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March 15, 2010

Obama foreign policy failure: Ties between Israel and US 'worst in 35 years'

Via the BBC, Israeli media have reported that Israel's ambassador to the US has said that relations between the two countries are at their lowest point for 35 years.

This further substantiates our earlier post today in which was pointed out that Barack Obama's inept foreign policy is most definitely on the verge of losing the world.

Given the administration's propensity to diss our friends and embrace our enemies, it's little wonder that the U.S.- Israel relationship has deteriorated to the point that it's the worst in 35 years. The Wall Street Journal wrote an editorial piece today titled, Obama's Turn Against Israel (subscription required - text via Ynet) that exposes the insanity of Obama's foreign policy:

... the Obama administration "has endorsed 'healthy relations' between Iran and Syria, mildly rebuked Syrian President Bashar Assad for accusing the US of 'colonialism,' and publicly apologized to Muammar Gadhafi for treating him with less than appropriate deference after the Libyan called for 'a jihad' against Switzerland."

However, when it comes to Israel, "the administration has no trouble rising to a high pitch of public indignation," wrote the article entitled "Obama's Turn Against Israel."

Not even "repeated apologies from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prevented Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - at what White House sources ostentatiously said was the personal direction of President Obama - from calling the announcement 'an insult to the United States,'" stated the opinion piece.

"Since nobody is defending the Israeli announcement, least of all an obviously embarrassed Israeli government, it's difficult to see why the Administration has chosen this occasion to spark a full-blown diplomatic crisis with its most reliable Middle Eastern allyâ€¦ If Israel senses that the Administration is looking for any pretext to blow up relations, it will care much less how the US might react to a military strike on Iran.'

The financial newspaper took an opposite stance on West Bank settlements than that adopted by the Obama administration: "As for the West Bank settlements, it is increasingly difficult to argue that their existence is the key obstacle to a peace deal with the Palestinians. Israel withdrew all of its settlements from Gaza in 2005, only to see the Strip transform itself into a Hamas statelet and a base for continuous rocket fire against Israeli civilians."

"This episode does fit Mr. Obama's foreign policy pattern to date: Our enemies get courted; our friends get the squeeze. It has happened to Poland, the Czech Republic, Honduras and Colombia. Now it's Israel's turn," ...

None of this should have come as a surprise, however. As Ed Lasky wrote back in january 08, one seemingly consistent theme running throughout Barack Obama's career is his comfort with aligning himself with people who are anti-Israel advocates.

This ease around Israel animus has taken various forms. As Obama has continued his political ascent, he has moved up the prestige scale in terms of his associates. Early on in his career he chose a church headed by a former Black Muslim who is a harsh anti-Israel advocate and who may be seen as tinged with anti-Semitism. This church is a member of a denomination whose governing body has taken a series of anti-Israel actions.

As his political fortunes and ambition climbed, he found support from George Soros, multibillionaire promoter of groups that have been consistently harsh and biased critics of the American-Israel relationship.

Obama's soothing and inspiring oratory sometimes vanishes when he talks of the Middle East. Indeed, his off-the-cuff remarks have been uniformly taken by supporters of Israel as signs that the inner Obama does not truly support Israel despite what his canned speeches and essays may contain.

Read more and find out the extent of Jeremiah Wright, Jr.'s, George Soro's, and another fundraiser's anti-Israel, anti-Semitism influence on Barack Obama, as well as the long list of Obama's anti-Israel advisors.

Related: The Source of Obama's Anti-Israel Policy (A must-read perspective from a Black, Harvard Law School Graduate, and former leftist Democrat, who, like Obama also has Muslims in his family)

Posted by Richard at March 15, 2010 1:22 PM

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