Dan Senor has a great article in The Wall Street Journal about how fundamentally Obama weakened our support of Israel, and Matthew Knee is following up here on the Obama’s administration’s belated push to shore up support in the Jewish community after the NY-09 Democratic debacle in which Israel policy was a primary issue.
Why is everyone acting so surprised, as if the isolation of Israel in the Middle East at the hands of U.S. policy was “unexpected.” Jesse Jackson told us before the election about the change to come, based on what he said was his close relationship to Obama.
From the archives, October 14, 2008, my post, Don’t Say No One Told You So, quoting Jackson via a NY Post article:
PREPARE for a new America: That’s the message that the Rev. Jesse Jackson conveyed to participants in the first World Policy Forum, held at this French lakeside resort last week.
He promised “fundamental changes” in US foreign policy – saying America must “heal wounds” it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the “arrogance of the Bush administration.”
The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where “decades of putting Israel’s interests first” would end. Jackson believes that, although “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades” remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.
“Obama is about change,” Jackson told me in a wide-ranging conversation. “And the change that Obama promises is not limited to what we do in America itself. It is a change of the way America looks at the world and its place in it.”
Jackson warns that he isn’t an Obama confidant or adviser, “just a supporter.” But he adds that Obama has been “a neighbor or, better still, a member of the family.” Jackson’s son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson’s daughter went to school with Obama’s wife Michelle.”
Whatever else you call Obama’s Middle East policy, don’t call it “unexpected.”
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If I observe that Israel is the one nation in the area that says “thank you, and see what good I’ve done with the money you’ve given me!” — does that make me a zionist?
I think of it as a matter of ethics.
I don’t know about the closeness. This is, after all, the same Rev. Jackson who was caught saying he’d like to castrate Obama: http://tinyurl.com/3z94afx
My guess is that it’s more of a case of a broken antisemitic clock (Jackson) being occasionally right.
I hope Jews who have seen Obama’s moral relativism (at best) towards Israel and Israel’s enemies for what it is are not fooled by the new “outreach.”
Obama can say he’s against gay marriage and the gay community will still voter for him because they know he doesn’t mean it. Jews should realize he also doesn’t really mean it with the new outreach.
He also told us he would invade Pakistan during the election cycle. And he did…
“Obama is about change,” Jackson told me in a wide-ranging conversation. “And the change that Obama promises is not limited to what we do in America itself. It is a change of the way America looks at the world and its place in it.”
Jackson warns that he isn’t an Obama confidant or adviser, “just a supporter.” But he adds that Obama has been “a neighbor or, better still, a member of the family.” Jackson’s son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson’s daughter went to school with Obama’s wife Michelle.
These two paragraphs explain so much. When you combine this with “We are just 5 days away from fundamentally transforming America!” it all falls into place.
Taking down America was all in the plan. Jackson’s statements reveal that he knew what was coming.
I hope Fast & Furious and the Green Solyndra scandals (at least!) blow up in Obama’s face. He deserves to end his one term in complete, utter disgrace.
Pefect place for a little known fact – prompted by Prof’s Seekers week.
In 2009 Judith’s version of “A Perfect Day ” received more Youtube hits than Paul Robeson’s. (later withdrawn over copyrights ).
She can do Gospel like no other.
Regarding the post topic. I always think The Black Church gets a massive pass when Euro critics rail on about white American evangelists -which they hate of course.
Regarding black American Churches & Israel – the white elephant is that Israel has made immense efforts to protect & even ‘deliver from evil’ the black African members of The ancient Jewish family. Sometimes these people have been living in isolated primitive
communities yet Israel has accepted the financial burden of their relocation.
My ultimate assessment is that the Black Church is compromised at its very heart for it took on the faith & creed of its former Masters. Just another Plantation .
Jesse is a profit. I mean prophet. Sorry.