Obama: The Presidential Orchid
He is like that most artfully deceptive of wildflowers: seductive, selfish, and looking for others to do his bidding.
Seduced by a flamboyant presence and consoling sureties, we have swallowed the bait of a false promise, crook, crime, and stinker. Obama’s America is not the America we used to know but the America we will come increasingly to regret. “The consequence of funding the metastization of government through the confiscation of the fruits of the citizen’s labor,” writes Mark Steyn, “is the remorseless shriveling of liberty.” Pursuing the goal of what Steyn, following Charles de Montesquieu’s seminal The Spirit of the Laws, calls “administrative depotism,” Obama also seems intent to curb or at least place rather severe restrictions upon freedom of the press, as his flirtation with the so-called Fairness Doctrine and the screening of questions at White House press briefings and town hall meetings suggest. (Here, it must be said, he is largely abetted by the media themselves that have come to behave like his personal janissary corps.) At the same time, the much-ballyhooed pledge to introduce transparency into administrative decision making has gone the way of many other campaign vows.
It is equally revealing to note that many American Jews, who voted in record numbers for Obama, presumably believed he would maintain the strong, traditional ties the U.S. has enjoyed with Israel. Many actually fell for the tenor of the speech he gave in Sderot to a rocket-battered community, assuring Israel of his support. Of course, Jewish credulity is legendary, founded in hope (that is rarely fulfilled) and change (that is often for the worse). It is now evident that Obama constitutes nearly as grave a threat to the security of the Jewish nation as Ahmadinejad or Khamenei. The “settlement freeze” he is attempting to impose upon Israel is only the first stage of a strategy likely intended to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Israelis from their homes, to bring about the surrendering of Jerusalem as the unified capital of the country, and to promote the eventual ceding of the Golan Heights to a perennially belligerent and terror-sponsoring Syria. As they say, just wait and see.
The fact is that Obama’s floral rhetoric and perfumed manner cannot be trusted. What it comes down to is this. Obama is the orchid of the political jungle, an efflorescent opportunist with a distinct agenda of his own. As Natalie Angier writes in The Beauty of the Beastly, orchids are “among the most artfully deceptive” of flowers, having acquired “an extravagant repertory of disguises in color, odor, shape, and overall engineering” in order to lure their unsuspecting pollinators to do their covert bidding. Many orchids are actually “named after what their flowers resemble: spiders, butterflies, baskets, shoes, peas, and donkeys,” anything that might appeal to an emissary. “Little about orchids,” she continues, “is what it seems”; most of them “are shameless charlatans.” One in particular, the Lady’s Slipper, seems engorged with nectar, yet “not only is it utterly dry inside; it’s also a nasty trap.” Food for thought, if not for anything else.
Orchids are among the most comely and longest-lived of all flowering plants, have almost no natural enemies, and are probably the most adept at attracting unwary pollinators to spread the genetic seed and bring their purpose to fruition. They are the cagiest and most determined of disseminators. If they were presidents, they would see to their election for at least three terms and, if they only could, probably for life. As for the human pollinators of concern, about half or more of the American public appear to have been taken in wholesale and are busily engaged in doing the orchid-in-chief’s surreptitious will.
“Suckers may come and suckers may go,” Angier concludes, “but the fakers of the world are built to last.” Notwithstanding, we should learn to give them a very wide berth. Even if baffled by economic theory or indifferent to political history, those still in thrall to an orchidacious president might bone up on their horticulture.
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David Solway is a Canadian poet and essayist. He is the author of The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism, and Identity, and is currently working on a sequel, Living in the Valley of Shmoon. His new book on Jewish and Israeli themes, Hear, O Israel!, has just been released by Mantua Books.
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1. Adina Kutnicki,Israel:While American Jews may still not be able to smell the stinking rot which they helped hoist into the Presidency, Jews in Israel know the score.
To be sure it will be difficult to be beat back a President bent on our destruction. However, there should be no mistake that the zionists in Israel will not react like their weak kneed US counterparts.
