Obama seems to be whoever one wants him to be

Submitted by Ken Besig (Israel), Nov 13, 2008 at 05:02

As an American Israeli I am very disturbed by the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency since Mr. Obama seems to have no real principles or policies and has even promised to try to be whoever one wants him to be.

Mr. Obama has certainly promised everything to everybody, Right or Left, Conservative or Liberal, Moslem or Christian or Jew, Iranian or Arab or Israeli or European, rich or poor, employed or not, etc., leaving me to wonder just what Mr. Obama will actually try to do for or to anyone.

His appointment of Rahm Emmanuel hardly encourages me, for all that Emmanuel has Israeli and Jewish roots. Since Mr. Emmanuel has lived and prospered in America with his entire family for over thirty years, I have to assume that his apparently fierce and partisan loyalties will be first to his boss the President, then to his country, then to his community, and if any of those comes into conflict with Israeli or even Jewish interests, he will toss Israel and the Jews over the side with no hestitation, behaving much like another famous and powerful Jewish politicain, Henry Kissinger, the Secretary of State for Richard Nixon.

I am uncertain as to how you Dr. Pipes distinguish Dennis Ross from Rashid Khalidi, since both have done serious damage to the State of Israel in their own special ways, of course. Khalidi did his damage with malice and forethought by supporting and helping finance the vicious anti Israel terrorist organization called the PLO which specialized in murdering Israeli Jews. On the other hand, Dennis Ross did his damage with the best of intentions by his naive and misguided support for Rabin and Peres' Oslo Accords and all the other false and lethal Left wing Israeli peace moves which actually empowered that same PLO terrorist organization to murder thousands of my People and countrymen.

Dr. Pipes, your willingness to allow Dennis Ross to sit as an advisor on your board is your decision but frankly I have a difficult time understanding it. On the other hand, given the similarities between Khalidi and Ross, I can easily understand how Barack Obama can accept advice from both of these individuals.

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