The Paragraphs Of The Day – usually it\’s just one, but today there are two – come from today\’s Washington Examiner editorial which decries the obvious dislike (or a lot worse) that President Obama holds not just for Israel\’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, but for Israel itself.
The editorial is excellent, and I urge you to use the above link to read every word. But the last two paragraphs sum things up so well that they garner Paragraph(s) Of The Day honors:
Evenif we were to set aside any notion of the importance of theU.S.-Israel relationship or dismiss the significance of the vow”Never Again,” and merely look at the issue in the mostnarrow and dispassionate terms of what\’s in America\’s nationalsecurity interests, the administration\’s moves are dangerous. Intrying to prove that he won\’t be cowed by any sort of lobbying effortby the pro-Israel community, Obama has been stubbornly refusing tosee that his policy has elevated a radical Islamist regime as aregional power – a regime that has for decades called for “Deathto America” and has been a leading state sponsor of terrorism.Allowing Iran to go nuclear not only alienates Israel, but also Arabnations that would also be threatened.
Asthousands gather for this year\’s AIPAC conference on Monday, Obamawon\’t be addressing them, as he last did in 2008 and 2012, when hewas seeking election. Instead, he will send National Security AdvisorSusan Rice (who recently called Netanyahu\’s visit to Congress”destructive”) and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power. Nodoubt, the two will speak in platitudes about the importance of theU.S. relationship with Israel. But it\’s getting more difficult tohide the fact that Obama\’s foreign policy is blinded by his hostilitytoward Israel to the point where he\’s putting America\’s own nationalsecurity at risk.
Couldn\’t have said it better myself.
Remember: Barack Obama is the same foreign policy deep-thinker who told us al-qaeda was “virtually eliminated”, ISIS was a “jayvee squad” facilitated the demise of moamar qaddafi….to be replaced by a virtually nonexistent government where Islamic terrorists are thriving, facilitated the demise of Egypt\’s Hosni Mubarak…to be replaced by a Muslim Brotherhood stooge who ignored the Egyptian constitution and eventually had to be removed from power by the military, has warned Syrian butcher bashar al-assad about crossing a red line…and then did nothing about it when he did…and has been made mincemeat of for years by Russian KGBer vladimir putin.
If Barack Obama is this incompetent everywhere else, why would anyone expect him to perform any more capably with Israel? Supporters of Israel had every reason to expect nothing – and, arguably, got even less.
Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a bravura performance this morning at AIPAC – an organization that, as would be expected, is entirely friendly to him. His speech was compelling, on-target, and devoid of the rancor he has every reason to feel for Obama & Co. In other words, he acted like a big boy.
Tomorrow Mr. Netanyahu will address a joint session of congress, where most members will also be friendly….but those who are not – virtually all of them Democrats (paying attention, Lost Tribers?)…will act like little boys and girls, and head for parts unknown while he speaks.
Ironically, by not showing their anti-Israel faces, they are doing Prime Minister Netanyahu a favor.
And, even more ironically, by showing how sizable, and dedicated, the Democrat anti-Israel contingent is, they\’re doing the Republican Party a favor as well.
Brilliant move, guys. Honest.