It is not for nothing that most are IDF trained-men and women-either on active duty or in the reserves. Not only that, but its general population is resilient to a degree unseen in most western countries.
Despite the leftist flank in Israel, the die hard zionists outflank the leftists in large numbers.
IF Obama has any sense left in his hard left mind, he would do well to remember that the Jews in Israel will NEVER give up their land to his Islamist benefactors.
Push come to shove, Jews in Israel know what to do with those coming at their throats-kill or be killed.
Jul 14, 2009 - 2:32 am 2. Juvenal:Adina, does that mean that the Israeli government is not taking the Dear Leader’s settlement freeze threats seriously? I certainly hope not.
Jul 14, 2009 - 3:58 am 3. sbourg55:It’s not surprising to me that Obama has “veered” Leftwards. He was never a centrist, and never talked about Capitalism in a positive way, or in any way that showed he understood what makes the private sector and thus the economy, thrive. What DOES surprise me, is how the college-”educated” folks who made the mistake of voting for him, mostly still are ignorant about his destructive acts so far, and plans for the future. The MSM (networks and newspapers) have made no attempt to veer towards realism. They’re still in la-la land as far as their stories on Obama (and Congress with Cap&Trade, etc). They’ve made a mockery of the reporting of news. When was the last time the MSM described the 2 reasons why the Kyoto Treaty was rejected by the Senate 97-0 twelve years ago. Those two reasons still apply and should have been described clearly to Americans so that the House Democrats would’ve understood that voters aren’t stupid. But the MSM became the enablers for cover. And the MSM is doing the same thing with almost every important act of the Dems and Obama. This is truly sad. This, and the fact that American liberals don’t listen to alternative views and don’t investigate real news on the internet. For being college-”educated”, they sure are ignorant…….if they still support the Dems in office. We’re in big trouble.
Jul 14, 2009 - 4:26 am 4. "progressive"watch:What is it that you don’t get about Obama and the former mainstream media? They have known what he is from the start; they like him that way. They are not his toads; they are the same toad he is.
The most important line in the article is on the president’s deceptiveness,”the consumate deceptiveness of his nature.” I have wondered and can only account for this by his having learned it from his red-diaper days on,so that it became consumate and natural.
Jul 14, 2009 - 6:12 am 5. Thomas L......:“propitiating rather than confronting its enemies …” They were enemies of the old America. The new America has apologized, kissed and made up for all that bad stuff. Heck, they were never Mr. Obama’s enemies. Like he said to Daniel Ortega, he was only a child when all those bad things happened. Besides, Mr. Obama has grown up to see and adapt and perhaps even agree with their way of thinking. We’ll see how well this works out. Strap in for a bumpy ride.
Jul 14, 2009 - 7:06 am 6. Bear:‘Teflon Man’s’ deceptiveness is embodied in his no-lose positioning on any policy issue…he is so skilled at blame shifting that he can never be wrong in his followers eyes.
This is not so hard to do with a credulous liberal/MSM following. Aye, but they are the intellectuals as I’m oft reminded.
Unfortunately the end game is obvious to the non-believers, the question in my mind : ‘is someone actually pulling his strings or is this all his agenda?’
look not at what he says but at what he does and the peole he surrounds himself with — origins of 21st century totalitarianism.
Jul 14, 2009 - 7:06 am 7. pistolpetestoys:Adina:you and your countrymen are in our thoughts and prayers.Unlike the mocha muslim foisted on us by the unwashed masses,we will support you in any way we can.I wish we had a leader who loved our country as much as PM Netenyahu loves yours and will protect her.
Jul 14, 2009 - 8:31 am 8. carol/n.o.:aahhhh…the anti-christ has arrived….and we elected him president.”words just words”
Jul 14, 2009 - 8:55 am 9. Conservative1:Where is Vivo? I need an intelligent Pro Obama statement right now.
