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No one should be surprised.
Reader comment on item: Obama and Israel, Into the Abyss
Submitted by Pat (United States), Jul 21, 2009 at 19:29
The only people who have displayed an unexpected naivete were American Jews who supported Obama in the first place. He's not likely to understand his error because he will never see his policy as an error. Picking a fight with Israel wasn't a demonstration of incompetence. More of Obama's supporters are pro-Palestinian than pro-Israel.
He is doing exactly what many people predicted for two years. Who can really be surprised at his actions?
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| Obama's abyss, and man as blind as was the Phraoah! [249 words] | Vigilant101 | Jun 3, 2010 19:57 | 173807 | ||
| Reasonable [122 words] | Tariq | Sep 16, 2009 07:17 | 161609 | ||
 Hey Tariq [14 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 09:07 | 161609 | ||
| Hey Seamus [7 words] | Tariq | Oct 14, 2009 03:58 | 161609 | ||
| I'll tell you what Tariq [75 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 14, 2009 19:45 | 161609 | ||
| OBAMA & THE JEWISH VOTE [45 words] | KAY | Aug 29, 2009 13:21 | 160786 | ||
| NO PALESTINIAN STATE – No land concessions R4. [781 words] | Jay Draiman | Aug 24, 2009 11:47 | 160593 | ||
| This is what my own folk have always believed [72 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 10:06 | 160593 | ||
| United Jerusalem = United Eretz israel [403 words] | Fred Schlomka | Aug 19, 2009 03:42 | 160398 | ||
| Alas for the poor Muslim [81 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 10:22 | 160398 | ||
| 'Alas for the poor Muslim " - and the poor Christians! [26 words] | Fred Schlomka | Oct 12, 2009 01:12 | 160398 | ||
| Te poor Christians have all been forcefully converted to Islam or they left a long time ago [155 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 14, 2009 01:57 | 160398 | ||
| to Fred and Seamus [41 words] | T.M | Oct 14, 2009 04:06 | 160398 | ||
| Christian Flight [193 words] | Fred Schlomka | Oct 14, 2009 16:27 | 160398 | ||
| My Dear Mr. Schlomlka, I beg to disagree AGAIN [175 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 19, 2009 10:21 | 160398 | ||
| @Seamus [26 words] | T.M | Nov 2, 2009 01:53 | 160398 | ||
| To T.M What I said applies to all Arabs becausey are Arabs [184 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Nov 3, 2009 05:31 | 160398 | ||
| FULL SPEED AHEAD [86 words] | TORONTO | Aug 14, 2009 09:17 | 160197 | ||
| Amen to that sentiment brother [73 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 10:29 | 160197 | ||
| "Occupation" & "Settlements" - Palestinian Doublespeak Buzz Words [841 words] | Ludvikus | Aug 13, 2009 17:27 | 160166 | ||
| The thinking of my folk on the matter [75 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 10:56 | 160166 | ||
| History lesson for ALL humanity [257 words] | pdm | Aug 5, 2009 09:19 | 159676 | ||
| Speaking of Faust [52 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 11:03 | 159676 | ||
| Unbalanced and Hasty [204 words] | Jay 1 | Aug 2, 2009 15:22 | 159545 | ||
| right of return is a trojan horse [27 words] | Jay | Aug 1, 2009 03:17 | 159500 | ||
| Continuing to Misunderstand Israel's Right to Intact Sovereignty to be the Undoing of the American Administration [244 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 29, 2009 18:00 | 159420 | ||
| #943, Obama & Israel [74 words] | suren sukhtankar | Jul 29, 2009 12:37 | 159412 | ||
| Being Hysterical [86 words] | Patty | Jul 28, 2009 16:06 | 159384 | ||
| Obamanation??? [25 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 11:10 | 159384 | ||
| Shimon haTsadiq as a place of pilgrimage [79 words] | Elliott A Green | Jul 28, 2009 14:22 | 159381 | ||
| Clarification about Shimon haTsadiq quarter [327 words] | Elliott A Green | Jul 28, 2009 07:53 | 159368 | ||
| What else is news? [60 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 11:20 | 159368 | ||
| "Naivete" ...? I have been wondering from day one if that is the true word for O's "politics". [402 words] | kman | Jul 27, 2009 22:07 | 159360 | ||
| no error [93 words] | paul morton | Jul 26, 2009 21:37 | 159324 | ||
| My own folk have never forgotten [46 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 11:29 | 159324 | ||
| Let's make a deal [42 words] | Wallace Liechty | Jul 26, 2009 17:35 | 159318 | ||
