Reject Him for Any Number of Reasons; Just be Sure You Reject Him

I got some interesting emails this week from Women in Green. This is a Jerusalem-based organization of Jewish women, established to support Israel’s interests. Their co-chairwomen are Ruth and Nadia Matar. Ruth Mater provides material for an email list and a blog, which you can find at this link.

The emails I got this week were a little confusing. Evidently, Mrs. Matar has demonstrated concern over Barack Obama’s Muslim background and his repeated admissions that he bears hostility toward white people. She also points out that he lied to a crowd of Jews recently. I’ll show you her proof.

According to Mrs. Matar, on June 4, Obama spoke to 700 AIPAC members. AIPAC is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. They lobby in the US on behalf of Israel. I don’t know much about them.

Here is what she says Obama told them: “Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable… any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel’s identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized, and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided.”

Without taking sides with Mrs. Matar (yet), I can tell you as a lawyer that this is classic weasel-wording. “Israel’s security is sacrosanct.” That means almost nothing. If Obama pushes Israel to cede everything to the Palestinians but one acre, and then we help them defend that acre, Obama will be able to say that Israel is secure. It’s obvious to a fellow attorney that he chose these words because they sound wonderful but guarantee nothing.

“Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel’s identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized, and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided.” Again, he promises nothing. Israel will be a Jewish state? That was never seriously questioned. The borders will be secure, recognized, and defensible, but where will they BE, exactly? He avoids saying. The security of the borders is not the primary issue. Their location is the issue. Obama deliberately leaves wiggle room for the ceding of more Jewish land. “Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel.” That’s not much of a promise. It’s the capital now, even though Muslim squatters are in charge of much of it.

“And it must remain undivided.” This gem deserves its own paragraph, because it differs from the bits of lip service cited above. They were empty, misleading promises. This is worse. This is a deliberate lie. Look at what Obama said one day later:

“Jerusalem might also serve as the capital of a Palestinian state, or there might be Palestinian sovereignty over Arab neighborhoods…Well, obviously it’s going to be up to the parties to negotiate a range of these issues. And Jerusalem will be a part of those negotiations… As a practical matter, it would be very difficult to execute [a policy of the capital remaining undivided.]”

Yada, yada, yada. Don’t lead us up and down rabbit trails, Senator. You lied. Plain and simple. If Jerusalem is the capital of two nations, it’s divided. If Palestinians run certain areas, it’s divided. Nothing ambiguous there.

Ruth Matar is right to bring this to people’s attention. She also brought up the anti-white passages from Obama’s book, which are very disturbing. But she mentions other things that seem less worthy of discussion. For example, it turns out that Obama isn’t really black. He’s 1/16 black and 7/16 Arab, and the rest is good old American Wonder Bread. She is concerned about the wisdom of putting an Arab in the White House at this point in history. While I suppose it’s a factor to be considered, it’s insignificant compared to his indisputable record of snuggling up to communists, racists, and one unrepentant confessed terrorist. And it’s also a minor issue compared to his lack of experience and his abysmal qualifications.

This week IBD ran a piece detailing Obama’s active solicitation of approval from the New Party. IBD credits Rick Moran of Right Wing Nuthouse with bringing the matter to light. The New Party is a collection of Marxist kooks. And when I say they’re Marxists, I mean they use the word “Marxist” to describe themselves. You can be an Arab and be loyal to the US. But no far-left demagogue who buddies up to terrorists and communists should ever be elected to public office.

Marxism. There’s “change” for you.