Is Israel Punking Obama?

Despite growing pressure on Barack Obama to speak out on the crisis in Gaza, the US president-elect has remained silent on the issue.

Obama, holidaying in Hawaii, has made no public remarks on Israel's unrelenting military assault on the Palestinian territory, which has left more than 380 people there dead.

The former Illinois senator spoke out after last month's attacks in Mumbai and has made detailed statements on the US economic crisis.

But some fear that the US president-elect's reluctance to speak out on the Gaza raids could be sending its own message.

"Silence sounds like complicity," Mark Perry, the Washington Director of the Conflicts Forum group, told Al Jazeera.

"Obama has said that Israel has the right to defend itself from rocket attacks but my question to him is 'does he believe that Palestinians also have the right of self-defence?'"

Israel Sends Message To Obama With Gaza Massacre: "Fuck off Negro President"

If you're looking for the cause of the most recent Israeli aggression against the Palestinians – over 300 killed so far, and many more wounded – forget Hamas. The real casus belli is politics, in Israel and America.

On the Israeli front, elections loom large. The current Israeli government is enormously unpopular, and – with polls showing a massiveswing to the right – this latest "incursion" is its last attempt to shore up their sagging power base. The rightist surge in Israel has been building for a long time, with the settler movement gaining momentum and the Likud Party likely the chief beneficiary – in which case there will be no chance of a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question, no matter how evenhanded President Barack Obama turns out to be.

Speaking of Obama, the real focal point of the Israeli assault isn't Gaza – it's Washington, D.C. The whole point of this exercise in futility – which will not create a single iota of security for Israel, will not topple Hamas, and will not prove any more successful than the second Lebanese war – is to set the terms by which the Israelis will deal with the incoming U.S. president. Before he even gets a chance to appoint his Middle East team, his special envoys and advisers, the Israelis will have sabotaged the peace effort they can clearly see coming – and put the Americans on notice that whatever "change" is in the air will have to be to Israel's advantage. In short, the Gaza massacre is a preemptive strike against the prospect of American intervention on the Palestinians' behalf, or, at least, a more evenhanded policy framework.

Global System of White Supremacy?

"Barack The Magic Negro"

Would-Be Chairman Who Sent CD With Parody Blames Media

By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 28, 2008; A05

Republicans who are vying to lead the national party offered a mix of reactions yesterday to the decision by one candidate for the job to mail out a music CD including the song "Barack the Magic Negro."

Chip Saltsman defended his actions, telling the Hill newspaper that the song -- and others on the CD, which was mailed to party members -- were nothing more than light-hearted parodies.

Is Mr... Saltzman
guilty of a "hate crime"?

Submariner said...

In response to your question, no. But on a crude partisan level I hope that Chip wins chairmanship of the RNC. I would also love to see Sarah Palin as the Republican nominee in 2012. And if Rush Limbaugh hasn't thrown any turds from his aorta by then, surely he'll maintain exceptionally high visibility. Overall, the circumstances couldn't be more favorable for an even greater Obama victory than we just saw. Political observers who think this dude would pose a problem for Barack were probably the same folks who believed going into the NBA Finals that Dan Marjele could seriously challenge Michael Jordan.

Denmark Vesey said ...

Whoa. Whoa ... Whoa. Don't punk out on me Sub. Not you too. CNu got all neoliberal and irrational on me when I ventured to challenge the taboos of Gay Identity Politics. Mike Fisher hid behind the veneer of bathroom jokes. I hope you're not afraid to tackle the duplicity of Jew Identity Politics.

You mean to tell me that if Jesse Jackson Jr. sent out a video entitled "Lieberman The Double-Crossing Jew", he would not be universally hailed an anti-Semite bigot who should be removed from office, tried for a HATE CRIME, and sentenced to jail?

Condoleeza Rice. Hillary Clinton. What Difference Does It Make?

"The United States strongly condemns the repeated rocket and mortar attacks against Israel and holds Hamas responsible ..."

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44

The Zionists / NWO / Israel Kills More Than 200 In Gaza Airstrike - Why Do They Wish To Further Provoke War Between Islam and The West?

The Israeli assault on Saturday brought the highest death toll in Gaza in years. Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, said the campaign would expand as necessary, as the White House called on Israel to "avoid civilian casualties".

Why is criticism of Israel a taboo in America?

Merry Christmas

Madoff is free. But Michael Vick Is Still In Jail.

"Good. Good Barack. And When We Leave Here I'm Going To Take You To Get Your Wig Hooked Up Like Mine."

Obama Smoking Marijuana. Why Are You First Seeing This Photo After The Election?

Snow In Vegas? CNN Meteorologist Says NWO Myth of "Global Warming" Is Bullshit

"You know, to think that we could affect weather all that much is pretty arrogant,” Myers said. “Mother Nature is so big, the world is so big, the oceans are so big – I think we’re going to die from a lack of fresh water or we’re going to die from ocean acidification before we die from global warming, for sure.”

My Man IllMath! Logs On From The Jungles of Central America

ILLY said...
shut up byrd! LOl nah It´s IllmaTH AND iM BACK IN THE THE RAT RACE.. WELL AT LEAST iLL BE BACK IN THREE WEEKS.. iLL IS IN GUATEMALA BRUSHING UP ON THE ESPANOL..i HAVENT HAD THE INTERNETFOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND COMING BACK TO THE FOLD IS MUY EMOTIONALES..