| While we're at it [16 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 11:31 | 159318 | ||
| Naivete? Try arrogance. [145 words] | Matt | Jul 24, 2009 11:55 | 159232 | ||
| negotiation jujitsu [40 words] | pdm | Jul 24, 2009 09:52 | 159225 | ||
| total submission [147 words] | pdm | Jul 24, 2009 09:45 | 159224 | ||
| imam Obama [37 words] | pdm | Jul 24, 2009 09:33 | 159223 | ||
| Corruption, corruption, corruption [116 words] | pdm | Jul 24, 2009 09:25 | 159222 | ||
| 20/20 hindsight, but NOT next time [354 words] | Frank Adam | Jul 24, 2009 03:48 | 159215 | ||
| Obama will continue to harm Israel [101 words] | Carmen Wagoner, Ph.D. | Jul 23, 2009 16:33 | 159199 | ||
| Dr. Pipes is completely mistaken about one aspect of Obama's policy [130 words] | Ken Besig | Jul 23, 2009 05:36 | 159188 | ||
| Destruction of Israel [398 words] | Homefront | Aug 25, 2009 19:12 | 159188 | ||
| All's going well, and getting better [87 words] | Carl Sesar | Jul 22, 2009 23:29 | 159181 | ||
| Current American Administration Middle East Policy - Overcoming Obstacles for True Peace [376 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 22, 2009 13:55 | 159165 | ||
| Obama: Destroying the Peace Process [149 words] | Edward Halper | Jul 22, 2009 12:59 | 159164 | ||
| Obama and Israel [109 words] | Dannel R. Ballesteros | Jul 22, 2009 10:31 | 159160 | ||
| No resolution. Period. [100 words] | Barry Goldberg | Jul 22, 2009 06:16 | 159153 | ||
| more on the "right of return" [15 words] | Anne | Jul 22, 2009 04:53 | 159152 | ||
| No damage [241 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Jul 22, 2009 02:30 | 159148 | ||
 No one should be surprised. [73 words] | Pat | Jul 21, 2009 19:29 | 159136 | ||
| What part don't ;you understand? [77 words] | Michael Greenside | Jul 21, 2009 17:40 | 159132 | ||
| Arab land purchased by Jews [77 words] | Gudrun Eussner | Jul 21, 2009 17:15 | 159130 | ||
| Israel should ignore Obama administration's demands. [214 words] | M.D. | Jul 21, 2009 16:36 | 159128 | ||
| Not so naive [31 words] | David Guy | Jul 21, 2009 16:18 | 159127 | ||
| That was exactly his plan [44 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 12:10 | 159127 | ||
| Dreams of his father [12 words] | Pava | Jul 21, 2009 15:44 | 159125 | ||
| Shimon Hatzadik ("Shimon the Just") [129 words] | Sol Shalit | Jul 21, 2009 15:44 | 159124 | |
| God's Chosen People Israel [35 words] | Susan R. | Jul 21, 2009 15:09 | 159122 | ||
| Obama is clueless [235 words] | J.D | Jul 21, 2009 14:37 | 159121 | ||
| Obama clueless??? HA! [76 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 12:31 | 159121 | ||
| Obama's Imperialism. [77 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jul 21, 2009 14:20 | 159120 | ||
| Obama is a Muslim [58 words] | Orator | Jul 21, 2009 13:42 | 159119 | ||
| 1 | Obama should have known that Jerusalem and all of Israel by the will of G-D, is Jewish. [142 words] | Phil Greend | Jul 21, 2009 13:18 | 159118 | |
| HOW LONG UNTIL OBAMA UNDERSTANDS HIS ERROR? [173 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Jul 21, 2009 12:44 | 159117 | ||
| Obama's embarrassing policy [65 words] | manny | Jul 21, 2009 12:17 | 159114 | ||
| He's a Marxist anti-Zionist who sees everything in terms of colonialist theory [66 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jul 21, 2009 11:55 | 159112 | ||
| Diplomatic Negotiations should be conducted discreetly between all parties without publiicity till consensus [157 words] | David Goshen | Jul 21, 2009 11:52 | 159111 | ||
| It's time for Americans to confront Obama on this [60 words] | Bruce Birnberg | Jul 21, 2009 11:46 | 159110 | ||
| ISRAELI CONCESSIONS COULD BRING ABOUT A NEW WAR.IS PRESIDENT OBAMA AWARE? [203 words] | DAVID DASTYCH | Jul 21, 2009 11:42 | 159108 | ||
| An answer to the question [61 words] | Anatoly Tsaliovich | Jul 21, 2009 11:38 | 159107 | ||
| We share a common view Anatoly [12 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 13:01 | 159107 | ||
| OBAMA ANTI-ISRAEL MOVES ENCOURAGE MORE TERRORISM, DEMANDS [103 words] | PHILIP R. SCHEIER | Jul 21, 2009 11:17 | 159105 | ||
| Reality [237 words] | John W Mcginley | Jul 21, 2009 11:08 | 159104 | ||
| Obama and Israel, Into the Abyss [336 words] | Kim | Jul 21, 2009 10:55 | 159103 | ||
| It is comming [130 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Oct 9, 2009 13:14 | 159103 | ||
| Obamanation [25 words] | Kerry | Jul 21, 2009 10:37 | 159101 |
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