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Obama: US committed to working with Mideast
Associated Press
Published: 04.06.09, 11:01
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1. mubarak is scared to death of iran and indeed hezbullah
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (06.04.09)
agents have been captured by the Egyptians in recent weeks. What does this brutal dictator do, help Israel keep hezbullah at bay and stay in office or vent his true hatred of Israel and get toppled? Of course he hates Israel. Egyptians make about two dollars a day and there are food shortages. He sees what success the Jews have had in turning a desert into a garden and he and his people have no skill to do the same. Poor Mubarak, caught between a rock and a hard place and in comes the American megalomaniac to give him a bit of pomp and ceremony. Will he give obumma all the help he asks for in his attempt to dominate Israel? Not if he wants to stay in charge he won't. It wouldn't be hard for Israel to help his enemies stick his tired old butt in a jail cell until he dies.
2. analysis !!!!!
analyst   (06.04.09)
the US is giving up on israel after the huge defeat they encountered by hizbullah , and now they are turning to the arab world for the support they need . sikoom , israel is not as strong as it has been , the arabs are catching up , and fast . if they where defeated by the few strong men of hizbullah , what would happen in a situation like the 6 day war , where a few arab countrys attacked israel ??? it would be destroyed ,and this would be a big shame for the all mighty US of A ...
3. Mubarak is not happy, with a reason.
ghostq   (06.04.09)
he knows to well Obama is not the one to make change, this is not child game but serious business and Obama just look like the one who will give the responsibility to someone else in his political party to do is job, Obama is not reliable person.
4. What is Obama trying to prove?
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (06.04.09)
Just like previous Presidents of the USA, President Obama is under the illusion that he can stop the hatred of Israel by Muslims in a few years. He just does not understand the basic principle that a piece of paper or an accord or an agreement between governments has any binding effect on the people that they are "supposed" to bring together. Presidents and governments come and go but the people are here to stay. The proof of this is in the rampant rebirth of anti-Semitism. Most countries condemn the hatred of Jews but their condemnation has absolutely no effect on people who still practice anti-Semitism, actively or passively, with words, hatred and abominable acts of violence. For there to be "peace" there has to be trust. The world constantly blames Israel's policies on the West Bank and, of course the "Settlers" violent behavior simply adds fuel to their accusations, for the lack of trust and hope or the Palestinians. No head of state has to date gone out on a limb and the said to Palestinians: "Cut the crap! Stop terror, stop killing Israelis and get the hell on with building your own lives instead of destroying those of others!" This would be a beginning of a "trust" building exercise. Israel doesn't have to prove a thing. Israel does not commit acts of terror. Israel does not kill children waiting for a bus or hitching a ride. Israel does not blow up buses, hotels, shopping mall and restaurants! Israel doesn’t carry out acts of terror in New York, London, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Bali and Mumbai. When and if the Palestinians decide to stop their violence, start building instead of destroying and realize that Israel is here to stay and that they cannot have our country, then and only then, President Obama, can we even think of "Peace". The Arabs started the War Against the Jews, now they must end it that state of war or bring further suffering and misery on their people.
5. Obama is comitted to destroying Israel!
freejay333 ,   Israel   (06.04.09)
HIs appeasement of Muslim rogue nations is very evident and worrying. What would you expect from Hussein?
6. #1 Egypt-Iran relation at its best since 30 years
observer   (06.04.09)
Egypt has been having cold relation with Iran since the Shah affair,30 years ago, till few years back when Egypt resumed relations with Iran. In fact, Egypt is qualified to be the number one mediator in the contemplated talk between the US and Iran, That is a part of the scary scenario Israel fears most. (It wouldn't be hard for Israel to help his enemies stick his tired old butt in a jail cell until he dies.) Well!, that would be considered a favor by a lot of people; most of them are in Egypt itself!
7. To #5
yehudi ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (06.04.09)
You make outrageous claims which you are unable to substantiate. What is your IQ?
8. Mideast is NOT the only problem
Brod ,   USA   (06.04.09)
Has Obama forgotten the other problems around the world? Has he forgotten the N. Korean nuke explosion and ICBM testings, Pakistan and the Taliban, Bin Laden still on the loose, Somali Islamist-Jihadist high sea thugs, Burma's oppression of its people, Islamist-Jihadist terrorism in Southern Thailand, Islamist-Jihadist terrorism in Southern Philippines, Ayatollahs' nuke and ICBM program, Islamist-Jihadist terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan? Why is he crusading the usurpation of Israel's historic homeland of Judea and Samaria for the Islamist-Jihadists? Why is he so focused on reducing Israel into an tiny indefensible enclave surrounded by a sea of Islamist-Jihadist enemies?
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