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Leaving aside for the moment the malice towards Israel that is involved, the attitude of the Obama administration towards the Middle East is well-nigh incomprehensible in its suicidal stupidity. It is trying to make Israel play the role of Czechoslovakia in 1938, when Britain under Neville Chamberlain told it that if it didn't submit to the Nazis it would stand alone – with the result that the following year, Hitler invaded Poland. Determined to prove that history repeats itself the second time as tragedy, America is trying to force Israel to destroy its security by accepting the creation of a terrorist Iranistan on its doorstep, under the threat that otherwise the US will not help protect its security by defanging Iran (and how, precisely would it do that?). But in doing so, the Obama administration is jeopardising the security of America itself and the free world, not to mention the Arab states which have good reason to fear Iranian regional hegemony.
Learning nothing from history
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I can't say that this is a prescient analysis since there are many diffrences between 1938 and the present day such as the divided nature of the Iranian gov't(which has repeatedly surfaced over recent years and the known fact that the Iranian president does not have final say in foreign policy and military affairs) and also technology has changed drasticially in the intervening decades. Besides, the approach that the previous administration pursued clearly didn't work and due to the overstrech of the military in recent years, diplomacy has to be our first option.
Basicallly, this is a flawed comparison, at best since there are many diffrences between then and now.
#1 - Wed May 13, 2009 10:27 AM EDTThe important thing for the noble Barack is to be liked more than his country. Naif that he is, he's willing to sacrifice the long-term security of Israel, and America, and the entire region, but only if he's seen as, you know, really trying. Really hard.
#2 - Wed May 13, 2009 5:24 PM EDT"willing to sacrifice the long- term security of Israel, and America, and the entire region..." Would it be preceived that way because he may be attempting to follow a different path than that tremendously successful effort put forth by the prior administration?
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