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Israel of course is the US's most threatened ally. And Obama's treatment of Israel has been uniquely shabby--and dangerous. Guided by his ideological worldview which argues that US support for Israel is the root of the Arab and Islamic world's animus towards the US, Obama has advanced a policy of punishing Israel and wooing its worst enemies that has radically changed the Islamic power calculus. By seeking to appease Iran and Syria for their aggressive behavior and by courting an ever more radical Turkish regime, Obama has humiliated Egypt and Jordan that signed peace treaties with Israel. In so doing, he has convinced the Arabs that the only way to retain and expand their power is by attacking Israel.
THIS BRINGS US to Israel's current quandary about how to respond to the international campaign against it. Israel of course can do nothing to change the potency of Jew hatred in the Islamic world. It can also do nothing to change American behavior. For as long as Obama is president, US foreign policy can be expected to remain on its current trajectory. That is, for at least the next two and a half years, the US will continue to play a destabilizing and hostile role in the region.
What this means is that Israel should adopt a strategy that minimizes the international lynch mob's ability to get close to it and maximizes Israel's ability to knock the mob off balance.
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And as to that campaign, it is time for Israel to launch a counter-offensive. Its representatives at the UN should demand an investigation into Turkey's illegal sponsorship of the pro-Hamas flotilla. They should raise such protests at every UN forum and continue to protest until they are thrown out of the meetings and then return, the next day to relaunch their protests.
Israel's Daunting Task
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Its representatives at the UN should demand an investigation into Turkey's illegal sponsorship of the pro-Hamas flotilla.
I think that would uncover a lot of very, very interesting information!!!
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#1 - Sun Jun 6, 2010 3:06 PM EDTNo, these Israeli efforts will not change anyone's vote in any UN forum. But they will place these wholly corrupt institutions on the defensive. For decades Israel has taken for granted that the UN is hopelessly hostile and left things at that. Israel's willingness to declare defeat has emboldened UN officials. By putting them on the defensive, Israel will force them to devote time to staving off Israeli attacks and so have less time available for initiating new assaults against Israel
Being "offense-minded" is also a good Strategy in many forms of the Pro-Israeli debate. I have often noticed that by allowing opposition the opportunity for spewing lies and nonsense, much too much time and energy is spent in refuting or defending, instead of gaining.
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#3 - Sun Jun 6, 2010 4:56 PM EDTIts representatives at the UN should demand an investigation into Turkey's illegal sponsorship of the pro-Hamas flotilla. They should raise such protests at every UN forum and continue to protest until they are thrown out of the meetings and then return, the next day to relaunch their protests.
I agree with this entirely. Israel should not be on the defensive as though they did something wrong. It's past time for them to stand up and ask why no investigation is being done.
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#4 - Sun Jun 6, 2010 8:22 PM EDTLet's see . . . where did Barack deliver his first big overseas speech? What did he say to a country already leaning toward political Islam? What did he say to a country known to have connections to Islamic terror?
In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7984762.stm
Barack, you were to talking about the people you were talking to.
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