Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Israelis on Obama


Here's an article about why Obama continues to score the lowest when it comes to the best interests of Israel from Live from Dearborn and I's favorite Israeli news site, Haaretz.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=960851

It seems that Israelis are worried about Obama when it comes to the war on terror. They seem to see that Obama doesn't handle it the way Clinton and McCain do since he isn't as hostile to Iran and wants to pull the troops out of Iraq much more quickly.

I have strong beliefs regarding the two party system we have in America, in that both the Republican and Democratic parties represent two facets of the same business party, which advocates for corporate interests. One thing I do believe, though, that an Obama presidency will bring a much needed substantial difference to our country in today's political climate. A difference where we eliminate the "need" for a neo-con foreign policy of pre-emptive war and throwing diplomacy out the window. This doesn't at all mean he is great person. All it means is that he doesn't need support of the the neo-conservatives, so he doesn't advocate for them. None of the presidents before Bush Jr. advocated for the small politically insignificant minority we call the neo-conservatives. However, he still does need the support of the corporate world, so he advocates for them, just like Clinton or McCain.

More importantly, he still needs the support of AIPAC, and he has stood by Israel and their policies very closely during his run for the democratic nomination. They (AIPAC) have been worried about Obama, despite the fact that he has conducted himself impeccably on their question (see: The Obama section of "Why Nader is Important"), surely by the stringent standards of AIPAC. Now however, even if Hillary doesn't win the democratic nomination, the Israeli government can breath a sigh of relief. Obama will behave.

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