Arabs
Israelis
British
American “Progressives”
and more British
Democratic Party
Arabs, Israelis, British, Americans…it seems like everyone wants President-elect Obama to speak out on the fighting in Gaza like he did when he spoke out about the terrorist attacks in India, the American economy, etc. The “there’s only one President at a time” line doesn’t work since he’s already broken that precedent by commenting on other things. I’m not sure why people want him to “speak out” though. He’s already made it perfectly clear what his position is. Maybe they doubt his resolve and think he’ll change his mind about supporting Israel?
Oh yeah, and more British
If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I’m going to do everything in my power to stop that, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.
-Senator Obama to NYT July 2008.
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The caption to this picture could read “How can I change the nuance of that statement so that the whole notion of it makes clear how I actually perceive the change that must occur so we can heal?”
Judicial Watch: Blagojevich Contacts wth Obama, Biden, Transition Team
http://www.therightsideoflife.com/?p=255
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Are we done talking about Obama “not talking” yet? zzzzzzzzzz
Mata, I think the unexplored of the issue is that he’s not talking because as soon as he says something it goes like this:
Obama comes out and reiterates his July 08 support for Israel
-then Arab world is pissed
-then his plan to come out of the gate and push a Mideast peace initiative is completely shot
-then the media asks why he didn’t just reiterate his position and THEN go golf?
The last piece is the killer. It makes the news story of the day into “Obama CHOSE to surf not stand up” Obama does NOT like negative press-he HATES it.
Obama comes out, changes his position to support for Palestinians
-Arab world is emboldened
-Arab radicals see this as change and figure they’ll go one step further in opposing Israel
-violence increases/spreads
-then his plan to come out of the gate and push a Mideast peace initiative is completely shot
-then the media asks why he didn’t just reiterate his position and THEN go golf?
It’s a PR no win for him. That’s why he’s not even voting PRESENT. But the kicker is that once you get elected President…you can’t even just vote PRESENT. Ya gotta take a stand, and the longer one waits…the more the world seems to be wanting him to stand.
Arabs and Israelis agree on something (anything would is impressive in that regard), and they agree that Obama’s gotta come out of hiding.
—–btw, LEON PANETTA?! wtf? Looking for Monica Lewinsky to head up the CTC?
From that look on his face I’m almost tempted to think he really MIGHT be troubled by Arab Perfidy! Hey, one can “hope.”
“Hmmm, this ISN’T the way Edward Said explained it to me.”
(LOL, It just occurred to me, …they didn’t photoshop the cigarette out of that shot, did they?)