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The Obama Watch
Obama Versus Obama: Part IV
The real problem is that Obama 1 knows full well what Obama 2 is doing.
During the same week when the American ambassador to Libya was murdered and his dead body dragged through the streets by celebrating mobs, the President of the United States found time to go on the David Letterman show to demonstrate his sense of humor and how cool he is.
But Barack Obama did not have time to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of a nation repeatedly threatened with annihilation by Iranian leaders, who are working feverishly toward the creation of nuclear bombs.
This was an extraordinary thing in itself, something that probably no other President of the United States could have gotten away with, without raising a firestorm of criticisms and denunciations. But much of the media sees no evil, hears no evil and speaks no evil when it comes to Barack Obama — especially during an election year.
Nor was this public rebuff of a publicly requested meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu unique in its expression of disrespect, if not contempt, for both the man and his country. Despite his glowing assertions of his commitment to Israel, especially in speeches to American Jewish groups, Barack Obama has been working against Israel’s interests from his first day in the White House. As in many other contexts, Barack Obama 1 speaks but Barack Obama 2 acts — often in the opposite direction.
The vision in which Obama has been steeped is one in which white Western nations have oppressed and exploited non-white, non-Western nations, becoming rich and arrogant at other people’s expense. It is a vision that calls out, not for justice, but for payback.
When Jeremiah Wright said, “white folks’ greed runs a world in need” — and Obama, by his own account, was moved to tears — this captured in a few melodramatic words what a whole series of Obama’s mentors and allies had been saying for decades. No wonder it resonated with him.
Despite hopes that Barack Obama’s election as President of the United States would mark the beginning of a post-racial era in America, no hope was ever so completely doomed from the outset. Anyone who looks beyond Obama’s soothing words about race to his record, from his joining self-segregated black students in college to his appointing Al Sharpton as a White House adviser, can see the contrast between rhetoric and reality.
Barack Obama is not the first leader of a nation whose actions reflected some half-baked vision, enveloped in lofty rhetoric and spiced with a huge dose of ego. Nor would he be the first such leader to steer his nation into a historic catastrophe.
In Barack Obama’s case, the potential for catastrophe is international in scope, and perhaps irretrievable in its consequences, as he stalls with feckless gestures as terrorist-sponsoring Iran moves toward the production of nuclear bombs.
The rhetoric of Obama 1 says that he will protect Israel but the actions of Obama 2 have in fact protected Iran from an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities — until now it is questionable whether Iran’s deeply buried nuclear facilities can be destroyed by the Israelis.
Those deeply buried facilities took time to build, and Obama’s policies gave them that time, with his lackadaisical approach of seeking United Nations resolutions and international sanctions that never had any serious chance of stopping Iran’s movement toward becoming a nuclear power. And Barack Obama had to know that.
In March, Foreign Policy magazine reported that “several high-level sources” in the Obama administration had revealed Israel’s secret relationship with Azerbaijan, where Israeli planes could refuel to or from an air strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The administration feared “the risks of an Israeli strike on Iran,” according to these “high-level sources.” Apparently the risks of an Iranian nuclear strike on Israel are not so much feared.
This leak was one of the historic and unconscionable betrayals of an ally whose very existence is threatened. But the media still saw no evil, heard no evil. and spoke no evil.
The only question now is whether the American voters will wake up before it is too late — not just for Israel, but for America.
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Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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The Avenger| 9.28.12 @ 6:58AM
The American electorate is, by and large, woefully uniformed. We can all blame the MSM but the truth is most Americans are what I term Oblivions. All they care about is what directly affects them. They are oblivious to the world around them. Most are disengaged from the political process. If this were not true, Obama would be losing by a wide margin. I fear for this republic.
TLP| 9.28.12 @ 7:01AM
Did you see that Woman(?) on YouTube, talking about her FREE Obama Phone? And, by "see" I mean "look".
LOOK AT HER!
And, she is not alone. Our cities are teaming with her like. More Animal than Person. Apparently, we have stumbled upon our Missing Link. A species lovated on the Ebolutionary Scale, somewhere between the Feral Beast and Human.
In truth, we did not evolve from Her. She has been Devolved by a deliberate process (experiment) that would make Pavlov and Mengele green with envy.
She, and her kind, are the end result of 60 Years of being 'Boxed' like a Japanese Woman's Feet.
With beginning of the Welfare State in LBJ's Great Society, the Black Man was 'unnaturally' separated from the Black Woman. Unnaturally separated from a Family Environment. Thus began The Breakdown of the Black Family, and with it, any hope for a good future. The MASSA was back in charge.
But, that was just the beginning.
