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*Hey, isn't our government broke or something? I mean, Geithner just the
other day was screaming about the sky falling if we didn't raise the debt
ceiling. So, why is the Obama administration continuing to shell out our
money to every Tom, Dick, and Harry that comes around?:*
*Peace In Our Weekend*
*CFP <http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/36734> - Daniel
Greenfield*
Haven’t you always wanted to send your money directly to imprisoned
terrorists? Well now you can thanks to cooperation between the Obama
Administration and the Palestinian
Authority<http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=5001>which
will now be paying salaries to imprisoned terrorists. The PA doesn’t have
much of a tax base, except the Americans, Israelis and Europeans who serve
as their tax base.
A law published in the official Palestinian Authority Registry last month
grants all Palestinians and Israeli Arabs imprisoned in Israel for terror
crimes a monthly salary from the PA.
The latest US contribution to the PA budget\Adopt a Terrorist is a quarter
of a billion.
Is all that money worth it? Well let’s do the math. Obama is trying to win
over the Muslim world. His approval rating is down across the Muslim world.
But in the Palestinian Authority, he’s actually up by 3
points<http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/05/poll-palestinian-arabs-prefer-al-qaeda.html>.
What’s some 250 million to pay the salaries of terrorists in order to get a
three point approval hike from… terrorists.
Obama shouldn’t pop the Halal champagne just yet. Al Qaeda is still 10
points
ahead<http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/05/poll-palestinian-arabs-prefer-al-qaeda.html>of
him. But with enough money, he could get to within 5 points of Osama
bin
Laden.
In other good news, Osama Obama helped take down Egypt’s somewhat moderate
government and only ended up with a three point approval hike in Egypt. What
does the man have to do to get some Muslim respect? Put on a turban and make
videos denouncing America?
How about 1 out of 2.
SPEECH, SPEECH
Obama hit up the Latinos and then will head off to hit up the Jews at AIPAC.
But Latinos weren’t too thrilled despite Obama’s endorsement of the DREAM
Act. They read it for what it is, a politically motivated campaign stop.
And the Israel section of the speech was just an elaboration of the musical
version of it recorded a while back.
watch?v=kSQnfSfAsPM
His Arab Spring section was equally hollow. A collection of platitudes
aspiring to historicity. Swollen with the cliches of the Arab Spring. The
Israel section has gotten the most attention, which is not what Obama and
his speechwriters intended. This was supposed to boost his foreign policy
credentials and reach out to Muslims. Again.
But the speech was more revealing in what it didn’t say.
The United States supports a set of universal rights. And these rights
include free speech, the freedom of peaceful assembly, the freedom of
religion, equality for men and women under the rule of law, and the right to
choose your own leaders -– whether you live in Baghdad or Damascus, Sanaa or
Tehran.
That last bit endorsed democracy in Syria, Yemen and Iran. But avoided
mentioning Bahrain, where a Sunni minority allied to Saudi Arabia rules.
Instead Obama called for the Bahraini government to work together with the
opposition and stop arresting and suppressing protests. It’s a basic
difference that shows a double standard.
His new justification for continuing the Libyan war, without congressional
authorization, was even more hollow
Had we not acted along with our NATO allies and regional coalition partners,
thousands would have been killed. The message would have been clear: Keep
power by killing as many people as it takes
Thousands? Seriously. Hypothetical thousands. That would have been a slow
day in the park for Saddam. And yet Obama opposed a war to remove Saddam
from power.
Obama did give a shout out to the Copts
Such tolerance is particularly important when it comes to religion. In
Tahrir Square, we heard Egyptians from all walks of life chant, “Muslims,
Christians, we are one.” America will work to see that this spirit prevails
-– that all faiths are respected, and that bridges are built among them. In
a region that was the birthplace of three world religions, intolerance can
lead only to suffering and stagnation. And for this season of change to
succeed, Coptic Christians must have the right to worship freely in Cairo,
just as Shia must never have their mosques destroyed in Bahrain.
But clearly he doesn’t understand what the word Must means. Not when he’s
giving Egypt a blank check on aid and backing up his call for Coptic freedom
with nothing except some hollow chatter about bridge building.
Taken together the speech reminds me of a New York Times article on the
region. Full of glowing sentiment, humanitarian impulses and nothing on tap
but talk of pumping money into a dry well.
