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Blindness in Washington
Yoaz Hendel
Published: 29.06.12, 00:44
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1. A different explanation
SLZ ,   NY   (06.29.12)
There may very well be a different explanation for Obama's actions. Dinesh D'Souza, in his book THE ROOTS OF OBAMA'S RAGE, claims that Obama is essentially an anti-colonialist who finds fault with all "colonial" nations, including Israel. He is not a fool. He is ideologically driven.
2. good article
heskel   (06.29.12)
the dictatorships of mubarak and assad did israel no favours but some of their interests coincided israel's. Ehud barak has been mostly wrong about almost everything,t he latest being withdrawal from the west bank for which he should be relieved of his duties.
3. OBAMA FAR FROM CLUELESS, ENEMY
ZIMBI ,   NJUSA   (06.29.12)
4. Try to understand Obama and Hillarious Clinton position.....
Iranian Hunter   (06.29.12)
These two are "forced" to do what they do, in my opinion and belief, because of these following reasons: Arab money arab money, arab oil arab oil. See, that was concise and short.
5. Mr. Hendel
DavidR ,   USA   (06.29.12)
Nice piece of writing you did here! However, I believe you may be as blind as you believe Washington to be. You assume that Obama was telling the truth in Cairo. You assume he actually wants democracy. You believe that in his heart there is a mirror effect that wants this utopia for the Mid East. Have you stopped to consider that he is a politician? Do politicians ever lie? Do you think maybe Obama, Rev. Wright, and all their cronies are maybe actually in support of the Muslim Brotherhood? It may very well have turned out just as Obama had planned. Obama gets it alright! It is the people who voted for him that doesn't.
6. Obama
Fad Egypt   (06.29.12)
Obama betrayed US ally Mubarak , and gave the country on a silver plate to the MB he supported Morsi for presidency , although he lost to Shafik the real results of the elections Shafik won with 50.7 to Morsi 49.3 Obama did that only to advance his radical agenda , he wants to islamize the middle east with the help of the MB , Turkey , Qatar and Iran and that at the expense of the US allies Egypt and Israel he is a disaster , he should be replaced by next Nov the americans should wake up and smell the coffee , and vote him out before it is too late !!!! shalom
7. Hendel; U forget Obama is an Indonesian muslim & leftist.
B.E. ,   Whangarei, NZ   (06.29.12)
8. More likely, Obama is agent of Radical Islam.
Chaim ,   Israel   (06.29.12)
I believe the author is naive when it comes to Obama. Obama spent his youth with Alinsky radicals. He spent his young adulthood with White baiting, anti-American Reverend Wright. It is possible that Obama is really dumb. But it's more likely that he's an agent of Radical Islam. Everything he's done, regarding Israel, the P.A., Iran etc. points to this conclusion.
9. OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICY
David Powell ,   Everett, WA USA   (06.29.12)
President Obama and Sec. of State Hillary Clinton are getting a tingle up their legs over Egypt's elections.
10. Israel sad to see Cold War dictators go, afraid of Democracy
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.29.12)
...because it means the beginning of the end of Israel's dominance in the region.
11. the measure of the man
shloime ,   toronto, canada   (06.29.12)
amazingly, obama has been less effective at pursuing american interests than george dubya. and he's likely to make things worse before leaving office!
12. So Romney is holding some cards yet?
Elad ,   Houston/Israel   (06.29.12)
Nonsense, these two ,play to the eight year old TV mentality. Easy--it is the other guys' fault: You don't really believe that when it comes to us one of them is suddenly going to morph into a leader?
13. So world ...
J Galt ,   Hidden Valley, USA   (06.29.12)
how's that hope and change thing working for you ? Probably about as good as it is working here in AMERIKA comrades!
14. GREAT picture of Obama!
Israeli 2   (06.29.12)
He will NOT be re-elected!
15. Obama is not clueless!
Shalom ,   U.S.A.   (06.29.12)
Is Barack Hussein not a muslim?
16. Obama's naiveté trumps his good will!
Maurice ,   Montreal   (06.29.12)
This has already become very dangerous for the world!
17. Obama
Rick S. ,   USA   (06.29.12)
Great article and so true.
18. This Nobel prize Winner Isn't Blind
(06.29.12)
But Calculated? His plans are All falling in Place According To HIS AGENDA? SOME AMERICANS Wish We Knew WHAT HIS TRUE INTENTIONS ARE? He Is DESIMATING What's Left Of The Middle Class? Soon the Backbone Of America might just go the Way Of Oldsmobile, Pontiac automobiles? May Ha Shem Protect America From The OVER STEPPING OF b.H.o.!!!!!!!!!!!!
19. obama - clueless?????????
sue ,   israel   (06.29.12)
obama dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20. obama
sue ,   jerusalem   (06.29.12)
is only words that are written in front of him b 4 every speech, between his 2 ears he has NOTHING. NADA. EMPTY his VP Biden is even worse - that's why we see/hear so little of him.