Jul 14, 2009 - 9:06 am 10. Morton Doodslag:Orchidectomy seems to be in order…
Jul 14, 2009 - 9:16 am 11. gracie:#9
Intelligent Obama statement..hhhmmmmm nope can’t come up with one concerning the great BOO…come back later, no never mind. Intelligence and BOO don’t go together, sorry.
Orchidectomy…love it. However, I like VENUS FLY TRAP instead of orchid.
Jul 14, 2009 - 9:31 am 12. Bill Perron:O.K. One more time, OBAMA IS A POLITICIAN Duh ! What part of the word politician didn’t you get?
Jul 14, 2009 - 10:35 am 13. Gary Ogletree:Remember the word politician comes from the two Greek words, Poli, meaning many, and Tics, meaning bloodsuckers. NOW HAVE YOU GOT IT ???
What’s curious is that Obama’s grand schemes are falling apart so fast. And the slimy people he hired are beginning to expose themselves to the public. Age of Obama? I don’t think so.
Jul 14, 2009 - 10:48 am 14. Abi:Obama on his own, could not walk and chew gum at the same time. HOwever, he has good handlers, excellent handlers.
He was “born” for this position…a puppet. He was picked and primed for it.
Personally I do not understand the attraction to Obama ,by what I considered otherwise sane people. Bet they’re not so sane now…$$$$
Jul 14, 2009 - 11:17 am 15. AThinkingPerson:I feel for the Jews who have fallen under Obamas spell and who have turned their backs on their fellow Jews in Israel by doing so. I weep for Americans in general who will now be forced to toil for generations to pay off this debt that he is now saddling us with. I still pray that someone will secret away an original copy of the Constitution as it is now being summarily destroyed bit by bit. If I weren’t already a Deist I would almost be sure the anti-Christ had arrived.
Jul 14, 2009 - 11:42 am 16. Jshub:The question I have always wanted to ask the President is, “Mr. Obama, do you like America? Please answer one way or the other without nuance, qualification or circumlocution.” That’s really been at the whole heart of this first six months hasn’t it? The endless apologies, the lecturing on our historic shortcomings, the continuous moral equivalizing; all of this indicates a guy who doesn’t care for us that much. I don’t mean he has to be a flag-waving nationalist or even a Clintonesque flesh-squeezer. I never get the feeling that the citizenry (even those who voted for him) are part of the “we” he is always talking about. He’s like Michael Rennie in the original “Day the Earth Stood Still.” An other-wordly character sent to us to show the error of our ways. (By the way that pose only works if you have Gort to back you up.)
Jul 14, 2009 - 2:32 pm 17. Deep Brain Diarist:I sure hope the FBI and Secret Service are keeping an eye on some of you folks. Orchidectomy? Really?
Now… DISSEMBLE!
Jul 14, 2009 - 2:37 pm 18. Delia:Our leetle hot house flower is too busy gazing at his [legend in his own mind] purdy self in his shoe mirrors to worry himself with the novel idea of
comprehendingreading the legislations and bills that he signs.The people who groomed our hot-house orchid in hate-filled soil and the handlers behind the Lady’s Slipper who pull the strings are the ones who really have me concerned. 0bama is the shmuck who was brain-washed by bigger, uglier, scarier powers that be.
Jul 14, 2009 - 4:00 pm 19. Deep Brain Diarist:#16 — Ridiculous question. No self-respecting journalist would ask it because it betrays the questioner’s agenda. I think it’s a fair bet that he likes America. He’s said so many, many times. The fact that you choose not to believe him is, of course, your right.
#18 — Every day, I see posts in here about Obama being a useful tool of the real powers that put him in office. NAMES, girl! NAMES!!!
#14 — Maybe he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. Neither can I. But he won the election. And don’t you think it’s time you learned to live with it?
#9 — Do you remember who USED to be president? Do you REALLY want to compare “intelligent statements”? Grow up.
#10 — Explain yourself. And be careful.
Jul 14, 2009 - 4:30 pm 20. Delia:19. Deep Brain Diarist:
“Every day, I see posts in here about Obama being a useful tool of the real powers that put him in office. NAMES, girl! NAMES!!!”