ANYWAY gOOD TO SEE THAT YOU STILL ON THE LOOKOUT DROPPING JEWELS DV...BY THE WAY STANGELY ENOUGH i SEE aLOT OF STARS OF DAVID OVER HERE IN GUATEMALA...

OH AND HOW ABOUT THIS... IM IN THE INTERNET CAFE AND A GUATALMATECA TELL ME THAT fIDEL CASTRO IS A JEW... WHAT DO YOU THINK TURDEYE?...

Homosexual Activist Bars Salvation Army From US Post Office Steps Because They Are Christian

Post office shoos Salvation Army bell ringers away
Charity collectors are told to move from profitable Brea site after soliciting there annually for 25 years.
By LOU PONSI
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

BREA – The man who prompted the U.S. Postal Service to shoo away Salvation Army bell ringers says he just wants the law obeyed.

Postal Service regulations prohibit any organization from soliciting on its properties. But Salvation Army bell ringers had been allowed to become a mainstay in front of the Brea post office during Christmas for 25-plus years.

On Nov. 24, when Sean Thomas saw the iconic bell ringers at the Birch Street post office – staffed by employees of the Evangelical Christian Credit Union – he decided to speak up. The Salvation Army is a Christian organization.

"How can we have a church set up a collection facility in front of a federal building?" (Radical Secularism Wants A Monopoly) the 65-year-old Brea resident said today; he is chairman of human resources for the Unitarian Universalist Church in Fullerton. "I wanted to know who allowed these people to be here. … I don't think it is appropriate."

Thomas, who is gay, said he was partly motivated because he views the Salvation Army as anti-gay. A Salvation Army official today disputed that characterization.

Men Sex & Technology - Starting To Be A Problem

Gay Gestapo Attempts To Make Voting Against Homosexual Marriage A Crime Punishable By Summary Ostricization

By Kathryn Kolbert
Special to CNN
"Warren campaigned for Proposition 8"
Kathryn Kolbert is president of People for the American Way, a lobby group that seeks entitlements for Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals. An attorney who has been recognized as one of the most influential lawyers in America, she appeared frequently before the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986-1997, arguing in favor of abortion.

Cheney & Rumsfeld Sued By Pentagon Survivor - "No Fucking Plane Hit The Pentagon"

A career Army officer who was injured in the attack on the Pentagon on 9/11 is suing Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld for failing to issue a warning that American Airlines Flight 77 was about to hit the building despite receiving knowledge of its approach some 20 minutes in advance.

Retired Army officer April Gallop, a ranking specialist with top secret clearance who began working at the Pentagon in 2000, has also filed suit against US Air Force General Richard Myers, who was acting chairman of the joint chiefs on 9/11.

According to the details of the suit, a warning came in at 9:24 AM on September 11, 2001, that American Airlines Flight 77 was heading towards the Pentagon, and that unknown assailants had hijacked the plane. No evacuation was instigated, and at 9:43 AM the plane hit the building, causing injury to April Gallop (photo left), as well as severe brain damage to her then 2 month old son.Gallop was knocked unconscious when the roof collapsed in her office her and her 2-month-old baby sustained a serious brain injury after suffering the consequences of what Gallop describes as “two explosions”. Gallop does not believe that a Boeing 757 struck the building on 9/11.

The lawsuit charges that the attack was “engineered by other means, a planted bomb or bombs and/or a missile,” citing the lack of plane debris witnessed after the attack, along with evidence from the “black box” discovered at the scene, which indicated that the plane passed low over the building immediately before the fireball was observed, as well as the complete failure of ground and air defenses which protect the Pentagon.

“What they don’t want is for this to go into discovery,” Gallop’s attorney, Mr. Veale, told reporters. “If we can make it past their initial motion to dismiss these claims, and we get the power of subpoena, then we’ve got a real shot at getting to the bottom of this. We’ve got the law on our side.”

Global System of White Supremacy?

Is Big Man A Bigot Too?

Big Man said...
DV

You raise some good points about the gay lobby. While I used to think you spent an inordinate amount of time focusing on the topic, you're decision seems justified now because it has become a litmus test as "The State of..." mentioned.

I find it very telling how this issue trumps all others in the minds of many prominent gays, yet they have consistently criticized black people for our focus on issues that affect us to the exclusion of all others. I understand the idea that everybody looks out their own group, but the hypocrisy of condemning a group for doing the same thing you do is bothersome.

I still do not have a problem with gay marriage, I don't see it as the same as a marriage ordained and made before God. But, I am growing tired of the way the issue is being framed and how people are being attacked. Obama has long said he doesn't support gay marriage, yet now it's a big deal because he invited Warren?

It's not about gay marriage. It's about forcing everybody to agree with a single opinion on life.

Casper said...

"It's not about gay marriage. It's about forcing everybody to agree with a single opinion on life." Big Man

If marriage was only a religious ceremony then why is a license required? In colonial times, law generally followed that of the mother country, England (or in some parts of what later became the United States, France or Spain). In the early years of the United States, following British law, women's property was under control of their husbands, with states gradually giving women limited property rights. By 1900 every state had given married women substantial control over their property.

Don't you get it yet Big Man? Don't box your mind into the cube dude.

Additionally who is FORCING you to agree with gay marriage.