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Weak and unreliable ally
Shoula Romano Horing
Published: 07.09.13, 14:05
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31. #19 JGait
DavidR ,   USA   (09.07.13)
You are my brother!
32. 30.
Birdi ,   Israel   (09.08.13)
Not to worry, another loan from China will pay for the upcoming (sure to be) war. Relax, go for a jog!
33. Hussien and Bill are the same
Brod ,   USA   (09.08.13)
Bill Clinton let Papist Hutus butcher 800,000 Judeo-Christian Tutsis in the Rwanda in the early 1990s. He didn't lift a finger to protect and help the Tutsis. Hussien should not be President in the first place. A man without any experience in management and governance was suddenly thrust into such a heavy position by an idiotic electorate that was mesmerized by his oratory. He has no balls that his position demands. And he has been siding the wrong horse-Islamist-Jihadist fanatics who know nothing about governance and nation-building. They only know nation-destruction as they have been doing since the 7th century.
34. US national interests
Fahd Alharby ,   Madina ,KSA   (09.08.13)
Most are missing the key thrust of the article , the fact is the US in spite of the talk about the pivot to Asia will remain pivotal for the regional security system in ME .The Westren world has no choice but to pivot to side with US national interests to help its allies , otherwise , the Westren world will pay higher price in due time .Obama first speech during his break talked about US national interests as the ultimate arbiter in US decision to " fight Assad " .The Syrian regime made it easier morally by using chemical weapons on civilians to use force.
35. Sam is right a college idealist wimp, paid of by the saudis
Bryan   (09.08.13)
If Obama just kept his big mouth shut about red lines. He's a moron. It's not rocket science. Don't issue public red lines unless you can back them up with your fist.Everyone who ever had a grade school fist fight know that. Then just let the Arabs kill each other, but no, now the potential to have WW3 with the Russians is upon us. Thanks Obama. Just goes to show that weakness and appeasement actually create war, not prevent it. Stupid man not fit for duty as president of USA, and leader of the free world. I'm a democrat and voted for that moron. Now there's no choice but to bomb all those monsters back to the stone age, where they'll probably consider it an upgrade.
36. To: No. 30
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.08.13)
Your time would be better spent figuring out why the United States' credit card is tapped out. Perhaps the Kenyan-in-chief can provide an answer. Have you bothered to ask him? Here are some facts, in a nutshell: Israel doesn't really care all that much about what is happening in Syria. We don't mind Arabs killing Arabs. We tend to stay out of internecine Arab conflicts. We are also secure in the knowledge that neither Assad or the insurgents would be so foolish as to challenge or attack Israel. They know how Israel will respond. They do not wish to cease to exist. The United States -- and the European Union -- are the ones who need to worry about what Syria -- Assad or insurgents -- might do. The U.S. and Europe are low-hanging fruit. Israel -- not so much. Sorry about the credit card being tapped out. Hope you had the good sense to move whatever money you have offshore. That would have been the right move, unless you wish to lose your house and end up selling apples on street corners ..... to people who were smart enough to move their money out of the United States.
37. #20, the only JOKE is that obama isa a college professor
Robert ,   New Jersey, USA   (09.08.13)
He was a visiting lecturer for a brief time in Constitutional Law - a totally undeserved political appointment. The fraud hates the Constitution and all American values, as he has so often demonstrated.
38. It's not Obama...
Arnold Ziffel ,   texas   (09.08.13)
It's the American people. They will not have another middle east war. Obama's the only friend you have in the world.
39. so?
rm ,   Amsterdam NL   (09.08.13)
being weary of war is a great big plus in my book. Who needs a president who is longing for war after war after war. Whatever Obama does or doesn't do he's never going to win right-wing Israeli hearts anyway. In the end he has to do what he thinks is right for the US in the first place..not think what is right for that tiny overzealous middle-eastern country.
40. Remember the poster of IAF jets(tanks?) with caption:"Don't
tom ,   tel aviv   (09.08.13)
worry USA, Israel is behind you"? Who'd thought that one day it'll become true....
41. To: No. 13
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.08.13)
We're planning to do precisely that with respect to Iran. But when the Iranians retaliate by attacking a United States asset -- such as a naval vessel in the Persian Gulf, or sponsoring a massive suicide bombing in, say, the Mall of America -- don't come whining to us. The Iranians don't like Israel, but they hate the United States even more. You're the "Great Satan" and they will stop at nothing to attempt to destroy you. They know you won't fight back effectively ... and they know that Israel will. The United States is a soft underbelly. And, thanks to lax immigration policy, full of Islamic fundamentalist sleeper cells, which the inept FBI have yet to find.
42. To 36
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (09.08.13)
$6 Trillion on Iraq and Afghanistan. Wall Street gambling crashed the world economy and destroyed the tax base with a disappearing middle class. $3 trillion in tax cuts for the ultra rich. It all adds up. Mme Defarge is the US future, knitting the symbols of the ultra-rich.
43. Very correct and well written article
Adi ,   Zurich   (09.08.13)
Very correct and well written article
44. To 36 - Tea Baggers are Angry and Armed
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (09.08.13)
The Tea Partiers are angry and armed. And they are starting to think independently. As voters, they target Rs, not Ds.
