Posted on 05/30/2010 2:15:53 PM PDT by Ben Mugged
Washington's unprecedented backing for a UN resolution for a nuclear-free Middle East that singles out Israel has both angered and deeply worried the Jewish state although officials are cagey about openly criticising their biggest ally.
The resolution adopted by the United Nations on Friday calls on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and urges it to open its facilities to inspection.
It also calls for a regional conference in 2012 to advance the goal of a nuclear-free Middle East.
Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, with around 200 warheads, but has maintained a policy of deliberate ambiguity about its capabilities since the mid-1960s.
The document, which singles out Israel but makes no mention of Iran's controversial nuclear programme, drew a furious reaction from the Jewish state who decried it as "deeply flawed and hypocritical."
But it was US backing for the resolution which has caused the most consternation among Israeli officials and commentators, who interpreted the move as "a resounding slap around the face" which has dealt a very public blow to Israel's long-accepted policy of nuclear ambiguity.
Publicly, the Israel government has not criticised the US position but privately, officials expressed deep disappointment over the resolution, which Washington backed despite intensive Israeli efforts to block it.
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This deserves to be in Breaking News.
It happened on the Friday before Memorial Day, no coincidence! There was no mention of it on any “news” show yesterday, as far as I know.
Every American needs to know that Obama is throwing every Israeli under the Iranian bus.
You're wasting your breath. They're to selfish to care.
Israel will never submit to the UN on this issue.
Unfortunately for leftist Jews n this country it is more important to be leftist than anything else. White leftists have taken on a nihilistic suicidal philosophy that can only end in their liquidation. Unfortunately they want the rest of us to join them as well.
This is totally outrageous, but we knew it would happen.
I work with a Jewish woman who is a very committed ObaMao supporter. She and her family are taking a trip of a lifetime to Israel wihin the next couple weeks. I wonder if her ardor for ObaMao will cool after she hears first hand what damage he has done to Israel. Probably not, though, as she is a devout lefty.
“I think he’s unquestionably an anti-Semite. How else to explain Jeremiah Wright?”
I don’t think there is any doubt he is an anti-Semite.
“Did you nuke the jews yet, Daddy?”
I honestly don’t think they will let Dinner Jacket off his leash. If/when Ahmanutjob tosses his one, Isreal will retliate. No more muzzies.
“I don’t think there is any doubt he is an anti-Semite.”
Fortunately, support for Israel is very strong in the US. Whenever Obama’s anti-Semitism has started to spill over into policy he’s had to do damage control. If he tries anything really overt, he will anger the almost the entire evangelical community. That is a fight he doesn’t want to pick.
LOL. Come on, tell us how you really feel!
ping
Obama is your enemy, not the citizens of The United States.
“Did you nuke the jews yet, Daddy?”
Brilliant, hahaaaa.
Anyone who doesn't understand that Obama is anti-Semitic is dead stupid.
Obama's first speech was to the Muslim world. He admitted he was a Muslim but that was supposed to be a slip of the tongue. He also said that the Muslim Call to Prayer was the prettiest sound on Earth. You would have to be braindead to not believe Obama is a Muslim.
Any Muslim that defeats Israel would sit pretty with the ME.
Imagine the power of a man who straddled the two most significant modern world powers: America and Islam.
Exactly!
When Obama says he wants a “nuclear-free Middle East,” what he means is he wants a nuclear-free Israel. Iran can do as they please, in Obama’s demented world.
Until then we yield to the Lord's sovereignty.
"...This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men." Daniel 4:17
Trials in patience, trials in perseverance, as we and our Jewish friends endure the Democrats failure of ideas.
Israel must survive long enough for us to rid ourselves of the LIEberal/Socialsi/Marxist/FAscist Bastards who have taken over our government.
Hang tough, Israel. Help will not be on the way until January, 2013.
Is it 2012 yet?
I don’t like that word “recoils” referring to Israel.
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