Once the Left had Corraled their Pets in their Ghettos, they set about conditioning them to EXPECT to be treated differently. Their Pets were Excused, when they misbehaved. It wasn't their fault. It was "Society's Fault". They were just Dumb Animals, and everyone knows that "There are no bad dogs. Only bad Owners.
I believe that Daniel Patrick Moynahan called it - "The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations".
TLP| 9.28.12 @ 7:34AM
The next phase of this Conditioning, was to keep them back, intellectually. It may have been the 60's and the 70's, but it was Still Illegal to teach a Slave to Read and Write. It's 2012, and the Schools in the Black Neighborhoods are STILL SH*T. Even this 1st Mulatto President found it Neccessary to Eliminate the Private School Voucher System in D.C., where he lives, lest Poor Underprivileged Black Children LEARN SOMETHING, and break out of their Controlled Environment, which could endanger the whole operation.
Think - The Truman Show - except that nobody lives happily ever after. Or, even to 50.
Some people claim that The Government is responsible for the Drug Epidemic in the Black Communities. That, Crack Cocaine was "Introduced" into these Communities, to further Break them down. (Homicide is the #1 Cause of Death for Black Males 14 - 26)
They call that - Thinning the Herd - where I come from.
The third leg of this Stool, is Unemployment. Gotta keep'em dependent. Gotta keep'em inside the Truman Show Dome.
The breakup of the Family, combined with a lack of Proper Education + an atmosphere where Drugs are Plentiful x 60 Years of Zero Personal Responsibility due to having "It's not your Fault" ingrained in to their Psyche = that Creature on YouTube, getting an Obamaphone.
It = 56% of all Violent Crimes in the Country.
It = Daily instances of Flash Mobbing Blacks, in every Minority Majority City.
Nancy in NC| 9.28.12 @ 7:58AM
Wow, TLP, you walk boldly where most fear to timidly tread.
When I saw that video I was appalled. I truly thought she was mistaken when she called it an "obama phone", thinking it was like Obama's stash. However, there is a website where one can get their real Obama phone. And the website has the audacity to say the phones are not paid for with taxpayer money. Who pays? The tooth fairy?
If anyone thinks we are not paying for the sins of our forefathers they are sadly mistaken. There are too many of the Obama phone people out there, and to deny it is to deny reality.
fmm| 9.28.12 @ 12:34PM
Look on your phone bill. You will find a charge in the miscellaneous section which is your direct contribution to the phone buying program.
TLP| 9.28.12 @ 7:54AM
Who would set up Shop in that kind of Environment?
Nobody.
And, even if they would - like Walmart has been trying to do for YEARS in NYC - the Left does everything in their power to SHUT IT DOWN.
Every Societal Nuance that everyone else possesses, and allows us move freely amongst each other on our Evolutionary Path, has been SUPRESSED in The Black Community. Think - Gangsta Rap vs The Philharmonic. The way they wear their Hats. Their Pants pulled down below their @sses. Their inability to even perform simple tasks, like Tying their Shoes. They have even abandoned the Civilized Tradition of Marraige. They have regressed back to Mating, and then leaving their Young with the Female of their Species, while they search for another Female.
Yet, all through this process, there is but One Constant.
They Vote Democrat every Election Cycle, like a Salmon swims upstream to lay its eggs.
Mission Accomplished.
They are moving BACKWARDS, and they're taking the whole Country with them.
Now, tell me how wrong I am.
Pecos Pete| 9.28.12 @ 9:40AM
Tim: You ain't wrong. Detroit is the map they follow. But, you missed a few other "folks" that follow the same map ... like lots of white "folks" in California, New York and Illinois.
TLP| 9.28.12 @ 9:58AM
Those others do so for different reasons, other than by Design.
Von Mises Jr| 9.28.12 @ 9:56AM
Walter E. Williams along with Thomas Sowell explain the economics of this phenomenon in their columns.
In places like Newark and Detroit, the blacks burned their own Korean grocery stores in the hood since they blamed them for exploiting them. But their kids were stealing food and breaking windows forcing up costs for "losses," metal bars and doors, and security alarms.
After the riots, the Koreans and others that tried to make a living in the ghetto mostly didn't come back. So now food is more expensive and less available. It is a vicious cycle of false grievance and violence.
TLP| 9.28.12 @ 1:01PM
That's why I don't cut any Black People's Lawns.
I don't wanna Exploit them.
gene| 9.28.12 @ 9:59AM
The U.S. of A. not supporting Israel will make our mistakes in Vietnam look like a Church Social.
Gen.12
[3] And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
TLP| 9.28.12 @ 1:03PM
Absolutely.
Please go to Matt Purple's Column, and read what I wrote about just what you're talking about.
And, when you're finished?
Enter the Contest.
