Obama vs. Israel

Since the moment Obama assumed office, Israel has experienced the wrath of a president whose leftist views inform his understanding of the Middle East. Like most radical leftists, Obama sees the Middle East, the Palestinian issue, and Israel from the perspective of perceived grievances and social justice. In other words, Israel is the mean aggressor (never mind it is a tiny Western democracy surrounded by Islamic Arab states) that seeks to deprive Arab Palestinians of their rights and economic well-being. Furthermore, Obama, as seen through his "outreach" to the Islamic world, his courting of Arab dictators, and his unwillingness to confront radical Islamofascism, seems bent on blaming Israel for all the problems in regards to the "peace" process.

This pattern of behavior fits a man who looks at America, Europe, and by extension, Israel, as colonial, imperialist oppressors, who share a combined history of guilt and injustice. To Obama, free, open democratic societies like Israel are unfair, capitalistic entities who take advantage of minorities and other groups in order to provide riches for themselves.

Taking all this into consideration, it is no wonder that Obama has treated Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, with the utmost scorn and contempt, while bending over backwards to placate Arab leaders who have proven to be intransigent and corrupt.

Stunner. Obama Has Refused All Israeli Military Requests Since Entering Office in 2009

Not only has Obama started the process of dismantling America's military superiority, but he has also seen fit to begin the process of downgrading Israel's defense capabilities. This is possible because Israel receives their defense support mainly from the U.S., which has provided them with the means to defend themselves from the hostile forces that surround their small nation.

Imagine waking up in the morning to the constant sound of sirens, warning you to find shelter because of incoming Katyusha rockets. This has become almost a way of life for residents in south and north Israel. Even recently, Israel has been faced with the prospect of another missile bombardment.

And the biggest threat to Israel is undoubtedly an Iranian nuclear bomb, for the current leadership of Iran, from President Ahmedinejad, to Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, to numerous defense and government officials, has declared that they will not hesitate to destroy Israel and wipe it off the face of the map. And how can Israel take this threat lightly? This isn't the first time that Israel has been threatened with annihilation, and Iran currently supports, supplies, and funds a massive war by proxy with Israel. Hezbollah, Hamas, terrorists in Syria, etc., all receive their weapons, funding, and training from Iran. So while President Obama continues to twiddle his thumbs as Iran acquires nuclear weapons capabilities, Israel is faced with a life or death decision.

In fact, there is very little evidence to make Israel believe that Obama actually cares about their future. It has already been leaked that Obama prescribes to the popular "realism" of many American foreign policy "experts" who believe a nuclear armed Iran can be managed and contained. If this is true, then it would be clear that the current talk of "sanctions" is a massive charade, which is what the evidence indicates so far.

This has left Israel with the serious contemplation of "going it alone," and striking Iranian nuclear facilities without U.S. approval. And this really shows us how far we have come: that America's closest ally (the other is Britain, which has also been dismissed by the Obama administration) cannot depend on its closest friend to even allow it to defend itself from annihilation.

And how does a man-child president, indoctrinated in leftist bile, respond to this possibility? Why, by threatening to possibly shoot down Israeli fighter jets if they attempt to take out Iranian nuclear sites.

So it has come to this: an American president opposing a valued and close ally with the threat of military action. Obama does nothing to stop Iran from obtaining the bomb while opposing Israel every step of the way, and this results in one simple conclusion: Obama, however indirectly, is siding with evil. How else to explain the situation. Is Iran's regime evil? Yes. They murder and torture their own people who demand freedom, they supply terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Gaza, they have formed alliances with totalitarian despots in Venezuela, Zimbabwe, North Korea, etc., and they preach the extermination of an entire ethnic group. Now they are attempting to obtain nuclear weapons, and Obama is doing nothing to stop it, while preventing the only nation that is attempting to truly stop it from taking any action. Obama has sided with evil.

At least Israel has strong leadership during this time, which it desperately needs, and that refuses to bow down to the commands of a disastrous American president. I am also hopeful for the American Jewish community, which has been a liberal Democrat bastion for most of the last century. It seems that Obama's scorn towards Israel has awakened many American Jews to the harsh reality of leftist hatred towards Israel.

(A terrific article by Dennis Prager about America, Israel, and history.)