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WSJ: What is Obama thinking by attacking Israel ?
Hot Air ^ | MARCH 15, 2010 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 03/15/2010 12:08:16 PM PDT by RobinMasters

Either the Obama administration has really decided to throw Israel under the bus, or … well, what other interpretation can be made from their rhetoric on settlements in Jerusalem? The Wall Street Journal scratches its head to wonder why Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton have chosen this particular time to issue condemnations of Israel, just when Obama would probably like to have some influence to keep them from striking Iran. From their perspective, it looks like an attempt to meddle in Israel’s electoral politics:

When it comes to Israel, however, the Administration has no trouble rising to a high pitch of public indignation. On a visit to Israel last week, Vice President Joe Biden condemned an announcement by a mid-level Israeli official that the government had approved a planning stage—the fourth out of seven required—for the construction of 1,600 housing units in north Jerusalem. Assuming final approval, no ground will be broken on the project for at least three years.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; wsj
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To: RobinMasters

Obama is a muzzie. Attacking jews is what they do.


21 posted on 03/15/2010 12:32:43 PM PDT by Dewey Revoltnow (Worst. Community. Organizer. Ever!)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw; Mrs. B.S. Roberts

Listen and learn, please. There were and are 22% of the American Jews who had not and have not lost their ability for rational thought.
I have a lengthening list of people whose complaints receive from me the reply,”Shut up..you are getting exactly what you proudly voted for!!”


22 posted on 03/15/2010 12:32:51 PM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf ( NY Times: We print the news as it fits our views.)
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To: rae4palin
Those of you who believe in Scripture realize that this isn’t going to turn out well for Obama and our nation.

Correct. God will no longer bless and protect this nation.
23 posted on 03/15/2010 12:34:23 PM PDT by Dewey Revoltnow (Worst. Community. Organizer. Ever!)
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To: RobinMasters

Everyone should take cover:

“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:3


24 posted on 03/15/2010 12:35:20 PM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: RobinMasters

What’s the possibility that this is just a ploy to claim no involvement when Israel finally attacks Iran???


25 posted on 03/15/2010 12:36:12 PM PDT by HeDidWhat?
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To: RobinMasters

Obama’s motto is WWMD. What Would Marx Do.


26 posted on 03/15/2010 12:36:37 PM PDT by rae4palin (islam is of the devil)
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To: RobinMasters

Once one accepts the idea that NObama is a Muslim, his attitude toward Israel is very understandable.


27 posted on 03/15/2010 12:37:27 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

“He is looking for some mistake by his partner that he can use to torpedo the relationship. He needs a blow-up so he can walk away yet put the blame for the break-up on Israel!”

Of course, the good news is that this may signal the U.S. has gotten intelligence (or even been officially advised behind closed doors) of Israel’s intent to attack Iran. Dissing Israel now is simply paving the way for Obama to say to I’mANutJob “Don’t blame ME!” so that he will retaliate exclusively against Israel rather than against Israel, Iraq and/or gulf shipping.

A more benign interpretation is that Israel plans to attack and U.S. plans to assist (or at least look the other way as Israel overflies Iraq to reach its targets). Treating Israel badly is thus a feint designed to lead I’mANutJob that no attack is forthcoming (since he presumably calculates an attack without U.S. cooperation would be too risky for Israel) and/or give the U.S. “plausible deniability” about its own involvement.

Given Obama’s history and worldview, the first explanation seems much more plausible than the second. But in that case, the administration’s behavior also may have nothing to do with an Israeli attack.


28 posted on 03/15/2010 12:43:21 PM PDT by DrC
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To: RobinMasters

Is this a trick question....because you use the word THINKING


29 posted on 03/15/2010 12:44:33 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: RobinMasters

Obama is not a thinker, he is a destroyer.


30 posted on 03/15/2010 12:44:36 PM PDT by mulligan
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To: infowarrior

His master’s voice?

John 8:44


31 posted on 03/15/2010 12:45:53 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: JohnBrowdie
he is thinking that kim il-jung, huge chavez, and mahmoud ahmadinejad have been beating him like a nerdy kid at a biker rally, so he had to find someone he could bully.

naturally, he picked the only stable democracy in the middle east.


32 posted on 03/15/2010 12:46:44 PM PDT by humblegunner (*)
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To: truthandlife

I pray that the retribution is “selective”...


33 posted on 03/15/2010 12:47:04 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: RobinMasters
What is Obama thinking?

Allahu akhbar, of course.

34 posted on 03/15/2010 12:48:25 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Let tyrants shake their iron rod, and slavery clank her galling chains)
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To: humblegunner

nobody likes a grammar nazi


35 posted on 03/15/2010 12:51:05 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: MrB
Exactly...

the infowarrior

36 posted on 03/15/2010 12:54:14 PM PDT by infowarrior
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To: RobinMasters

he is thinking “I only have eight months left to implement as much Socialist havoc as possible.”


37 posted on 03/15/2010 12:55:46 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: JohnBrowdie
nobody likes a grammar nazi

Nobody takes illiterates seriously.

38 posted on 03/15/2010 12:55:51 PM PDT by humblegunner (*)
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To: infowarrior

Satan?


39 posted on 03/15/2010 12:56:45 PM PDT by midnightcat
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To: rae4palin
Those of you who believe in Scripture realize that this isn’t going to turn out well for Obama and our nation.

Of course. Furthermore those who believe in Scripture likewise realize that as painful and abhorent as this is, it is likewise completely necessary, for G-d's plan to be fully realized. Thus, while we shake our heads in sadness, we lift up our eyes to the heavens, from which our salvation comes...

the infowarrior

40 posted on 03/15/2010 12:58:12 PM PDT by infowarrior
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