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Obama closing in on us
Eitan Haber
Published: 25.03.10, 23:36
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61. #45
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (03.26.10)
It depends. If it happened now, Israel would defeat the Arab armies, Iran would take over Iraq and the Persian Gulf and oil will cost $200 a barrel. US economy fails. If it happened after an embargo on Israel while the US supplies the Arabs with weapons and "Blackwater" mercenaries to use them? Israel will cease to exist, Iran would take over Iraq and the Persian Gulf and oil will cost $200 a barrel. US economy fails. It won't matter whether Israel is blamed or not, your president will come on his knees to Ahmadinejad.
62. Hes a lame duck...just doesnt know it yet
Richard ,   USA   (03.26.10)
Obama and the democrates are finished. We will vote him and his gang out. Fished. Through. Gone to the pages of history.
63. Obama closing in on us- 8ton elephant
Lazerbenabba ,   London, England   (03.26.10)
I am sure most are aware of the old adage that of the elephant that was scared of the mouse, probably as it was concerned that it may run up it trunk. To extend this theme further, Israel is of course no mouse, perhaps in nation size yes, but it most definitely punches above its weight. The arrogance and the bullying tactics of Obama and his administration will backfire with a vengeance. The reality of world politics is that the Asian nations of India, China and others would take up the baton of genuine affiliation with Israel because of recognizable 'Real Politik'. Israel must remove the shackles of the phony friendship of the US, unlike the UK which still harbours the delusion of the special relationship.
64. to Elisabeth (56)
tiki ,   belgium   (03.26.10)
Elisabeth, an ambassador is not 'elected but appointed' by some party friends. A PM IS elected by the people. The 'behaviour of Obama, President of the "biggest and strongest nation, to a PM from a 'friendly country (so he sais), with the size of a poststamp, only shows what a primitiv and incapable person he really is. If Merkel would behave to JP that way, the Dutch would 'protest like one person and rightly so!
65. Strike Iran! Let U.S. clean up the mess!
Joey Rose ,   Portland   (03.26.10)
66. Obama is a one-term nincompoop...
Vinny ,   Brooklyn, N.Y.   (03.26.10)
who can afford to be ignored.
67. obama playing the giant
ed ,   reno,nevada,america   (03.26.10)
remember the last giant to mock Israel. he was taken down by a boy with a slingshot. i am an american who is sickened by our supposed leader who thinks he can mock G-D by trying to push arround His people. who is america that they think they have the right or the power to demand anything of Israel. i am ashamed to be an american as our government continues to bow down to the muslims and arabs.
68. Big lie - Obama said he supports united Jerusalem - link
Shay ,   USA   (03.26.10)
see link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cOJNC2EuJw
69. not so ,mr. haber!
OZ   (03.26.10)
obam is not american in the true sense of the term. he is a post- american president, with clear socalist, anti- capitlaist notions ,who hates israel no matter what it does. coming november, god's willing ,he'll be a lame duck nothing. yes ,he''l still be in a postion to hurt us ,but only temporarily. his conduct this week is asign of things to come. bibbi must show him the finger, otherwise , nobama will walk all over us ,even more harshly.
70. Thank you Mr President
observer ,   CA, USA   (03.26.10)
For acting in the interests of our country, our servicemen, and the safety of our people. The arrogance of Netanyahu is unbelievable, not only insulting Joe Biden to his face, but also announcing that he would be wrangling advanced weapons from President Obama on this visit. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1157844.html I'm relieved that President Obama is a real statesman who won't be played for a fool by warmongers like Netanyahu to advance their political ambitions while Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians alike pay the price.