Do you honestly believe in your heart of hearts that the rich and powerful ’string-pullers’ behind many a president want to be ‘named’? They don’t roll that way.
-But, I’ll give you some ‘names’ for thought:
Ayers
Soros
Acorn
Cloward
Piven
Now do your homework!
Jul 14, 2009 - 6:38 pm 21. AThinkingPerson:Deep Brain Diarist: I think I would like to compare stupid Presidential statements!
George W. Obama: “I’ve been to 57 states.” Doh!
Jul 14, 2009 - 7:28 pm 22. AThinkingPerson:Anyone (especially my new friend Deep Brain Diarist) see Michelle Malkin’s priceless list of Obama’s gaffes?
Enjoy…
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/21/barack-obama-gaffe-machine/
Jul 14, 2009 - 7:33 pm 23. Michael G. Gallagher:For your very freedom and your very dreams of living you own life. I’m going to post this little missive wherever I can, whenever I can, and as many times as I can. Once more into the breach! PASS IT ON!
Dear people, wherever you may be,
I’ve just finished rereading Atlas Shrugged for the third time. The first two times (a long time ago) I applied its lessons to the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. Now Ayn Rand’s work seems more pertinent than ever due the events unfolding in my homeland.
The reason I say my homeland is because I’m an expatriate American English teacher living in South Korea. I’ve been living and working in the ROK for twelve years, but I still send in my absentee ballot for presidential elections every four years.
What I’ve been seeing taking place in the USA since January 20 is making me more upset by the day. The mounting deficits, the growing and dangerous dependence on China (many South Koreans are very jittery about China) to finance those deficits, the talk of instituting new (VAT and a big one at that) taxes to help cover those very same deficits, the bailouts of GM, and particularly Chrysler, the attempt to remove choice and private enterprise from the U.S. health care system, the stimulus that went mostly to government drones rather things that would really stimulate, and above all, the despicable behavior of the mainstream media in covering up Obama’s real Chicago background. I had to go and find the red star at the top of William Ayers website all by myself!
All these things have made me very alarmed concerning the future of my country. So I’ve reached one overriding conclusion: it’s time for Americans to revolt against royal authority for the second time in 234 years.
I say this because I don’t believe the traditional legislative process can stop my country’s slide towards the comfortable euthanasia of West European-style socialism. With the idiocy of Bush to guide them, the Republicans have done a very creditable job of taking Dirty Harry’s 357. and pointing it at least at their feet, if not their heads.
So it’s time to revolt. This will be a difficult idea for many Americans to grasp. After all, we are the product of a culture that has based on the rule of law from its very beginnings back in medieval England.
What I’m talking about is starving the Government Beast. Come next April 15, 2010 don’t send in your tax forms. Refuse to pay! If you’re a small businessman don’t pay your state (If you live in California, New York, or New Jersey, this applies especially to you) or federal business taxes. Don’t pay your licensing fees! When the Bush tax cuts expire in 2011, don’t file! Simply don’t feed the Beast!
If you’re worried about prosecution, there’s safety in numbers. If ten million Americans refuse to pay, the looters can’t possibly oppress more than a very small number of people. If ten million small business people refuse to knuckle under to the New Jealously Class, then the Beast will be truly crippled and will be forced to beg for mercy. View your refusal to pay blackmail to the looters as a civil rights issue along the lines of what inspired Martin Luther King during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and the early 1960s. IT IS NOT YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY TO PAY HIGHER TAXES! In fact, it can be considered a form of treason to file on April 15, 2010.
Anyway, this has happened before. What most Americans don’t remember or never learned is that in the run-up to the American Revolution the British backed down twice over the issue of taxes. Parliament repealed both the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts in the face of fierce colonial protests. Remember, the looters don’t have the mighty Royal Navy behind them, or ranks of hard fighting British Grenadiers, all they have in their favor is the willingness to submit of a people who have been comfortable for far too long.
