Israel, For Real.
May 24, 2011 by Ben Crystal Give President Barack Obama credit. Having proved himself the most domestic policy-impaired president since Jimmy Carter "lusted in his heart" (if not since Warren Harding got his Teapot Domed), Obama has evidently decided to set his sights overseas. Bad luck for the citizens of our best strategic ally in Middle East. As of Thursday, Israel had to take a backseat to Obama's visceral need to appease anyone with a dishdasha and a dream. >From the opposite perspective, bad luck for Obama. Of all the populations he might have thrown under the bus, he chose the group which has won the "Most Likely to Refuse to be Annihilated" award for about 4,000 years running. The people of Israel have been around, in various iterations, since Obama's ancestors were running the Honolulu (or Nairobi) chapter of ACORN. To put a fine point on it: They're a tough kill. For those who doubt the veracity of that last statement, ask most of Israel's neighbors. When Obama submarined Israel last week, endorsing a Palestinian state which would be demarcated by what Obama called the "pre-1967" borders, he was simultaneously sticking his thumb in Israel's eye and proving himself to be as poor a student of history as so many others who have given the mythical "Palestinian State" credit for borders which never really existed. Prior to 1967, the territory which Obama and those who would choose to appease Islamofascism didn't belong to "Palestine," it was simply in a region known as "Palestine." The land Obama unsuccessfully tried to force Israel to hand over to the same people who have benefitted from the Arab world's unremitting warmongering belonged to Jordan, Syria and Egypt in 1967. In fact, peruse the history books, and you will discover the so-called "chosen people" have been around the Levant for the better part of four millennia, giving them a 2,400-year head start on Obama's new best friends. True, Israel has occasionally offered less-than-magnificent moments as our allies. I'm old enough to remember Jonathan Pollard. Nonetheless, compared to the rest of the Middle Eastern nations, Israel is a rock, a redoubt, a reliable friend in a region of the world in which most of our "friends" are flightier than the White House Press Corps. And yet, the President of the United States cast his lot with the same lunatics who celebrate murdering Israeli children the way I celebrate getting a bottle of 18-year-old The Macallan for Christmas. These are the same folks who freely elected a terrorist group - Hamas - to run their "government." Hamas, in turn, broadcasts a children's television program featuring a nightmarish knockoff of Mickey MouseT who teaches the kiddies to kill. I'm guessing. everyone. (His name is "Farfur," which translates from the original Islamofascist as "Unnaturally Short Lifespan.") To be fair, there's a great deal about the Jewish faith which doesn't really work for me. And I'm not just talking about the fact that my mother's linguine with white clam sauce is verboten on the kosher menu. But Israel, which often serves as the geopolitical proxy for Judaism, faces a daily existence which entails a great deal more than simple dietary restrictions. Its neighbors want Israelis dead, and its best friend just surprised it with the news that he's going to the neighbor's house for dinner. For those of you who ask "where are they (the Palestinians) supposed to live?" I would respond: "Since they find sharing a region with the Israelis so appalling, how about one of those fine countries that is so quick to bolster their efforts to annihilate Israel?" The Iranians and Syrians (among others) seem quite happy to offer training and financial assistance to Hamas and the other homicidal/suicidal circus freaks; perhaps they should be amenable to putting some fresh rugs down in the guest mosque. Tragically, the President of the United States isn't standing behind our strongest (and some might say "only true") ally in the Middle East because he's "got their back." Instead, he's standing there because it's an easier way to stick a knife in their ribs. The Israelis can take it; but they shouldn't have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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