Posted on 01/02/2017 4:43:55 PM PST by PingPongChampion
Barack Obama did the opposite of past presidents within his first 100 days by ignoring Israel to make his first Middle Eastern visit to address Palestinians in 2009. Instead of visiting Israel, Barack Obama made his first stop in Cairo to address Israel/Palestine peace by vowing an unprecedented allegiance to the Arab world. Obama opened his address with a traditional Muslim greeting, “assalamu alaykum”, to a thunderous applause. The new president then went on to explain the great debt owed to Islam by civilization and the horrors of colonialism. From that moment on, American-Israeli relations deteriorated until the very last days of the Obama administration, when the US would break from tradition by failing to veto a UN resolution against Israeli settlements.
Just weeks before leaving the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu called the Obama administration's failure to veto the UN resolution a direct and deliberate betrayal. Those words are not only true, they perfectly describe the relationship between Israel and the United States under Barack Obama. Obama's legacy destroyed decades worth of cooperation and friendship between our two democratic nations. In a sea of Islamic dictatorships, Israel stands as the only multicultural, open and democratic government in the Middle East. Under eight years of Barack Obama, Israel was left to fend for itself.
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Carter can still claim to fame as “the worst American president” in modern times, considering BHO is not an american citizen.
Carter can still claim to fame as “the worst American president” in modern times, considering BHO is not an American citizen.
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