21. At least he started no more stupid wars
LOL   (06.29.12)
.......a great feat for a US president.
22. Obama's speech in Cairo was in response
ben   (06.29.12)
to the disaster of the W Bush presidentsy. The term reset to the Russians was again to address the disaster of the W Bush Dick Cheney administration. Obama could not do much about the Arab spring except cross his fingers and hope for the best outcome, unless you want to start machine-gunning crowds of people. Obama tried to adress the Arab Israel conflict fair. Instead of the usuall American one set of rules for Israel and another set of rules for everyone else. The visceral hatred of Obama speeks volumes. reminds me of feeling the hate in Jeruselem. I think this author Hendel is clueless, like many here. reminds me of the Putin Article last week. Obama never visited Israel Putin 1 Obama 0. For the record Obama the candadit went to Israel I know it's ancient history guys and girls but try to remember. He went to the Wailing Wall was invited to write a letter and put it in the wall. You know the letters between you and God that are never seen by human eyes that are collected by Holy Rabbies and burned. O yeah his letter was collected and published in a Israel newspaper. Try to remember Guys and girls
23. Blindness In Washington
Mother Bird ,   San Diego, USA   (06.29.12)
I think your report is too kind to BO. You've believed his rhetoric. The problem is, he is a pathological liar. I believe he is tied to the Muslim Brotherhood and is sympathetic to many other terrorist groups. He has purposefully moved to create chaos in the Middle East (& fund it). He is no friend of Israel, freedom, or peace.
24. He got a Nobel for his thoughts
Jacob Erickson ,   Holon, Israel   (06.29.12)
So why wouldn't he think he could change everything with his words?
25. it was the same
(06.29.12)
before 63 years middle east was the same but there was no israil and there was america it was the same it is not a friend of arabs but why to be enemy and if it is not the friend of israil why to be enemy ,i think it is the stratigy of obama or america nowadays it needs no enemy as it needs no friend
26. Those poor Arabs and Palistinis are just getting screwed....
Paul ,   NY, USA   (06.29.12)
like wees blacks were treated by da whites.... They's jus like me. I gotta help em. Weez jus like brows. NOT!!!!!!!!!! Condaleza Rice thought the same thing.
27. 21# He started Coups in Libya...Tunisia...
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (06.29.12)
Egypt...Yemen...Syria...and so forth and so on. He just let the people in those countries kill one another rather than doing it himself. He has started more wars than George Bush.....but hasn't had the balls to send American troops to fight his wars. In the end.....this little Democracy experiment of destabilizing the Middle east....will ultimately probably end up being another World War. Obama's foreign policy...will get many more people killed than George Bush's policies ever did.
28. Obama is Israel and U.S enemy
Salahuddin ,   Chicago   (06.29.12)
President Obama is the real most powerful enemy of Israel, U.S, Iran..... He is very close to President Zardari of Pakistan that's why the bloody war and terrorism is continuing since he took office in 2009. Obama is like a keep of Zardari and upon the path of personal revenge with the help of his associates yesmen and women like Eric Holder, Janet Napolitino and James Clapper DNI chief. He has weakened United States economy considerably and apart from trying to corrupt and harass common people to join in his cause. He one of the modern day Dajjals deceivers anti christ and anti God figures. He has no faith. He had very close terms with Benazir Bhutto and is in great for her assasination in Pakistan. He believes the Jews and Americans assasinated Z.A Bhutto, Benazir and Osama Bin Laden. He is a hypocrite. I am sure plenty of wise people in Israel and U.S knows this but how to get rid of him. Read somewhere that Obama is planning to get rid of Mitt Romney this year in Aug or September. We should think in U.S how to get rid of him and his partners here in U.S and in Pakistan. Love you Israel. xoxo
29. Excellent opinion piece
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.29.12)
It captures both Obama's incredible stupidity and the day-to-day violent reality of the Arab world quite succinctly.
30. To: No. 10
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.29.12)
Are you on drugs? The Taliban was supposed to bring democracy to Afghanistan, have you forgotten? Didn't THAT work out well! The uprising in Libya was supposed to bring democracy to that little hellhole, which has now descended into ruthless tribal violence. Egypt will either be completely taken over by the Moslem Brotherhood -- who are nothing more than a more educated version of the Taliban -- or the generals will assume complete control and send Morsi into exile or have him assassinated. Have you ever wondered why there are no Arab democracies? They have no history of it, no experience of it, no knowledge of it and, most importantly, no desire for it. The goings-on in Iraq and Afghanistan should have made that abundantly plain. I guess you're just not too observation or politically aware. By the way -- Israel is not afraid of much, certainly not her Arab neighbors. Israel knows that the concept of "Arab democracy" is more of an oxymoron than "jumbo shrimp." We'll let Egypt play out a bit, see Morsi or the generals take the country, with most of our focus being on what happens in the Sinai. If that gets troublesome, Israel will take back the Sinai. It won't take long.
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