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Wednesday update: The Administration just announced the collapse of peace talks between Hamas and Israel, proving the point of this post. If you were to talk to the Egyptians and the Israelis, John Kerry is not wanted in the Middle East, . So why did he decide to go . . . . . . . . anyway?
First, most obviously, he has to go in order to save face, and he has quite a face to save. He is our Secretary of State, but commands no respect as a member of this do-nothing and duplicitous Administration. In view of that reality, his first job is to pretend that leaders are listening, that the US has a meaningful place at the bargaining table, that people listen and believe our word, that we are consistent allies of whoever . . . . . none of this being true, of course, hence I write of the need to "pretend."
Secondly, the Administration has decided to ride the fence when it comes to assessing blame. On the one hand, Obama and Company, have no choice but to admit that Israel has a right to protect its citizens. On the other hand, apparently, Israel is not allowed to kill anyone in mounting that defense, certainly it is not allowed to kill more than the death total of Hamas. Kerry is one of the most vigorous critics of the one-sided death toll in this mini-war. And he is in the Middle East as a representative for "fairness" in combat, a position that benefits ONLY Hamas, in this case. Understand that "fairness" is the reason we cut and ran from Iraq and lost the Afghan War.
Third, Hamas and the Obama administration are allies of the Muslim Brotherhood, Israel and Egypt are not. To be clear, when I write that the US is an ally of the Brotherhood, an impossible statement to some reading this post, keep in mind that the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood visited the White House by invitation (August 5, 2012), and Obama supported their takeover of Egypt, after he (Obama) destabilized that nation's existing government.
Is it possible that this "alliance" is one sided and not mutual? As crazy as that sounds, I believe that this is not only possible, but the reality. Such is an extension of the Obama Doctrine on Unilateralism. He believes that, given time, unilateral action and support (usually in the form of financial aid) will have a mutual benefit, that the "enemy" will eventually see the good nature of the United States leadership, and become agreeable to our "peace agenda." Unilateralism is not a new tactic. Jimmy Carter believed in it's importance and made a huge mess of things. Bill Clinton's Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright once stated, "It is unfair that we [the US] are the only super power in the world, today" and is speaking out against Irael, as recently as yesterday, saying "Israel is over-doing it" as to its war tactic in the present crisis. Of course, the "peace at any price" crowd has no examples of success in this stated nonsense, but they continue to believe in the higher values of the human spirit, even in communities such as the butchers who practice Islamic Jihad.
In the end, Kerry's sarcasm as to Israel, exposed with the recent open mic episode (see the video), proves his true allegiance and is the "rest of the story" as we try to understand Middle East
opposition to this Administration and the Israeli/Egyptian distrust of the American President and his side kick - a traitor, in his own right, to the soldiers of the Viet Nam war days.
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Imagine no religion...nothing to kill or die for.
ReplyDeleteThe words of a coward. Plenty to die for - this once great nation, certain freedoms, my home, Marxist agression, etc.
ReplyDeleteIsrael is barren. Move the Israelis to Croatia, or Morroco, they deserve an upgrade. As long as they are in Israel, there will be no peace. Not big on religion especially when it creates wars and death.
ReplyDeleteIn short, the Marxist left, in partnership with specific Nazi related WW II policies, is what you have in the statement of "Anonymous," above. Case closed.
DeleteNot content with having ethnically cleansed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in 1948 and 1967 and not satisfied with owning eighty-two percent of Mandatory Palestine, every Israeli government since 1967 has built or expanded settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem while providing generous subsidies to the 600,000-plus Jews who have moved there in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
ReplyDeleteAll because of religion and some fictitious 'claim' to the area.
Religion, per se, has nothing to do with any of your referenced numbers. Israel was created via UN manifesto. The Palestinians immediately went to war with the new state. THEY initiated military action and have sworn never to stop until Israel has been wiped off the face of the earth. Such is a part of their national charter. THAT is the circumstance in which Israel was born, and continues to exist. My question is this: why does the Arab World continue to ignore the needs of the Palestinian people. Arabs own 95% of the land in the Middle East, yet they remain silent in thier support of the PLO.
DeleteMy advice? Take your Jew hating, Nazi agenda and retreat, before your foolishness overwhlems the readership. Hurry.
Israel commits war crimes
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/u-n-rights-chief-israel-may-be-committing-war-crimes-n162746
Israel should take over Gaza and end this nonsense, once and for all. Apparently you don't think using civilians as human shields, schools and mosques as arms storage centers, the roof-tops of its citizens, and the firing of 170 missiles per day, indiscriminately, into Israel, are war crimes. It is Hamas who has refused a cease-fire, and it Hamas who will not reast until Israel is destroyed.
DeleteSmithson promotes genocide against Palestinians.
DeleteHamas, the PLO, declared war on Israel and have made it a part of their national charter, to destroy Israel. I call that "gneocide." What Israel is doing, is simply defending itself. Indeed, me, I would fight the war to win the war and end the PLO's military aggression.. I would not not kill innocents, OF COURSE, but I would show no mercy to those who would kill me, if I were a Jew living in Israel . . . . period.
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ReplyDeleteI have deleted the above comment because the author has accused me of gross criminal acts for the sake of influencing those who read these debates. I know the reader can see through this idiotic rhetorical strategy, but sometimes, I really get tired of the immaturity of the respondent. Anonymous actually made a good point, but ended his response with a blatant lie, intentional in its presentation, and demeaning for the sake of being an ass.
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