More on the unbelievable position or the Obama administration on Israel. ========= WSJ 12/27/2016 By John Bolton Last Friday, on the eve of Hanukkah and Christmas, Barack Obama stabbed Israel in the front. The departing president refused to veto United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334—a measure ostensibly about Israeli settlement policy, but clearly intended to tip the peace process toward the Palestinians. Its... Read more
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Obama’s Parting Betrayal of Israel
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Israel, ObamaWhere’s the Pope on Syria?
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Politically correct, Religion, The LeftI really wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but this probably ends that hope forever. ========= WSJ 12/27/2016 If you are like this columnist, you may have missed the recent prayer vigil in front of St. Peter’s, which featured Pope Francis leading tens of thousands of the faithful in protest of the sickening Russian military strikes in Aleppo that have... Read more
Obama’s Anti-Israel Tantrum
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Middle East, ObamaTotally despicable. ======== WSJ 12/24/2016 The decision by the United States to abstain from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel over its settlements on the West Bank is one of the most significant, defining moments of the Obama Presidency. It defines this President’s extraordinary ability to transform matters of public policy into personal pique at adversaries. And it defines the reality of... Read more
One Picture, One Culture of Hate
August 21 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Middle East======= WSJ 8/15/2016 Bret Stephens An Israeli heavyweight judoka named Or Sasson defeated an Egyptian opponent named Islam El Shehaby Friday in a first-round match at the Rio Olympics. The Egyptian refused to shake his opponent’s extended hand, earning boos from the crowd. Mr. Sasson went on to win a bronze medal. If you want the short answer for why the Arab world... Read more
Who Lost Saudi Arabia?
January 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Obama, RussiaHe is negotiating with Iran and Russia. He snubs his nose at the Saudis, at Israel, at Egypt. Let me ask: Who are our friends? Who are the enemy? And Obama thinks he is the smartest guy on the planet. ========= WSJ Jan. 3, 2016 5:20 p.m. That headline question may seem premature, but it’s worth asking if only to reduce the... Read more
Palestinian State of Denial
November 9 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Middle East, ObamaYou do not make peace with enemies. You make peace with former enemies. ======= In the history of political clichés, has there ever been one quite so misjudged as the line—some version of which is attributed either to Israel’s martyred Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin or fabled Defense Minister Moshe Dayan—that “you make peace with your enemies, not with your friends”? OK, “give peace... Read more
