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Obama stumped by Israel as all world’s problems arrive
London Times ^ | 9/19/2009 | Christina Lamb

Posted on 09/19/2009 7:40:05 PM PDT by Saije

IT was supposed to be the week President Barack Obama saved the world. More than 100 heads of state are preparing to descend on New York for talks on halting climate change, promoting nuclear disarmament, defeating terrorism in Pakistan and tackling poverty in sub-Saharan Africa — all before a G20 meeting in Pittsburgh on Friday aimed at reaching agreements on global financial regulation and curbing bankers’ bonuses.

The headline-grabber was expected to be the relaunch of the stalled Middle East peace process, to be followed a week later by America’s first direct talks with Iran since the Islamic revolution in 1979.

Instead, attempts to revive talks between Israelis and Palestinians, the cornerstone of the administration’s foreign policy, have failed so far...

Abbas told Mitchell he would not resume talks unless building was halted, according to the Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. The only hope now is that Obama himself will be able to salvage the situation...

“President Obama and I are very patient and very determined,” said Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state. “We know this is not an easy road for anyone to travel.”

She recalled the frustrated attempts at reaching a peace deal in 2000 when her husband Bill Clinton was president, a failure he blamed on the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat...

This time she appeared to suggest it was the Israelis who were being intransigent..."we expect both sides, not just one side, to be actively engaged and willing to work for that resolution.”

In recent cables from Washington to Jerusalem, senior Israeli diplomats have warned that Obama is losing patience and rethinking America’s whole relationship with Israel.

Already US officials have stopped regular consultations with the Israeli prime minister’s office and defence ministry over strategic issues in the Middle East.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhomiddleeast; clinton; israel; mhmmdnsm09192009; obama; un
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Barack Obama's going to run out of US allies to betray before he's even out of his first year in office. He needs to slow it down a little.
1 posted on 09/19/2009 7:40:09 PM PDT by Saije
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To: Saije

Israel, Poland, Czecs, Honduras..Hey step right up...who’s next?

Get that guy and his co-horts OUT.


2 posted on 09/19/2009 7:43:47 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: Saije

It is time for America to stop supporting terrorists,
slavers, importers of children for brothels, and those
that give them safe harbor.


3 posted on 09/19/2009 7:45:50 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: screaminsunshine

Lets hope that our military will draw the correct conclusions. And the CIA.


4 posted on 09/19/2009 7:45:58 PM PDT by Citizen Tom Paine
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To: Saije

Where the hell are all those rainbows and unicorns we were promised. The whole “globe” was supposed to love us by now.


5 posted on 09/19/2009 7:46:24 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans! "Behaving badly" since April 19, 1775!)
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To: Saije

This man and his staff are so in over their heads that this nation is in real danger. For the first time in my life I’m really scared for our freedom and survivability.


6 posted on 09/19/2009 7:46:42 PM PDT by TaMoDee
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To: Saije

Why should the Israelis cooperate with Bambi?

They have seen how he kowtows to dictators while throwing his precious allies under the bus.

He is as ignorant a player on the world stage as has ever been.


7 posted on 09/19/2009 7:47:35 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: Saije

This whole idea that Comrades Obamsky and Clintoniev are gonna bring peace to the middle east is just utterly laughable. Please tell me that NO ONE ALIVE actually believes any of their blather (or that of Abbas) at this point.


8 posted on 09/19/2009 7:48:11 PM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: TaMoDee

>> For the first time in my life I’m really scared for our freedom and survivability.

Sweating out three plus years with this joker at the helm is going to be tough, I’ll agree.

It’s in God’s hands now.


9 posted on 09/19/2009 7:48:35 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: Saije
“President Obama and I are very patient and very determined,” said Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state...who has been relegated to floating dignitary to the turd-world.
10 posted on 09/19/2009 7:49:14 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

I can see Vlad..Hey Barak I want to let you know we have your real birth certs and passport files..hey looks like you are not legit buddy. Do not worry we won’t tell just abandon Poland and let Iran have nukes. I promise that’s all we want....


11 posted on 09/19/2009 7:49:23 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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She recalled the frustrated attempts at reaching a peace deal in 2000 when her husband Bill Clinton was president

The Twofer always reminding the world they were once presidents.

Fat sow.

12 posted on 09/19/2009 7:49:25 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: Saije

I got news for those Israli diplomats sending those cables. Barrack “Hussein” Obama rethought the U.S. relationship with “them Jews” long before he ever got elected.


13 posted on 09/19/2009 7:49:51 PM PDT by NavVet
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To: Saije
IT was supposed to be the week President Barack Obama saved the world.

I'm sorry, but I just don't understand why people have these expectations of him.

14 posted on 09/19/2009 7:49:52 PM PDT by thecodont
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>> Please tell me that NO ONE ALIVE actually believes any of their blather

I bet Michelle and Chelsea do.

(I’ll be Billy Jeff Clintoon doesn’t, however. He’s crooked and slimy, but not totally stupid.)


15 posted on 09/19/2009 7:50:02 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

We need a Franco!

16 posted on 09/19/2009 7:50:23 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Nervous Tick

>> For the first time in my life I’m really scared for our freedom and survivability.

Sweating out three plus years with this joker at the helm is going to be tough, I’ll agree.

It’s in God’s hands now.
________________________________

I see only very bad things under this evil man.

Keep fighting...and prepare. And pray.


17 posted on 09/19/2009 7:52:08 PM PDT by unkus
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nah, we need a Reagan.


18 posted on 09/19/2009 7:53:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

Lets hope that our military will draw the correct conclusions. And the CIA.
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I firmly believe our military is going to step in.


19 posted on 09/19/2009 7:54:29 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Saije
There are two situations the Israeli's are faced with:

A. Obama hates them and betrays them

B. Obama likes them and betrays them

The Israeli's know they're on their own.

20 posted on 09/19/2009 7:57:40 PM PDT by ryan71 (Smells like a revolution)
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