We know his spiritual mentor is anti-Israel.
So, this latest move sounds like more of the same for Barak.
Barak Hussein Obama appoints anti-Israel foreign policy advisor.
YNet reported:
Concerns have been raised among Israel supporters following the appointment of a controversial veteran political advisor by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.The Lefty blogs ought to love this news.
Last week, Obama introduced Zbigniew Brzezinski as "one of our most outstanding thinkers" during a policy speech on the Iraq war.
Brzezinski, selected by Obama to advise him on foreign policy affairs, has taken a highly critical stance towards Israel in the past, and has defended an academic attack on the American Jewish lobby which has been branded by some as being anti-Semitic. He has previously served as a national security advisor to President Jimmy Cater.
Brzezinki's appointment immediately came under fire from Harvard law professor Alan Dershowiz, who was quoted by the Politico website as saying: "It is a tremendous mistake for Barack Obama to select as a foreign policy adviser the one person in public life who has chosen to support a bigoted book."
One of the most troubling aspects of Brzezinski's appointment for allies of Israel is his defense of the book, 'The Israel Lobby,' by American academics Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer. In it, the academics attack what they say is an overly powerful Jewish lobby which is damaging America's interests. Their case has been accused of echoing traditional anti-Semitic thought and critics say it is based on faulty scholarship. But Brzezinski has described critics of Walt and Mearsheimer as "McCarthyists."
In an article in the Foreign Policy publication, Brzezinki wrote: "Given that the Middle East is currently the central challenge facing America, Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt have rendered a public service by initiating a much needed public debate on the role of the 'Israel lobby' in the shaping of US foreign policy." Walt and Mearsheimer responded by thanking Brzezinksi. For his part, Obama has distanced himself from the book.
Ambassador Dore Gold previously responded to the anti-Israel accusations laid out by the liberal antiwar authors in their new book The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy.
You can take the the man out of the madrassa but you can never take the madrassa out of the man.
ReplyDeleteBarak Obama is his fathers son. A Maoist LLL and a"born again" Islamist.
One of my more depressing revelations was when I noticed that every "afro-centric" bookstore I visited was well-stocked with books and pamphlets inciting hatred of Jews. In some ways not that different from "aryan-centric" bookstores.
ReplyDeleteFor a concise overview of the problems with the Walt-Mearsheimer essay and book, see the 5 page pdf at this link.
ReplyDeleteThis pdf is being widely disseminated in academia, industry and government.
Thank god somebody is finally saying what needs to be said about the Israeli-US relationship. I would imagine that nobody posting here has actually read this book "the israel lobby" because you guys would clearly see that the authors state well over 100 times that they are not anti-semitic, and that all of their concerns (the unquestioning relationship the US has with Israel - why is it so wrong again to question what is in the AMERICAN (not Israeli) interest? We do this with every other country we are allies with - Israel should not be special) are backed up by incredible research. They are just academics - nothing more, nothing less. And to say that Barack has attended a Madrassa just shows how ignorant the people posting here really are - he never studied at a madrassa- that was a lie spread to discredit him (and clearly it is being believed). WAKE UP. YOU ARE AMERICANS FIRST, not Israeli's. Do what is good for YOUR country.
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