Monday, September 17, 2012

Obama and the US; the view of Israelis

Yid With Lid; Has Obama Turned America into The Weak Horse?  
israelmatzav.blogspot.com
When people see the strong horse and the weak horse, people like the strong horse.” --Osama Bin Laden
 "This has been a particular awful week for President Obama and his foreign policy especially in the Middle East.  Early in the week there was the public split with Israel’s Netanyahu about drawing a “red line” that Iran’s nuke program must not pass, highlighted by a spat between the Israeli Prime Minister and the US Ambassador, and the President’s choice of a campaign appearance on Lettermen(sic) over an emergency meeting with Netanyahu."
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"Hilary’s(sic) response to setting a red line, as well as the Administration’s statements regarding the embassy attacks which blame/excuse the violence on an intolerant anti-Muslim video on You Tube, has not been lost on Israel or Iran or the Islamist elements in the Middle East.  It reflects another example of this administrations, abandonment of our friends and showing weakness to our leaders.  The Obama version of America is the “weak horse” and the Muslim world is gravitating to the strong horse."

DEBKAfile; By refusing to see Netanyahu, Obama sharpens his Iran dilemma   "Obama’s refusal Tuesday Sept. 11 to see Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu because “the president’s schedule will not permit that,” left Jerusalem thunderstruck – and Washington too.
"At one stroke, round after round of delicate negotiations on Iran between the White House, Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, the US National Security Council, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta collapsed."  
Also this:
"The Netanyahu government will bear full and exclusive responsibility for the consequences of attacking Iran.
"Obama, who has repeatedly pledged his commitment to Israeli security, is the first American president to cut Israeli adrift against a major threat to its security explicitly posed by Iran."
hasbro.com

Israel Today; Israel angered by Clinton's kid-glove approach to Iran  "Speaking to Israel's Arutz Sheva radio station, former Israeli ambassador to the US Zalman Shoval said it was time for Israel to realize that, "as usual, we are alone" in dealing with this new threat." Shame on us.

Also from Israel Today comes this snarky bit: The Chutzpa!: Clinton brings down the (nerf) hammer on Iran   "The first new sanction to hit the Iranians will be a prohibition on enriching uranium between the hours of 2-4 pm. Clinton said she is confident this punishing measure will be enough to bring Iran to its senses, but suggested that if that is not the case, the US is prepared to go much further with a second wave of sanctions prohibiting the enrichment of uranium between the hours of 2-4:30 pm. But Clinton sincerely hopes it will not come to that." 

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"Indeed. Except that it's only stupidity if you don't understand what you're doing. In Obama's case it's not stupidity. It's worse. He's doing it on purpose."

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