71. What The Polls Show
Marty Mensch ,   Ocean, NJ   (03.26.10)
Bibi Netanyahu now leads Obama in several national polls to take the U.S. Presidency from him in the 1012 election. While Bibi can prove he is a U.S. citizen because he lived in Elkins Park, PA for many years, if in fact that should be disputed he holds a U.S. passport. Bibi pledges to give Americans the same healthcare his dad gets, who just turned 100. Bibi will furthermore, add 500 million new settlements across the United States to get the U.S. out of its construction slump. He will share Washington D.C. with the Palestinians, so they can use it as their capital for a future Palestinian state and the Obama’s would not have to feel they have to leave Washington. Bibi will have 3 million Palestinians from Gaza & the West Bank come to the U.S. to campaign for immigration reform. Bibi has asked Acorn to go to Israel to register Likud supporters so they can vote in the upcoming U.S. election. He will continue to require that all CIA personnel practice their Tennis. He will continue to set Tariffs on Gefilte Fish from Illinois to Israel, not recognizing the state as legally part of the U.S. & part of the Free Trade Agreement. Bibi will bid space on the security fence between Mexico & the U.S. to major world wide corporations for advertising purposes to pay off the large U.S debt. Bibi will settle the squabble between Democrats & Republicans by offering them a two state solutions. Whereas all blue states became Democrat & all Red states Republican, so the Republicans can hang the 10 commandments in the courts & the Democrats do not have to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. He will allow Hillary Clinton to continue her unwavering support for Israel as a volunteer at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He will ask Richard Goldstone to investigate the large number of civilian casualties that accrue in Washington DC by government personnel firing missiles disguised as automobiles. He will move Teva Pharmaceutical to Mexico, so the drug cartel can manufacture drugs legally. Bibi has started proximity talks between NFL’s commissioner Roger Goodell to build a stadium in Washington DC for the Congressional Bull, & Tony Perez who is CBS’ Fantasy Baseball Commissioner to start a U.S. Presidential Fantasy training camp for Obama. He has also taped Rod Blagojevich to sell the stadium seats. Bibi will return all territory falling back from Louisiana to what Jefferson described as enough territory to satisfy America’s expanding population “ For a 100 perhaps a 1,000 generations”. He will release all 2 million prisoners’ held in U.S. detention facilities to ease tension & build confidence among America’s neighborhoods.
72. Apology
AEC ,   Little Rock AR..USA   (03.26.10)
We are deeply saddened and horrified at the total lack of respect the Obama Administration has paid to our Friends. He does not speak for all Americans. Please accept our sincere apologies. We stand with Israel.
73. #71...Nice one...exactly!
Malone ,   Hfx   (03.26.10)
74. Doesn't speak for all Americans
Jake ,   USA   (03.26.10)
Of course Obama doesn't speak for "all" Americans. Obama doesn't speak for AIPAC and the Evangelical's; or Fox News or Sarah Palin or Bill Kristol (the last 3 are one in the same). He does, however, speak for the majority of the rest of us who think Bibi is an arrogant and ungrateful pompous putz.
75. NO need to fear
Brod ,   USA   (03.26.10)
Obama is leading the trouncing of the Democrats in the coming elections. And that is the price that the Democrats will pay for supporting a know nothing Rookie that wants to buddy buddy with America's number one enemy-Islamist-Jihadism, and is treating America's only true and reliable friend and ally in the region, Israel, in such an insulting and rude manner. It is time for Congress to warn Obama to stop behaving like an idiot or face impeachment.
76. re: #72 Apology
Salim S. ,   Canada   (03.26.10)
Thank you AEC for your sincere apology on behalf of right-minded Americans. It's shameful that the Israeli government is not demanding an immediate and unequivocal apology from the White House. The total disrespect shown to American's staunchest ally and her democratically elected head of state during Netanyahu's official visit is unpresidented. Obama is the biggest enemy of the Jewish people since his predecessors, Hitler, Haman, Pharaoh and his fraternal twin Ahmadinejad. Like Amalek, he must be brought down!!
77. "Obama Closing in on us..."
J Daniel ,   Wetumpka, USA   (03.26.10)
It is with deep regret that I have read how Prime Minister Netanyahu and his staff were recently deplorably treated by our head of state and his gang of distrustful spin-mongers; please accept my humble and personal apology for this grievous act. If we as a people will get over our possible terminal collective case of rectal cranial inversion - we may in-fact change the entire face of our government in the elections to come... that is certainly the hope and prayers of a great many Patriots in the USA... As the Zen Master says "we'll see." If memory serves, we as a country have always been a friend and supporter of Israel and her people; even though we have had our differences of opinion... Think it is us that will reap the negative consequences of our leader's treatment of yours... Best Regards, J Daniel
78. to 75 Brod
Barney ,   USA   (03.26.10)
you are 100% correct. When the time comes the American people will toss the bum out. Achmadinejedad will gladly accept him after he bows before khameini. NOBODY that I have talked to thinks the o is anything but a one shot mistake flash in the pan. just wait till some of his policies go into effect and then his short days are guaranteed.
79. to 52
soso ,   ramalla   (03.26.10)
no ..there is a place to you and us ... but if you prefer only to be you or us ..i prefer us .. yes the choice is with you but the final one will be with us if it is only you or us please tell it to your bibi that it may be for both he do not listen to obama may he will listen to you or listen to us
80. well-stated Eitan Haber and # 21 Gary...
Rafi ,   US   (03.26.10)
... the "radical" Zionists and settlers are leading Israel (and the Jewish people) over the precipice with their arrogance and go-it-alone, "we're a sovereign nation" hogwash. Sure... if Israel was located where New Zealand is, that might somehow work. But these guys can't even read a map... Sure... tell the US to keep its $3 billion in military and other aid and see how the IDF looks 2 years from now... Tell the US you don't need the cooperation of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and the other fleets in Indian Ocean & Persian Gulf now watching Iran. Tell the US you don't need their assistance at the next UN Security Council condemnation session, etc, etc - Why? Because "we're sovereign and proud of it!!" "Eitan Haber and other cowards can go to hell" for actually having the courage to tell the truth.... "Just let us be so we can drive right off the cliff on our own!!"