The signals on Israel were more mixed and often subtle. Obama defined Israel
as a core interest and then went on to say that America had to move beyond
core interests and commitments to friends and partners, and engage the
broader aspirations of Muslims.
He once again blamed the conflict for larger problems in the Middle East,
though he did it in more understated terms, but the same slander that the
last year’s turmoil has disproved was still there.
The phrasing also dispensed blame in a particular pattern. “Israeli
settlement activity continues. Palestinians have walked away from talks.”
The implication being that the former caused the latter. There is no mention
of continuing terrorism.
Obama goes on to push for more progress, despite events in the region. Plays
the “Tough Love” card by saying, “But precisely because of our friendship,
it’s important that we tell the truth: The status quo is unsustainable, and
Israel too must act boldly to advance a lasting peace.”
The ‘too’ is a farcical touch, as it implies that he has laid out something
bold that the other side must do. When all he’s done is mention that they
should stop the violence and recognize Israel. Existing obligations that
they never met.
Of course the status quo is unsustainable. But the status quo is the peace
process and the splinter terrorist state stabbed into Israel’s heart. And
all Obama is doing is calling for a perpetuation of it.
The next section ramped up the hostility
The international community is tired of an endless process that never
produces an outcome. The dream of a Jewish and democratic state cannot be
fulfilled with permanent occupation.
The ‘international community’, the royal diplomatic we, is tired. And it’s
Israel fault. Of course. The dream has actually been fulfilled already. But
not according to Obama, which tells us more about his view of Israel, than
he meant us to know.
Now, ultimately, it is up to the Israelis and Palestinians to take action.
No peace can be imposed upon them—not by the United States; not by anybody
else…
The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states,
with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and
permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. We believe the borders of Israel
and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps,
so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. The
Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach their
full potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state.
The contradiction isn’t too hard to spot. We won’t impose it, but we believe
this is what has to be done.
Of course it’s not possible for both Israel and Terroristine to be
contiguous states at the same time.
Now, let me say this: Recognizing that negotiations need to begin with the
issues of territory and security does not mean that it will be easy to come
back to the table. In particular, the recent announcement of an agreement
between Fatah and Hamas raises profound and legitimate questions for
Israel: How can one negotiate with a party that has shown itself unwilling
to recognize your right to exist? And in the weeks and months to come,
Palestinian leaders will have to provide a credible answer to that question.
Ah a question. There’s no statement that the Palestinian Authority cannot
maintain such an agreement with Hamas, rather their representatives need to
have a credible answer for why they should be able to maintain such an
agreement.
This is the closest to a pointed demand that gets made of Terroristine. Most
of the responsibility gets placed on Israel. Again.
The speech could have been worse, but it’s generally on par with what Obama
has been saying all along. Which is, “We’re ignoring the Bush era oral
agreement. We demand that Israel solve the situation with more concessions.
Israel is to blame for 70 percent of the problem, but maybe the other side
gets 30 percent of the blame.”
The only saving grace is that O didn’t explicitly call for dividing
Jerusalem, and that was only because it’s an election season. But since his
policies compel it anyway, it’s less of a saving grace and more of a
calculated dishonesty.
Caroline Glick gets to the heart of the
matter<http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2011/05/obamas-abandonment-of-america.php>
Quite simply, Obama’s speech represents the effective renunciation of the
US’s right to have and to pursue national interests. Consequently, his
speech imperils the real interests that the US has in the region - first and
foremost, the US’s interest in securing its national security.
Obama pays lip service to US interests, but then quickly dismisses them by
saying that winning over Muslims has to be the larger goal.
So US short term interests, like for instance preventing terrorist attacks
against itself or its interests, will have to be sacrificed for the greater
good of bringing the Muslim Brotherhood to power in democratic elections.
By equating US long term interests, with Muslim short term interests, our
interests are now those of Islam.
>From Mark
>Steyn<http://www.ruthfullyyours.com/2011/05/20/mark-steyn-on-barack-obamas-israel-problem/>
If you have the Western faculty lounge attitude, which is the sewer that
Obama has been marinated in, in his entire adult life, then 1967 matters far
more than 1973 or 1948, or 1922, because 1967 is, as the faculty lounge left
see it, the moment when the Israeli occupation began. Why, by the way, did
it begin? It began because Israel’s neighbors launched another disastrous
war on them. The enemy, Israel’s enemies are incompetent at fighting
conventional war. And they discovered that actually instead of sending your
troops into battle and keep losing their wars, why not instead play Western
public opinion like a fiddle,
They’re incompetent at fighting us too, but they freed more terrorists using
the ACLU and Hollywood, than they did with bombs.
