Posted by
Jack Cruger on Saturday, June 06, 2009 11:55:02 AM
I was prepared to write about the Nancy Pelosi CIA thing but things are happening so fast, to stay current, is really faster than I can write.
I listened to Obama’s Cairo speech and I thought WOW what the heck was he thinking? I have to say Obama is a great speaker, thank God for the teleprompter, and he got some applause form the attendees. But who were the people there? We did not see them, so should we rule out the only ones applauding were the President’s entourage.
I do know there were at least three groups who weren’t there, Israel, Fatah and Hamas. Obama was talking to the people who have heard most of what he was saying before, at least since the Carter administration, however there was no mention of the “Palestinian Authority” (PA) which was defeated in the last Palestinian election by Hamas. The PA set up shop in the West Bank and is still considered by the U.S. and others as the leader of the Palestinian people.
From (IsraelNN.com) Even as U.S. President Barack Obama tells the world there must be a Palestinian state, the residents of such a “state” themselves say this is not a viable possibility.
A poll released this week shows that 51% of Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza believe that unity between the two new Arab entities in the Land of Israel – Hamas-controlled Gaza and Fatah-ruled Judea and Samaria - will happen “only after a long time.” Another 27% says the split is permanent.
These two Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas, are at war with one another which equates to the same situation we faced it Iraq, and still face.
I am of the opinion that what the President did with this speech will elevate the tensions between the factions, where as Israel will speed up their expansion of the Gaza and Hamas will start lobbing more missiles into Israel.
In order to solve this problem Israel will have to pursue a SURG strategy much like the US did in Iraq. The possibility of that happening is ZERO since many of the people in the West Bank have relatives in Gaza and the US and international community will side with the Palestinians.
Many times since becoming President, Obama has said things that he has not considered the consequences, whether intended or unintended, by his talk. This is a major one because he essentially implied that if Israel took any offensive actions with Iran or Hamas the US would not support them, although he did say in Germany the Israel is our ally, playing to a different crowd I guess.