Michael G. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Jul 14, 2009 - 9:39 pm 24. Adina Kutnicki,Israel:Seoul, Korea
sauruman56@yahoo.com
# 7 pistolpete-Thanks for your support.
Just as an aside-last night there was a children’s fair in one of Israel’s beautiful seaside cities. In fact, there were also many Maccabiah athletes from all over the world walking around and enjoying the evening.A sight to behold.
The point being, that despite the utter beauty of this seaside promenade(think French Riviera, and amp up its beauty a notch)one could not help but notice the ordinance in attendance.
Imagine walking among all these laughing kids, young (and older)lovers strolling hand in hand, and then in the midst of this summer fun coming upon strapping 20 something year olds walking with machine guns dangling from their shoulders.
Lest anyone believes that these guns are just for decoration, think again.
All of the above is considered normal for those who live in the Israel. Therefore, I advise/caution anyone with more than a pea brain to understand that Israelis take their security very SERIOUSLY, even on a moonlit summer’s night.
This reflection of our reality crosses all spectrum of Jews- secular and religious carry the same ordinance, and are ready to use it to protect our nation.
Jul 15, 2009 - 1:22 am 25. Deep Brain Diarist:Yesssssss… the paranoia runs DEEP in the PJ comments! BILL AYERS made Obama President! And so did Rev. WRIGHT! And the BOOGEYMAN, Bill Soros! It was HIM! NOT the voters. NOT the dreadful failures of the Bush administration and the near-depression caused by the unnecessary war and the borrow-and-spend policies of the GOP when it had power. It’s all OBAMA’s fault — and the scary, dark, shadowy men who PUT him there.
Please. Open a window. Let some light in. Go outside. Get some sunshine.
Jul 15, 2009 - 7:55 am 26. Deep Brain Diarist:#21 OK. You listed one. And A “Thinking” Person points to Michelle Malkin’s “priceless” list of gaffes.
So…
1. “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
2. “I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.”—Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
3. “Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”—Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
4. “Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country.”—Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
5. “Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican.”—declining to answer reporters’ questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001
6. “You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.”—Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
7. “I’m the decider, and I decide what is best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense.”—Washington, D.C., April 18, 2006
8. “See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”—Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
9. “I’ve heard he’s been called Bush’s poodle. He’s bigger than that.”—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted by the Sun newspaper, June 27, 2007
10. “And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq.”—meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008
11. “We ought to make the pie higher.”—South Carolina Republican debate, Feb. 15, 2000
12. “There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.”—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
13. “And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I’m sorry it’s the case, and I’ll work hard to try to elevate it.”—speaking on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
14. “We’ll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.”—Houston, Sept. 6, 2000
15. “It’s important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It’s not only life of babies, but it’s life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.”—Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000
16. “One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
17. “People say, ‘How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?’ You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in’s house and say I love you.”—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
18. “Well, I think if you say you’re going to do something and don’t do it, that’s trustworthiness.”—CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000
19. “I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep on the soil of a friend.”—on the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2005
20. “I think it’s really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the beauty of playing baseball.”—Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2006
21. “Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.”—LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
22. “You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am one.”—Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006
23. “There’s a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, ‘I don’t want you to let me down again.’ “—Boston, Oct. 3, 2000
24. “They misunderestimated me.”—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
25. “I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.”—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
Jul 15, 2009 - 8:00 am 27. Anonymous:no one cares about these things…you waste your time looking for this stuff…period.
Jul 15, 2009 - 8:57 am 28. Delia:25. Deep Brain Diarist,
Did you even READ about the “CLOWARD-PIVEN STRATEGY”? It’s pretty much what is happening:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6967
Off topic: God bless you for your personal struggle with Parkinson’s Disease and I hope your balance and gait get better with time. I’m hoping your surgery will have been a big leap for medicine and for you. I truly hope yours will be a ’success’ story.
