Posted on 07/12/2009 2:50:18 AM PDT by Scanian
At a critical juncture in the formation of this country’s Mideast policy, Alan Dershowitz has taken a public stand portraying Obama as a friend of Israel. Dershowitz recently stated in Frontpage Magazine that he “will continue to give President Obama the benefit of the doubt.” Dershowitz makes this assertion notwithstanding the abundant measures that the Obama administration has taken indicating that it has very little interest in maintaining the strong friendship that America and Israel have sustained throughout previous administrations.
Dershowitz’s Frontpage article follows a piece in the Wall Street Journal in which Dershowitz vapidly argued that Obama’s strident policy on Israeli settlements is not an indication of America’s lack of support for Israel. I responded to that article in an American Thinker blog in which I examined the lack of substance in Dershowitz’s position.
What I find particularly disturbing about Dershowitz’s recent arguments in favor of continued support of Obama by American Jews is the shallowness of Dershowitz’s analysis, the complete lack of reason, and sadly, the influence that Dershowitz has on liberal Jewish minds. Throughout the campaign, Jewish friends and family argued that because the great majority of American Jews were behind Obama, he must be supportive of Israel. Despite readily available information foretelling the likelihood that an Obama administration would be disastrous for the State of Israel, American Jews overwhelmingly voted for him.
Since his election, there has been extensive analysis of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies. The situation for Israel does not look good. With good reason, both conservative and liberal Jews are beginning to express concern.
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He is a typical example of tunnel-visioned smart guys. These people usually have emotional obsession bordering on paranoia, which make their perspective very narrow.
Once he gets done selling Israel out he’ll be coming for you, Alan.
What good will your 30 pieces of silver do you then?
Dershowitz is the Judas of the Israeli people. He has delivered them into the hands of the Islamist. Obama still has not visited Israel. Everything he has done is anti Israel. Poor Alan just to blind to see. I think he needs some new glasses, and better take a look!!
I guess an attorney should be able take either side of an issue and make the best case possible. It seems here that Dershowitz is simply following the practice of picking a side for some personal reason, then making up the best case he can. His reasons for supporting Obama, while pretending Obama is a friend of Israel, are such nonsense that the only questions are how could any Jew who wishes to see Israel survive and thrive support Obama.
And that’s the question Dershowitz pretended to answer.
But in order to support 0bama you need to ignore facts, engage in twisted logic and apply no reasoned analysis. these are requirements to even listen to an 0bama speech.
“Dershowitz vapidly argued” So what else is new?
The liberal jew only needs to know one thing,,,,’’which way to the ovens pal.’’
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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......Their religion(liberalism) outweighs Israel’s national security issue......
Their liberalism outweigh’s America’s national security interests. they ar a plague on American society
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