81. #51
Dani   (03.26.10)
steve -- you can't negotiate with somebody who doesn't recognize your right to exist. all obama has done is make the palestinians more encouraged in this. as far as the numbers, its true that 'simple numbers' dictate that the palestinian population will outsript israelis. thankfully, its not simple. it is not only the increase and decrease in populations that matter, but the rate of change. to put it in other words, the jewish growth rate will be a lot higher in 20 years than it is today, because the proportion of ultra orthodox will be higher. this rate of change will lead to a surprising final outcome -- if you do all the mathematics, you will find that jews will remain a (slim) majority in the entire land, even including gaza, for the next 60 years, and after that will progressively increase their share of the population.
82. Just stall this obama guy for a ....
Malone ,   Hfx   (03.27.10)
....couple of more years,throw him a bone or two so he can save face,and then he'll be campaigning again(has he ever stopped) and will need the Jewish votes. Don't give them to him,and he'll be history.
83. Obama doesn't play games?
Gary Glaser ,   Hutchinson, MN, USA   (03.27.10)
Neither do I play games. It should be quite obvious to everyone what Obama is doing. He's worried about his chances of being elected in 2012, and thinks the way to get elected is through the bodies of the Israelis so he can appease his Arab friends. Netanyahu would be smart to ignore the US government. He's under no obligation to help Obama get reelected. And who knows. Obama may not last to the end of this term.
84. Your strength
kate ,   atlanta US   (03.27.10)
Do you care what the world thinks? If you do then don't be surprised where you end up.
85. Reply to Michael Hess
alin ,   nashville, USA   (03.27.10)
The Tea Party is not a terrorist organization as you want to say in not so many words. They have the same zeal that the original Tea Party members had when they threw the tea in the Boston Harbor. Without the Tea Party provocation in Boston, there would not have been an American Revolution that gave the US the independence and you the right to be an idiot and an Obamamama butt licker.
86. Reply to 51
Alin ,   Nashville, USA   (03.27.10)
You sir, are not Jewish at all at heart. You might be carnally Jewish, but not mentally and spiritually. You are of the same cloth as Corah, Datan and Abhiram that stood against MOses and God, 3 cursed people that wanted to deny God's plan for Israel and take the Jewish people back to slavery for the apeeasement of Pharaoh. You are doing the sa,e thing...appease the Arabs and Obamamama at every turn and sell your people out in the name of a peace that will never be. You know nothing about the Arab Charter that calls for the extermination of Israel regardless of any commitment on Israel's part. These Arabs are not satisfied until every one of Jewish descent (including you and me) has to die off the face of the Earth. Perhaps that it is time that you reexamine yourself and admit that you are eternally ignorant of the facts as long as you bow to the Obamamama altar and suck up his every words that you take as gospel and replace it with God's promises for Israel. Obamamama is a cursed man in the eyes of God according to God's promise to Abraham and so will you be (if yu are not already) as long as you stand against everything God has for Israel and you make up visions of your own grandeur wishes of what Israel should and should not do based on Obamamama's agenda that you so willingly sell yourself and heritage to.
87. nobama to worry about
denise hopeman ,   albuquerque usa   (03.27.10)
God is on your side Israel. Genesis 12:3 "I will bless those who bless you and those who treat you lightly i must curse..." what more can you ask for in the way of security? He will remain faithful to you because he is faithful...not because you have been. His glory will be seen as the odds mount against you and the nations lay seige. He will rescue you so that he will be acknowledged as the faithful and true God. You have rebelled continually against him and he has disciplined you as a father does a son he loves. turn around and seek his face. He resist the proud but gives grace to the humble....he is calling every jew and gentile who has ears to hear.
88. Tony
Jane   (03.27.10)
And Israel has HER interests as well. In deference to America, we have not acted in our interests and paid the price. Can't say I would be sorry to finally do what is right for Israel.
89. #74
Jane   (03.27.10)
Bibi is the arrogant putz? Obama defines both arrogant and putz. Inexperienced ideologue who coddles terrorists and abuses a democratic country that dares to defend herself and build apartments in her capital. My deepest sympathies to America as she slides down the slippery slope that has been greased by the arrogance and ignorance of the slimy terrorist sympathiser who reigns.
90. to 34
Barney ,   USA   (03.27.10)
i only wish you had the good fortune to invest with the goniff bernie. you would have been deserving of the payoff. get your head out of your tuchus
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