accept the role of Hamas as a negotiating partner on behalf of the, “Palestinian,” people. Three, that Israel accept the, “right of return.” As chilling as it was to hear a President say those things, this next statement is far worse.
The President of the United States just signaled to the Muslim Brotherhood that an Obama led USA would not defend Israel in an attack.
Now, let’s take each of these 4 points and discuss why they are all of them disastrous to the interests of the United States of America. First, let’s make the point very clear, Israel is our only true ally in the region. Israel is an important trading partner. Much of our technology which makes our everyday lives better was developed in Israel. Companies which derive technology in Israel include, Yahoo, Google, Intel, HP, Dell, IBM, Microsoft, and NCR. Many of the weapons used by our military and law enforcement were produced in Israel. Many of our techniques in fighting terrorism were taught to us by the Israelis who have been at the forefront of the war for the last 60 years. Israel, the only nation in the region without oil, enjoys the highest gdp per capita in the middle east, despite the fact that she is constantly at a state of war, being forced to continually defend herself against foreign aggression. What better example of the virtues of allowing for personal freedom and a democratic society than that exists anywhere? The 1967 borders were indefensible, and provided the surrounding 5 nations ample opportunity to launch an endless series of invasions. After the 1967 war, Israel made a decision to keep territory captured during a war, only sufficient to mount a viable defense and to dissuade invasion. If the neighboring Arab nations had not repeatedly invaded, this disputed land would not have been necessary to keep. Not a single other nation in the world has been forced to relinquish land seized after being victorious in a war. this has most assuredly never happened after the victorious nation had been the one attacked. Indeed, the nation which lost the greatest amount of land, Jordan, does not want administration of the West Bank at all. Jordan realizes that reclaiming the West Bank would mean that the, “Palestinians,” would come with it. The concept that Hamas would make a viable negotiating partner is asinine. This statement is in fact so stupid, not even top members of Obama’s own party are willing to embrace the idea. Steny Hoyer, the practically communist House Minority Whip, came out with a joint statement with Eric Cantor that the House would never back such a ridiculous plan. For those who don’t know, Hamas is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al Queda is a branch of the same organization. The charter of this organization calls for the destruction of Israel, the death of all Jews in the world, and world domination of an Islamic Caliphate united under Sharia Law. How is it possible to negotiate with these people? Their religious belief is that they are commanded by their Deity to kill every Jew on the planet. It is impossible to reach common ground with people who feel your annihilation is a religious duty. Driving around with one of those moronic COEXIST bumper stickers while singing Kumbayah will not ever change that. The, “right of return,” is perhaps the worst of the three proclamations. During the 1948 and 1954 wars, Egypt and Syria, and Jordan, all ran radio broadcasts stating that all Arabs should leave Israel, so that the Jews could be pushed into the sea. The Israelis made it very clear, stay in your homes, and you will always be welcome to stay in Israel. Help us to defend our mutual home, and be a part of this nation. When the Arabs who left made that decision, to leave and help the invading army, they became refugees by their own choosing. Many Arabs stayed, and they enjoy full Israeli citizenship today. At the same time, roughly 650,000 Jews were expelled from every Arab nation in the middle east. This is the same number of the Arabs who left Israel. The tiny nation of Israel absorbed all of the Jewish refugees, and helped them to assimilate into Jewish Society. This of course was not the case for the Arab refugees, who were purposefully used as pawns and kept permanently, by the Arab nations, as refugees never being allowed to move anywhere, or assimilate anywhere. Much is said about the supposed ethnic cleansing or genocide of the, “Palestinians,” but their population has literally exploded. Genocides usually don’t take a population of 650,000 and turn it into several million. We are now talking about the grand children and great grandchildren of the group that left voluntarily and took up arms against Israel. Allowing this to happen now would make Israel no longer a majority Jewish nation. This would result in a very quick death to Israel from within, and the Jews would suffer the same fate as the Coptic Christians unfortunate enough to remain in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood seized control there.
After a tumultuous couple of hours, the Obama White House realized how poorly the message was being received. Obama went in front of AIPAC yesterday and said, “I never said those things.” “The media is out to get me.” “That’s not what I meant.” So, without further ado, here he is making those very comments he claims he never made, and you decide.
Lastly, there has been much backlash from the left calling Netanyahu rude, or ungrateful for the friendship of the U.S. To those people I say this, friendship is a two way street. What choice did we leave PM Netanyahu? Barack Obama had just edicted that the Israeli PM sign onto a plan which amounted to Israeli suicide. For any leader of a nation who cares even the slightest about the people that they lead, the reaction that Netanyahu showed was the only one possible. If Obama cared at all about the nation he leads, he would have known this. Sadly, he does not.
Crossposted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.
Tags: Foreign Policy, Israel
