Stark difference in perception

Submitted by Leonid Tokman (United States), Mar 31, 2010 at 03:07

It's amazing that the people in Israel see Obama so much more clearly than so many American Jews.

The Israelis can correctly see the true meaning of Obama's actions, despite his pro-Israel rhetoric in front of the Jewish voters. They can recognize that Obama's twenty years of listening to Rev.Wright's antisemtic sermons were not wasted in vain. His arrogant and rude treatment of Benjamin Netaniyahu last week speak much louder than his sweet but false words.

Yet the American Jews who overwhelmingly voted for this arrogant man continue to shut their eyes, unable to admit that they have made a serious error. They try to justify all of Obama's anti-Israel actions by rationalizing his behavior, blaming others (Netaniyahu, Likud, etc.), but only not their god Obama.

Their liberal upbringing has brainwashed them to the limit. Ironically, these people, even though raised in a free and open society, are reminding me of the Soviet people raised in the 1930's and 1940's believing in the wisdom and kindness of their almighty god Stalin. Then after his death, even when all of his crimes became public knowledge, these good and honest people could not get themselves to admit the truth, and were always looking for excuses for their dethroned god.

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