Obama is not out to hurt Israel… and, by the way, if you didn’t know it,

HE IS NOT A MUSLIM………..

“for our most dependable Middle East ally.”

For whom 2 spies have been prosecuted in the last 30 years…and those were the ones we caught. Why does our “closet ally” in the middle east spy on us?

“He has also said that he has been in the “foxholes” in Chicago with his Jewish friends trying to heal the rifts between the African-American and Jewish populations. There is absolutely no proof of any of these claims.”

And the “proof” of most of your assertions are no where to be seen either.

“the Woods Foundation, a charity with a broad mandate”

Their foremost mandate is fighting poverty.

“(Obama) has singled out two figures demonized by anti-Semites, Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle, as being responsible for the Iraq War. This despite the fact that Perle was not in the government and George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld were the key figures and decision-makers.”

Is this a joke? It is clear, from the many investigative pieces, written since 2003, that Perle, Wolfowitz, Feith, et.al, did have undue influence on the prosecution of the War whether they were offically in the Government or not.

“His use of the term “separation barrier” or “wall” rather than the far more commonly used “security barrier” has apartheid-like connotations.”

It seems to me that YOU are the one giving the term “barrier wall”, etc. an apartheid connotation, although if we are being honest the Wall is de facto a “seperation barrier” not to mention that once again, Palestinan Land has been confiscated to build parts of the barrier.

“(Israeli removal of all settlements from Gaza has not resulted in peace.)”

Maybe the fact that Gaza is maintained like the Warsaw Ghetto has something to do with the lack of “peace.”

“this seems to be Obama’s approach to the Iranian problem, only with Iran, he believes that they will give up their nuclear program if America will just negotiate with them to reach an agreement to let them have the nuclear weapons.”

Oh please, Obama never said that “just talking” to the Iranians would take care of their Nuclear Ambitions, but talking first (yes even without pre-conditions) is certainly better than threatening them with the “Obliterate” button ala Clinton and McCain. Cold War Era Politics are simply not working any longer…the fact is that going into Iraq has emboldened Iran and weakened our “friend” Israel. BTW, Ronald Reagan actually did speak privately to Gorbachov before Communism imploded (they corrosponded with Letters.) Reagan knew that you could catch a fly or 2 with Honey instead of vinegar. Need more proof that “talking” can make a positive change? Look at the Bush Administration’s success with North Korea this past week; diplomacy should always be the first line of defense..(someone needs to wake McCain up to this fact before he bomb,bomb,bombs Iran.)

Obama would rather keep Iran from going Nuclear and diplomacy is on the table, but military action, he has made clear, will always be an option, In short, Obama promises to “speak softly but carry a BIG stick.”

Personally I’m an American Firster who actually doesn’t give a rat’s patoot about protecting Israel, especially at the cost of American lives, that said, I believe that Obama meant what he said at AIPAC: he will continue the strong relationship between the US and Israel that Harry Truman got rolling 60 years ago (a mistake, IMO, but I digress.)

I wouldn’t say that anti-Semitism is entirely dead among Catholics, but there are many friends of Israel among us. Please don’t judge us all by Pat Buchanan.

I support McCain in large part because of his stance on security and foreign affairs. And yes, it is frustrating to talk to Jews who are star-struck over Obama.

I know some very smart Jews. Are they politically smart?

Not so much.

We Catholics do not teach Jew hatred anymore. Not at all. I know, because I’m old enough and involved enough to straddle the old, pre-Vatican II world and the post-Vatican II world. In the early grades of my Catholic school experience, we were never taught Jew hatred. Plus, I found out recently that in Germany at that time it was not uniformly propagated. Most of the teaching of Jew hatred happened outside of church, in the neighborhoods and associations, but not all of them. Objectively, the Jew hatred was more intense in the Protestant and the atheist sectors. And that included the Communists and the socialists too.

Has the Church fessed up to the role it played in Jew hatred? Yet it has. Has anyone else publicly admitted as much and publicly apologized as often? No.

Israel matters to me because of a variety of reasons. But let me set the record straight to those Buchananites on the board: loyalty to America does not mean one has to be hostile towards Israel. Israel is an underdog in a region full of jackals baying for Jewish blood. It was so long before the formation of the state of Israel. Hello? Hajj Amin al Husseini anyone? As in, a Muslim Arab who went to Hitler to get an entire SS Division (Handschar) for himself to use in Europe to wipe out Jews in the Balkans. Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East (another reason). It is an outpost that stands guard against the hoards of Allah’s minions. Plus, I DO believe they are God’s Chosen People. Jesus Christ and the New Testament do not change that one iota. God has a purpose for these people, and if some of them hate themselves, well that’s their problem. We can support them, but if Israelis and their American cousins do not want to defend themselves, well there’s nothing we can do about that.