45. Israel's 6 Minute War - So Sad
Free Jerusalem-R 181 ,   USA   (09.08.13)
Israel has never fought a real war, and never will have the opportunity, it now appears. Here is the likely result that this article apparently seeks to invoke. The US fires a few missles at Syria. Syria detects the US launch, and pre-emptively launches every available missle it has on Israel. Israel detects Syria launch, which is too massive for Iron Dome to handle, and launches everything it has at Syria. US missles hit empty silos in Syria causing minor damage. Syria missiles take out Israel. Israel missles take out Syria. US, Russia, China, Saudi and Iran say "oops" and call a truce then draw up a new peace agreement that ensures all of their oil interests for the next few decades, until oil and the Mid-East is no longer of any interest to the big 3, and Saudi and Iran divide their spoils and profits. A six minute war that results in lasting peace for the Mid-East, and this non-Biblical Israel's claim to fame being no more than two pumps and a squirt on the pages of history.
46. Nothing like total arrogance
Shachar ,   Eilat   (09.08.13)
and complete blindness to one's own shortfallings. Israel is no-ones ally, it sold out the Lebanese Christians and then the SLA at a whim. It has no credibility in the arab world. The only real reason we have survived is American largese. The fact that Iran will shortly produce as many nuclear weapons as they care to is a failure of international community and Israel over many years, nothing to do with Obama.
47. #45. The result: Another great Israeli victory.
Chaim ,   Israel   (09.08.13)
#45. You are one very sick puppy with very sick racist dreams. We hope war does not occur, but if it does, the result will be another great Israeli victory. Like always.
48. #45; Isreal was, is, will forever exists
Avi ,   Chicago, US   (09.08.13)
Israel was a nation for over a 1000 years and now a flourishing economic and military power who enlightened the world with medical and technological innovations. Israel the only democracy in the Middle East will last another 6 million years or as long as the world exists. Israel does not exist because of the US which is appreciated by all Israelis as a great friend. But without the US Israel will still exist because of the Jewish spirit and accumulation of many nuclear weapons.. Hopefully you and yours will exist only another six seconds with hatred like that.
49. #39: Israel does'nt care Arabs killing Arabs
Zipi ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (09.08.13)
This is Obama;s red line not Israel's; Israelis does not care if Arabs kill each other. Israel prefers that they continue to kill each other and that no one will won. But it does not reflect well on US , Israel best friend. US is supposed to be a superpower to be scared off and follow, not a joke and a target of disdain. It is embarrassing for the US to be so weak. It is dangerous to US. Israel can take care of itself.
50. 5000 soldiers have died in useless wars for Democracy in ME
miki ,   tampa   (09.08.13)
You want to add more? Great idea!
51. Obama, Syria
Benjamin ,   Greenville, USA   (09.08.13)
If you think Netanyahu will go it alone and bomb Iran your crazy. Netanyahu does not have the backbone to stand up to Obama, let alone Iran
52. #50:You're right: the only death worth dying in ME is to de-
tom ,   tel aviv   (09.08.13)
feat Islam once and for all. Anything less than that, will spell end of civilisation as we know it. It won't be pretty (as WW2 wasn't) but it HAS to be done. The sooner the better & less painful for all sides involved. One does not have to look for quotations in religious scribblings, it is plain and simple truth.
53. No WWIII
John Prophet   (09.08.13)
I see no way Obama gets the go ahead from the American public/Congress, and I see no way Obama goes against this reality. This hornests nest is going to be dropped in Israels lap once Obama folds his cards. Not only has Obama failed but before he drops the hornets nest in Israel lap, he shook it up real good!
54. To: No. 45
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.08.13)
Au contraire, moron. Israel has fought six real wars. The United States has not encountered a real war since the end of World War II, and has successfully managed to lose every war in which it has engaged apart from Grenada and Panama. But those weren't real wars, petal. They were two pumps and a squirt. Think Somalia, and the humiliation you were handed there. That's about as much as the United States can achieve. History underscores that. News flash: Israel will be here long after the United States has crumbled into dust.
55. #46 Tel the story about YOUR "complete blindness"
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and "shortfallings" to the Syrians being treated daily in Israeli hospitals. It's Israelis like you who make the rest of the Israelis look like sh*t to the rest of the world.
56. Great Article !!! Reflects the sad truth
Gilad ,   Tel-Aviv   (09.08.13)
about president Obama's misunderstanding of the Middle East as well as his weakness and lack of credibility.
57. #21; US- Israeli ally/ Obama- not
jacob ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (09.08.13)
Obama is not the US . The US public loves and supports Israel; The author is not recommending to turn on the US or desert the US but is wondering how anyone can trust such a weak president who is afraid to confront evil. Israelis love and appreciate the Americans but Obama is scared of leading. The US is headed towards isolationism which is not good for the world. the world needs a leader who wants to lead and cares about justice and right and wrong. the World needs another Churchill.
58. Worry?
David Kennedy ,   Gainesville, FL   (09.09.13)
What are you worried about? You know what the result will be! Damascus should be worried! "The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap" Isaiah 17:1
59. Obama
CJK   (09.09.13)
he is a narcissist, incompetent, indecisive, opaque individual. no one can take seriously anything this man says. all that matters is what he does. he usually does exactly what he wants, except in the case of syria he got scared.
60. US weak/unreliable
DEB ,   Wash DC   (09.09.13)
The US is weak and unreliable because Jews blindly supported Obama in both elections. Jews in both the US and Israel knew, or should have known, he was inexperienced, a real amateur, and sympathetic to beliefs and aspirations of the Muslims. The US is as it is because of Obama and liberals/progressives running amok.
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