I would say the history of modern Western, liberal Jews is that they vote
against their own, not only Israel’s best interests, but their own best
interests. So you see that with the increasing number of self-loathing Jews
in Britain, for example, who write to the Guardian on Israel’s birthday
every year saying how they now regard the foundation of the state of Israel
as a grotesque error.
This however is where a common mistake gets made. They are not voting
against their interests, no more than any other group of liberals are. Their
identity is liberal, not Jewish. They loathe Israel as good progressives are
supposed to do. With an extra dose of loathing because they happened to be
born into a culture and DNA set despised by good progressives. Which means
they have to work harder to prove their bona fides to the Party.
Andrew Bostom cites Alan
West<http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/05/20/a-man-educates-a-manchild%E2%80%94allen-west-responds-to-obama%E2%80%99s-demands-on-israel/>and
further analysis from Tevi Troy at National
Review
Online<http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/267673/three-reasons-obamas-speech-will-worry-jewish-community-tevi-troy>
Second is that Obama did not demand an end to Palestinian misbehavior so
much as predict, in a removed way, that such behavior will not serve them
well:
Obama is big on the passive voice.
>From Jennifer Rubin at the Washington
Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/obamas-speech-falls-short/2011/03/29/AF0YyK7G_blog.html>
No mention made of the liberation of 40 million Iraqis or that the Freedom
Agenda began under his predecessor. As always, the world begins anew with
Obama, and specifically with his Cairo speech.
As for the Arab Spring, Obama’sspinners engaged in some false advertising.
In a conference call yesterday, they suggested aid would be linked to reform
and pro-Western behavior… But the cash will flow immediately:
Reforms… we don’t need no stinking reforms.
Obama stated it was U.S. policy that the final agreement would be 1967
borders with land swaps. In the past the parties were already negotiating
and Israel had offered this. Now it is a precondition to further talks.
This is a key point. Obama sets preconditions on Israel which force a new
set of concessions beyond those preconditions. By recognizing the 67
borders, Obama again violates the Bush era oral agreement and makes any
Israel presence beyond 67 contingent on yet more concessions and
Terroristine agreement.
The president rewards bad behavior by serving up a border plan just after
the Hamas-Fatah unity government and in the same week that Mahmoud Abbas
essentially declared perpetual war against Israel. On the positive side he
did talk about a demilitarized Palestinian state.
Of course we’ve been talking about that forever. And the state has only
gotten more militarized. US governments provide weapons and training to over
a 100,000 terrorists and then talk about demilitarization.
Obama issued a fine rebuke to unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.
Absent, however, was what he is going to do about it.
Same thing he’s going to do if Copts are persecuted. Send the Muslims more
money.
Finally Pamela Geller cuts to the
chase<http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/05/obamas-middle-east-speech-a-moment-of-ruination-weakness-and-betrayal.html>
Obama called for the tiny Jewish state to cut itself up into tiny pieces and
retreat to indefensible 1967 borders. Since the re-establishment of the
state of Israel, she has fought off Muslim invasions and war. Never at any
time did the Muslim world of over 56 countries recognize Israel’s right to
exist.
Obama called for “contiguous” borders between Gaza, the West Bank and the
Golan Heights—cutting Israel in half again to give the Jew-hating Muslims
one large and connected chunk of Israel ...
What other nation has ever had to give land away? What other nation has had
its “legitimacy” questioned by the world? What other nation has done more
with less? What other nation has to justify its existence? Basta!
The ‘67 borders are indefensible.
These days even the post Camp David borders don’t look all that defensible.
Not without a preemptive strike.
There’s a more extensive roundup of articles at Ruthfully
Yours<http://www.ruthfullyyours.com/>
But good news. Obama is sending Penny
Pritzker<http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2011/05/maybe-he-can-borrow-some-money-from.html>,
that nice lady whose hotel hosted
Ahmadinejad<http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/09/obamas-money-cz.html>,
to talk to Jews. Talk about not getting it. Maybe he should send her to
raise money from Ahmadinejad. Since his advisers may be
wizards<http://backyardconservative.blogspot.com/2011/05/ahmadinejad-allies-charged-with-sorcery.html>,
maybe they can magic up some gold for him.
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