Obama is Humiliated by Israeli Blackmail
04. Oct, 2010
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Al- Quds Opinion
It is shameful to see the United States grovelling before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extreme right-wing coalition government. The US government is Israel’s biggest political and financial benefactor and yet it is now offering Netanyahu additional tempting sweeteners to get a resumption of the freeze on illegal settlement activity across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
President Barack Obama, who impressed millions of Muslims around the world when he made the end of Israeli settlement in the occupied territories the main thrust of his country’s foreign policy, is now reduced to pleading with Netanyahu to extend the freeze for just two months. The inducements include a pledge to frustrate any Arab attempt to put recognition of a Palestinian state on the UN agenda as well as additional sophisticated weaponry. The details were discussed in the Hebrew media this week.
It is understandable that America wants to push for an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians within two months, but how will it come about when the US is seen to be so weak? In any case, experience shows that Israel has been evasive about peace for decades; does nobody learn from this?
At the heart of this latest effort is the need to placate the Israel lobby in the United States with what amounts to a bribe for the Jewish vote in the November mid-term elections. Most opinion polls suggest a dip in support for the President’s Democrat Party.
However, the latest situation cannot be blamed solely on the US President. Arab regimes across the Middle East are now without value or influence in the negotiating process, regionally or internationally. When Mr. Obama says that he can prevent these governments from approaching the UN Security Council to demand the establishment of an independent Palestinian state – something that was promised by the President himself – he is acknowledging that the Arab states operate on remote control awaiting his instructions.
Thus, the US administration is susceptible to Israel lobby blackmail because he does not have to face a strong Arab bloc defending the Palestinians’ position. The Arabs don’t even complain about US submissiveness to Israeli demands.
This is indeed unfortunate; the Arab countries have combined annual oil revenues of more than $500 billion, huge markets and control of two-thirds of the world’s energy resources and reserves, but they cannot use that leverage on the world stage. They couldn’t challenge Israel’s nuclear capabilities as an international issue, nor will they be able to do anything to help the Palestinians; nobody takes them seriously because they know that the Arabs’ wealth and oil is controlled by Western companies backed by the threat of military force.
Benjamin Netanyahu may well accept the latest US offer and freeze settlement activity for another two months. If he does, it will not be in the interest of peaceful negotiations, but in order to squeeze yet more advanced weapons and political compromises out of Washington. Who knows, he may even push for the Arab regimes to declare publicly what is already known behind closed doors - that they have near normal relations with the state of Israel, and have had for years.
Source: Al-Quds Opinion via Middle East Monitor
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pres obama has his tit in a ringer, politically if he want to get reelected he he has to lick Israels cream cheese stuffed ass. If he pushes for settlement freeze come election time the the Zionist controlled media will be implying that America should not have elected what they will imply a simpleminded darkey[my apologies to our black citizens] im just trying to make a point. no body has the balls to stand up to Israel.If president obama did he wouldn’t be able to get elected as dogcatcher.
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The USA, chiefly via the CIA, has spend millions to influence elections (or armed changes of government) in many countries, generically called “Banana Republics”.
For years, we’ve seen the USA as (in effect) a “Banana Republic” controlled by money either from Israel or from American friends of (right-wing parties in) Israel.
Obama “blackmailed” by (or on behalf of) a foreign power ? Oh dear, oh dear! But how very, very American! And how sweet it is to see the USA, “the greatest power in the world”, powerless, mere putty in the hands of monied democracy-distorters!
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The article has it quite wrong; Obama is giving the Jews the rest of Palestine while masterfully appearing not to, and they all know that.
What accounts for the dip in Jewish support is him digging his heels in on the matter of nuking Iran.
Even Bush had the sense not to, and Obama is far smarter.
So, why is nuking Iran so important to American and Israeli Jews ?
They all know that Americans will more and more catch on to Israel having done 911, and that will make life untenable for Jews in both America and Israel.
If Iran is destroyed it will in the process produce a debacle within the United States, which will struggle to survive as a nation, meaning there will be no longer the time to pursue old stuff like who really did 911.
Better still for Israel would be for there to be ww3, as a consequence of the nuking of Iran, between Russia and America, which means American Jews are expendable. I wish the American Jews had thought all this through properly back in early 2001.
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Then Senator Obama promised to get out of Iraq when he ran for President but he did not even pretend to keep that promise until this year. This year, he pretended but fooled no one. President Obama might fear retaliation by the US military or perhaps blackmail over personal details. If he really wants to get out of Iraq he should meet with Ron Paul, who could give him political cover. An endorsement from Ron Paul and his movement might just tip the 2012 election to reelect Obama if he runs against a Republican warmonger.
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Israel doesn’t want peace. They want land…all of it.
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pete Reply:
October 7th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
robertsgt40 you said it best @ simply. our present leader has his tit in a ringer and now he knows it. politicians say anything to get elected then afterword they have a sudden loss of memory. its all bullshit@ it wont change in my lifetime. nevertheless great comment
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