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Obama’s Signal to Israel: Submit
National Review ^ | May 12, 2009 | Mona Charen

Posted on 05/12/2009 6:12:50 AM PDT by reaganaut1

In early April, Vice President Biden was asked if the administration was concerned that Israel might strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities. “I don’t believe Prime Minister Netanyahu would do that,” Mr. Biden replied. “I think he would be ill-advised to do that.”

A few weeks later, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explained the administration’s solution to the threat of an Iranian bomb: “For Israel to get the kind of strong support it’s looking for vis-à-vis Iran it can’t stay on the sideline with respect to the Palestinians and the peace efforts . . . they go hand-in-hand.”

And on May 10, National Security Advisor James Jones spelled it out further. “We understand Israel’s preoccupation with Iran as an existential threat. We agree with that. . . . By the same token, there are a lot of things that you can do to diminish that existential threat by working hard towards achieving a two-state solution.”

By what reasoning has the administration decided that pushing Israel to permit a new Palestinian state would — in any way — diminish the threat from Iran? Do they believe that Iran’s (or, I should say, the Iranian leadership’s) genocidal hostility toward Israel is the result of lack of progress toward an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza? Will the Iranian leadership, which has characterized Israel as a “cancerous tumor,” declared that “Israel must we wiped off the map,” and promised that “Israel is destined for destruction and will soon disappear,” change its mind if Israel enters into negotiations with the Palestinians?

“Obama will be a great friend to Israel.” So said a Jewish Democrat in a pre-election debate with me.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: bho44; democrats; dhimmicrats; iran; israel; monacharen; obama; wot
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To: listenhillary

...And the flea bitten camel he rode in on!


21 posted on 05/12/2009 11:05:08 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: livius

It’s a typo. It should read, “Obama will be a great fiend to Israel.”


22 posted on 05/12/2009 11:06:06 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Isaiah 5:20..It’s in the Book..


23 posted on 05/12/2009 11:07:24 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Bobalu

Actually, we noticed that the president in that movie looked more like MICHELLE Obama than Barry...


24 posted on 05/12/2009 11:08:35 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, Bowman later)
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To: DownInFlames

Plenty of ammo on the Cabela’s site, eh?
Then why has my order been on backorder for 2 months?


25 posted on 05/12/2009 11:09:51 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, Bowman later)
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To: Nachum
The DemocRATs would vote for satan himself it he was a DemocRAT

Why not? They're already directly doing everything Satan wants done.

26 posted on 05/12/2009 11:10:46 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, Bowman later)
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To: HighlyOpinionated

Seriously, the only solution to the Palis is to give them a 72 hour notice, then carpet bomb everywhere they were living, then set up guarded, mined border fences.

There is NO WAY to live in the same place as someone who insists on your death or enslavement.

We’re seeing this here with our own homegrown fascists.


27 posted on 05/12/2009 11:12:48 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, Bowman later)
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To: MrB

Yes, for 62 years, Israel has been turning the other cheek, giving, giving and giving the Muslims land, guns, medical care, food, free schooling through university, infrastructure and getting only hate and terrorism in return. It’s time for Israel to take care of Israel and get peace with justice for Israelis.


28 posted on 05/12/2009 11:23:11 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: pabianice
Chicken Pellet Jews

Fixed.

29 posted on 05/12/2009 11:33:20 AM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: sheik yerbouty
It’s a typo. It should read, “Obama will be a great fiend to Israel

You're absolutely right! Silly me!

30 posted on 05/12/2009 12:16:51 PM PDT by livius
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To: reaganaut1

Note from self to Israel:

PLEASE take good care of yourself-—you will be a very important part of the future world which will NO LONGER have NObama to screw things up.


31 posted on 05/12/2009 12:28:46 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: reaganaut1

0bama wants Israel to islam?


32 posted on 05/12/2009 1:47:25 PM PDT by combat_boots (When the government controls the captial, all that is left is tyranny. Tagline by Redwarning.)
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To: reaganaut1

Tell obama to shut up and turn Iran into a glass parking lot!!!


34 posted on 05/12/2009 11:31:16 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: justiceseeker93; FARS; nuconvert; Ernest_at_the_Beach

35 posted on 05/12/2009 11:38:39 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: PhilDragoo

Lol


36 posted on 05/13/2009 4:08:25 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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