[Peace-discuss] Barack Obama: "America’s First Jewish President" ??

[E. Wayne Johnson]

AIPAC, et al., have a huge investment in their boy and
will likely do whatever-it-takes to make sure that Obama stays bought.
I would say "liquidated" would be a closer description than "attacked".



Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> This is truly hypothetical, but I wouldn't be so sure that Obama 
> wouldn't be attacked (by AIPAC followers, for example) if he shifted 
> his positions to favor the Palestinians and condemned Israel for its 
> criminality against those Palestinians.  Some might keep their mouths 
> shut; others would not. Crudely insulted? Depends on how crudely…
> --mkb
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Green wrote:
>
>> From the Petras article:
>>  
>> "One can envision how quickly his Zionist colleagues would replace 
>> their plaudits with crude insults regarding his intelligence if he 
>> suggested Israel end its starvation blockade of Gaza… Needless to say 
>> the Zionists know their man, as they confidently proclaim, he is a 
>> cautious and prudent politician, who measures power before he speaks, 
>> especially as he has filled the White House, economic councils and 
>> security apparatus with Zionist zealots."
>>  
>> This is crude (and borderline anti-semitic) nonsense. Crude insults 
>> are inconceivable except from the Horowitz/Pipes far right. Again, 
>> Obama does what he does because he is at best willing to allow Israel 
>> to do what it wants. It is inconceivable that he would be crudely 
>> insulted by those who want to find favor with him--they don't want to 
>> in the first place, and it would backfire bigtime. Obama freely 
>> chooses his colleagues and his positions--within the limits that 
>> allowed him to be elected in the first place. He abides by those 
>> limits because that's who he is.
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>> *From:* Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net 
>> <mailto:mkbrussel at comcast.net>>
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>> *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2008 11:04:12 AM
>> *Subject:* [Peace-discuss] Barack Obama: "America’s First Jewish 
>> President" ??
>>
>> For those interested in Obama's allegiance to Israel/Zionism, read
>>
>> http://petras.lahaine.org/articulo.php?p=1768&more=1&c=1 
>> <http://petras.lahaine.org/articulo.php?p=1768&more=1&c=1>
>>
>> *Barack Obama: "America’s First Jewish President" *
>>
>> *According to a nationally prominent Zionist spokesperson, former 
>> Congressman, Federal Judge, White House Counsel to President Bill 
>> Clinton and early backer of Obama, Abner Mikvner, “Barack Obama is 
>> the first Jewish President”.*
>>
>> The main criticism I have with Petras, who reveals an interesting 
>> history in his article, is that he ignores other strong 
>> influences/motivations of American policy—the desire to control the 
>> ME resources, the military industrial complex, imperialism, etc. . 
>>
>> --mkb
>>
>>
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