Bill8472| 9.28.12 @ 12:11PM
Why do they always have to drag the dead bodies of the Americans they've murdered through the streets? What causes them to feel that way?
I mean, when someone makes stupid movie or draws a stupid cartoon, that's grounds for uprising in multiple states. But dragging a dead body through the streets, cutting peoples' heads off, burning them and hanging their crispy remains from a bridge, that's perfectly OK.
I just don't get it. How can you evaluate and deal with such sets of standards? I mean, it seems fairly obvious that their standard is "WE'RE untouchable and can't take the least slight, but YOU are scum that's fit only as garbage."
So kill 'em.
Bill8472| 9.28.12 @ 12:14PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?f.....8RQKc&NR=1
Bill8472| 9.28.12 @ 12:20PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
TLP| 9.28.12 @ 1:07PM
Yet, we're PROSECUTING MARINES, for Pissing on these MFers.
"The Muslim Call to Prayer is the most beautiful sound in the world."
Welcome to The Muslim's BIZZARO AMERIKA.
Alan's Girl| 9.28.12 @ 12:58PM
'Member what Mama said--ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS--
Mama was always right.
November is coming. Pray for the truth to prevail.
Purp| 9.28.12 @ 5:06PM
Yep... you're right. What does Romney stand for? What will he do? What matters to him? Why is his campaign so terrible? What is he tongue tied.
You're right - ACTIONS (Vulture Capitalism, Cayman Islands, Swiss Bank Accounts, 47%, VoucherCare, Billion dollar Federal bailout of the Olympics, RomneyCARE ) SPEAK FAR LOUDER THAN WORDS ( I want to help 100% of the American people)
He's done.
Nick| 9.28.12 @ 9:25PM
During the past couple of weeks, Burp has REPEATEDLY blamed the late Ambassador Stevens for his own death, the death of 3 other Americans, and the attack on the Libyan consulate. He STUPIDLY believes that an ambassador has more power than the president.
Burp will say ANYTHING to help the Appeaser-in-Chief cover-up his incompetence.
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Purp| 9.19.12 @ 8:06PM
"Who is in charge of the Embassy in a country? Who decides what is or isn't done in the Embassy?
"It is the Ambassador. He loved Libya, he miscalculated and tragically is dead.
"But, why would a President bother appointing an Ambassador if you're not going to listen to his advice. [...]
"Sadly, we can't ask the Ambassador himself - but that was his job."
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Purp| 9.19.12 @ 10:49PM
"Say it all you want ... Ambassador is the boss. If he wanted more security, he'd have had it. It sure isn't the President's fault. [...] Twist all you want. He was the boss, and he is now dead."
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You KEEP blaming Ambassador Stevens for his own death.
You are a disgusting scumbag, Burp.
Jobe| 9.30.12 @ 10:49AM
Come on, folks. This moron is not worth the time it takes to laugh at his mental disease, and respond to it with honest, intelligent responses.
Gary B| 9.29.12 @ 10:06AM
Too bad Israel doesn't have a secret agreement with Canada so it could bomb DC without refueling. Maybe that would shock some sense into the Jews living in NYC.
Jobe| 9.30.12 @ 10:46AM
There are several salient facts that many ignore when they look at the tremendous bias that we have, in the past, called the "major media outlets". The first of these is that these media outlets view the left as a sort of community of faith in which they have seminal membership. They are staffed by people who believe their own nonsense, therefore, they will NEVER be convinced by the reality around them, no matter how clear (Libya, Benghazi, Spain, Greece, etc.) the evidence is. Like any true delusional person, any pointed out reality that seems to conflict with the delusion will be factored into that delusion and will end up supporting it. Look around and the next time you see the "major media" defending some OBVIOUSLY defective position taken by the left, remember this fact.
In addition, democrats, especially those in elected office, NEVER look ahead at the possible and even probable ramifications of their policies because their only concern is holding on to POWER. The long range effects of their misbegotten policies and initiatives will, according to them, never need to be explained because we will have moved on and will have "gotten beyond" those effects. (Move along people, nothing to see here.) Consequently, nothing is ever their fault, and even if it is, it isn't important. At least, not anymore!
Gary B| 9.30.12 @ 10:55AM
What's different this time around is the over-the-top arrogance of the enemedia. They don't care that their agenda is totally exposed. In fact they and their Dear Leader take perverse pleasure in rubbing our noses in it. This administration and its acolytes in the press have a lot to answer for, not that they ever will. Justice will be slow in coming, if ever.
spike59| 10.1.12 @ 5:40AM
exactly so...early in ObaMao's term, it seemed that the 'mask was slipping'...not so; they ripped the sucker off and DARED anyone to take issue