[Peace-discuss] Obama supports Israel's collective punishment of Gaza

[David Green]

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/barack_obamas_middle_east_expe.html
   
  I don't know what it means that the pretty decent Robert Malley is an advisor to Obama, but it can at least serve to feed the illusion that Obama is running to his right only to get elected.
   
  DG

"C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
  Obama's economic advisors:

Austan Goolsbee, U. of Chicago neoclassicist and “Sicko” critic; David Cutler, Harvard economist who believes that high health costs are good for the economy; Jeffrey Liebman: another Harvard economist and former Clinton adviser who favors privatizing social security.

http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/obamas-economic-advisers/

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:59:30 -0600
>From: "John W." 
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Obama supports Israel's collective punishment of Gaza 
>To: "Morton K. Brussel" 

>Cc: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
>
> At 10:09 PM 1/26/2008, Morton K. Brussel wrote:
>
> Yes, John, I'm with Carl on this one. I have no
> faith in Obama. Perhaps unlike Carl, however, I
> think he's better on some issues than Bush.
> Obama's advisors, many from the Clinton
> administration such as Brzezinski, Lake and Ross,
> do not lend confidence that he would make a
> significant change in America's imperial or
> corporate policies, but there are a few such as
> Lawrence Korb, who are better on such issues. On
> domestic issues not involving corporate interests,
> he'd probably be a big improvement over the
> current crop. But he's so vague, taken up with his
> own rhetoric, that one can't be sure of anything
> that he'd do.
>
> Does that suffice?
>
> Mort
>
> Yes, Mort. Thank you. :-) I had never heard/read
> you express yourself on Obama before, and then
> suddenly here came that veritable torrent of
> adjectives. :-P I myself don't know what to think
> of Obama. As you say, he's vague and quite taken
> with his own rhetoric. He would definitely have to
> GROW into the Presidency. Somehow I have more faith
> of that happening with Obama than I do with EITHER
> of the Clintons. But I could be entirely wrong.
>
> John
>
> On Jan 25, 2008, at 8:06 PM, John W. wrote:
>
> At 06:59 PM 1/25/2008, you wrote:
>
> He's not the only one. All these adjectives
> apply:
>
> revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant,
> disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile,
> foul, abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating,
> sickening, hateful, detestable, execrable,
> abominable, monstrous, appalling,
> reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable,
> intolerable, despicable, contemptible,
> unspeakable, atrocious, awful, terrible,
> dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavory,
> unpalatable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty,
> noisome, distasteful; informal ghastly,
> horrible, horrid, gross, godawful; beastly.
>
> --mkb
>
> I see you have access to a thesaurus, Mort. 
> :-) Are you applying all of these adjectives to
> Obama? Do you agree with Carl, then, on his
> assessment of Obama? If so, is your opinion
> based only on this issue of Israel/Palestine, or
> does it reflect other considerations?
>
> John Wason
>
> On Jan 25, 2008, at 5:39 PM, C. G. Estabrook
> wrote:
>
> [As if there weren't already more than
> enough reasons already to reject the odious
> Obama, consider the letter he sent to Zalmay
> Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, on
> the Security Council's meeting regarding the
> situation in Gaza. As he asked, he US
> blocked the council from issuing a
> statement.--CGE]
>
> Dear Ambassador Khalilzad,
>
> I understand that today the U.N.
> Security Council met regarding the situation
> in Gaza, and that a resolution or statement
> could be forthcoming from the Council in
> short order.
>
> I urge you to ensure that the Security
> Council issue no statement and pass no
> resolution on this matter that does not
> fully condemn the rocket assault Hamas has
> been conducting on civilians in Southern
> Israel for over two years.
>
> All of us are concerned about the impact
> of closed border crossings on Palestinian
> families. However, we have to understand why
> Israel is forced to do this. Gaza is
> governed by Hamas, which is a terrorist
> organization sworn to Israel’s
> destruction, and Israeli civilians are being
> bombarded by rockets on an almost daily
> basis. That is unacceptable and Israel has a
> right to respond while seeking to minimize
> any impact on civilians.
>
> The Security Council should clearly and
> unequivocally condemn the rocket attacks
> against Israel, and should make clear that
> Israel has the right to defend itself
> against such actions. If it cannot bring
> itself to make these common sense points, I
> urge you to ensure that it does not speak at
> all.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Barack Obama
> United States Senator
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