Posted on 01/31/2009 11:32:39 PM PST by Schnucki
During the US Presidential election campaign I reported that Samantha Power, a very close friend and adviser of Obama's whom he nevertheless fired for calling Hillary a ‘monster’, said she still expected to be in Obama’s administration. Power has advocated the ending of all aid to Israel and redirecting it to the Palestinians. She has also spoken about the need to land a ‘mammoth force’ of US troops in Israel to protect the Palestinians from Israeli attempts at genocide (sic) -- and has complained that criticism of Barack Obama all too often came down to what was ‘good for the Jews’.
If such a person were to be given a place in the administration this would be a pretty good indicator of just where Obama actually stands in the fight to defend civilisation.
Subsequently, I reported that Power was returned to grace by being given a lowly position on Obama’s transition team advising on matters relating to the State Department. And now AP has reported that -- guess what -- she is to be given a senior policy job at the White House:
Officials familiar with the decision say Obama has tapped Power to be senior director for multilateral affairs at the National Security Council, a job that will require close contact and potential travel with Clinton, who is now secretary of state. NSC staffers often accompany the secretary of state on foreign trips.Meanwhile Charles Krauthammer eviscerates Obama over the most astonishing part of his grovelling interview on al Arabiya, in which he talked of the need to restore
the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago.Many of us fell off our chairs at that point. As Krauthammer writes:
In these most recent 20 years — the alleged winter of our disrespect of the Islamic world — America did not just respect Muslims, it bled for them. It engaged in five military campaigns, every one of which involved — and resulted in — the liberation of a Muslim people: Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq. The two Balkan interventions — as well as the failed 1992-93 Somalia intervention to feed starving African Muslims (43 Americans were killed) — were humanitarian exercises of the highest order, there being no significant U.S. strategic interest at stake. In these 20 years, this nation has done more for suffering and oppressed Muslims than any nation, Muslim or non-Muslim, anywhere on Earth. Why are we apologizing?No wonder the Iranians are jubilant.And what of that happy U.S.- Muslim relationship that Obama imagines existed 'as recently as 20 or 30 years ago' that he has now come to restore? Thirty years ago, 1979, saw the greatest U.S.- Muslim rupture in our 233-year history: Iran's radical Islamic revolution, the seizure of the U.S. Embassy, the 14 months of America held hostage. Which came just a few years after the Arab oil embargo that sent the United States into a long and punishing recession. Which, in turn, was preceded by the kidnapping and cold-blooded execution by Arab terrorists of the U.S. ambassador in Sudan and his chargé d'affaires. This is to say nothing of the Marine barracks massacre of 1983, and the innumerable attacks on U.S. embassies and installations around the world during what Obama now characterizes as the halcyon days of U.S.Islamic relations.
WHITEHOUSE.gov: "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs" (SNIPPET: "The Obama administration today announced an emergency contribution of more than $20 million to relief efforts in Gaza, as part of the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. That was announced by Senator Mitchell in the region this morning.") (January 30, 2009, 1:55 p.m. EST)
http://khosq.com/en-us/article/2008/11/30/youtube_samantha_power_america_and_the_age_of_genocide
I think that Israel has to be nuked out of existence before American Jews change their voting habits.
Nah, cause then Israel won't exist anymore, so they won't have to worry anymore!
Samantha Powers recently married Cass Sunstein who was part of Obama’s campaign team. the following quote is in regards to a book he wrote.
“Sunstein (along with his coauthor Richard Thaler) has elaborated the theory of Libertarian paternalism. In arguing for this theory, he counsels thinkers/academics/politicians to embrace the findings of behavioral economics as applied to law, maintaining freedom of choice while also steering people’s decisions in directions that will make their lives go better. With Thaler, he coined the term choice architect.”
Wikipedia states,
“Libertarian paternalism is a political philosophy that believes the state can “help you make the choices you would make for yourself—if only you had the strength of will and the sharpness of mind.”
HOW PERFECT!
In short, Mr Sunstein views the citizenry as equivalent a herd of cattle that requires “enlightened guidance”. How intellectually arrogant.
No need to change your voting habits once Israel is gone. The self-loathing variety are also the type that would board the cattle car without a word.
So is pro-Palestinian Biden.
Let’s see how she’d feel with a terrorist’s gun to her head—would she cry out for America’s “soft power” then?
Typical “intellectual.”
There is an illuminating article about coverage of the West Bank issue and Samantha Power’s appointment at:
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2009/02/ny-times-friedman-calls-for-us-troops.html
It is an article critical of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman who has taken the same position as Samantha Power.
A video of an interview Power gave about using U.S. Troop deployment to maintain Peace and Nation Build in the West Bank follows the article.
It is a must view!
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