Posted on 12/24/2016 12:55:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson
The United States could have killed a key United Nations resolution that condemned Israel for its West Bank settlements by voting against it rather than abstaining, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Friday night, but he thinks President Barack Obama took the action to "box the incoming Trump administration in."
"This was a stab in the back against the Israelis," Bolton told Fox News' "Hannity" show Friday night. "It was entirely predictable. I would say this for people in the pro-Israel community in the United States who defended Obama's Middle East policy over these last eight years: You should have seen this coming and this is what you get for supporting Barack Obama."
Obama has had a contentious relationship with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the years, Bolton conceded, but he thinks the administration's decision to abstain from the UN vote on Friday goes deeper than that.
"I think this was an effort to box the in-coming Trump administration in, and it violates nearly 50 years of American bipartisan policy on the Middle East, going back to the iconic resolution 242 after the 1967 war."
The proposed resolution says Israel's occupation is "illegitimate," said Bolton, and "therefore it has no land to give back in exchange for peace. Contrary to what the Obama administration has said, this puts a huge thumb on the scale against Israel."
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Corksucker, he is.....
Think Clinton Foundation scenario.
Obama needs money to fund his leftist anti-American agenda. He is a lame duck. He still has presidential protections. Wonder what his bank accounts will show.
I agree. What a snake.
Actually it kills the Democrats. Trump will change things and recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital effectively killing a two state solution.
a well paid snake.
However, if the box is defunded, the problem disappears
He’s your typical Jew-hating Muslim head chopper. I knew it from day 1. Liberals are just too stupid to spot it.
good point, Obozo’s funds will swell with Gulf State payments now.... the scumbag knows what he is doing (from his sicko perspective)
When it comes to strategy, Obama is a rank amateur next to Trump.
Trump has humiliated Obama ta every turn! Why do these Marxists never learn a lesson ?
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.
Let the box be defunded.
The POS has to be the POS he’s always been...those mooslems close to him expect it and will not be disappointed
In 1981 the West was led by Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II.They defeated communism. In 2011 the West was led by Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Pope Francis. Militant Islam thrives.
Trump will fix it. 0bama is nothing more than a penny-ante operator following bad plans fed to him by his enablers.
Agreed.
A social justice warrior who never held a job vs An American success story who worked his ass of for everything he has.
Boxed in? By that Dumbass. Lol.
They’ll never recognize Israel. Big problem.
A failure that has aspects of becoming a winner, so I am hoping for failure in this instance. Instead of cut though, I advocate for total refusal to contribute.
Obama made sure there was plenty of room at Gitmo.
Let’s send him there!
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