Jul 15, 2009 - 9:03 am 29. moonslayer:10. Morton Doodslag:
Orchidectomy seems to be in order
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“orchid”ectomy.. : “orchiectomy”…..funny
get a grip the guy was being funny…
Jul 15, 2009 - 7:15 pm 30. Robohobo:Beep Drain Diarrhea @ 19 -
WTFDYTYA? You be careful! Do NOT come around this house and threaten your betters!
Then I follow your link. Damn. I am sorry you are ill. But be assured that there are others in the world with other illnesses who are not so hate filled as you seem. Your list of Bush gaffe’s is just silly. You also probably see nothing wrong with the handling of Palin by the Left and the MSM, or do you?
My Uncle Bob died of PD many years ago. Have you ever faced the fact that your cognitive processes may be becoming impaired?
Jul 15, 2009 - 8:43 pm 31. njcommuter:One of the Gilbert and Sullivan songs reads When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte, as every child can tell/The House of Peers did nothing in particular/And did it very well. This will be the kindest judgement that history will be able to render on Obama’s statecraft; I fear that it will have to be much worse.
Jul 16, 2009 - 3:19 pm 32. seansarto:Guess ya gotta know the difference between “Free bird” as in “Goin’ down ta the KFC with my Oprah coupon…”
an’ “Freebird” as in, “And this bird you cannot change…”
I’ve fought enough “white dudes” in my time as a “white dude” ta know that it all ends up boilin’ down to some kinda claim o’er possessions or properties…All this “racism” and “boss cool” shtick adds up to my senses as bein’ nuthin’ more then, “We’ll gang up on you!” …Quite the heroic instinct there…Jest more territorial piss an’ spit spoilin’ the stew.
At some point, as a man, ta keep havin’ to adjust to the spread of it loses its thrill…
George Will is the new Artie Fuffkin of “This is Spinal Tap”….
Jul 17, 2009 - 8:53 pm 33. Michael B:Orchid, perhaps. I’d go with a venus fly trap or nepenthes.
Jul 18, 2009 - 4:15 pm 34. Morrisminor:“He represents everything that the Left has come to signify for our time, with its ancestral suspicion of Jews,”
Jul 18, 2009 - 9:16 pm 35. JeremyF:Give me a break, at one time the left was the wing for the Jews and the right was/is where all the real crackpots resided. I couldn’t read anymore of this pointless putdown after such a trashy, ignorant lie.
But then again this leads one to believe the right is now the home of the most virulent anti-intellectual-intelligence people who actually can swallow such crap without a second thought.
Why not compare Obama to moss or tumbleweed?
Jul 18, 2009 - 10:34 pm 36. Morrisminor:As far as representing some sort of anti-Semitism, who was talking about Alinskyites and Soros for the last couple of years?
I support Israel but lets be frank about Israel for once, something that most cons here are loathe to be. The US and the rest of the world are behind a Palestinian state long before Obama. In order to have some sort of Palestinian state on the West Bank, having a network of exclusive Israeli settlement, connected by special roads far superior and isolate from the local Arabs, is totally unpalatable to even the most sensible and accomodating of Arab leaders. Would you want to live in a country where a bunch of hostile foreigners had a separate and isolated society better than yours, like the European concessions in old Shanghai? Okay, Israel should keep all of Jerusalem and some key srongpoints, but letting Israel build more Israeli only settlements on the West Bank is a message of war not peace. A better world might let Israel have the whole West Bank and do a Stalin like removal of the Arabs, ala post war Europe, but that is not happening. I know many Arabs and Muslims harbor Nazi like attitudes towards Israel, but building more West Bank Israeli settlements only strenghthens those hands.
Jul 18, 2009 - 10:47 pm 37. Michael B:Morrisminor,
You apparently know little or nothing about the history of the West Bank, the settlements and Israel in general. Indeed, you don’t bother to forward an argument, you’re merely forwarding an assertion based upon received opinion. For the barest of beginnings in that area, see my own comment in the linked thread, dated July 14th, 2009 5:20pm.
Jul 20, 2009 - 7:54 pm