Obama's Sunday 2 24 08 speech to ~100 members of the Jewish Community in Cleveland may just possibly be one of the most critically important speeches in the history of our American experiment - certainly the most important speech in the last 50 years. It will serve as the BASIS for successful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is at the basis of the 'Neocon Wars for Israel' that BushCheney and the Israel Lobby have been having us fight. Obama has split the Likud/Neocon war criminals from Jews of Conscience everywhere and broken down the walls for ME Peace. Thank you, Barack, and Samantha - YAHOO!!!
I am STUNNED by these developments and this speech is currently reverberating around the world in Israel, Europe, and everywhere except of course America. See Jim Lobe's article below and follow the links in the Israeli papers. This is it - this is what we need - these are the conceptual underpinnings for the end of the 'war on terror' and the counterattacks for our war crimes in the Middle East.
I call on all the American Jewish community, including their leaders such as the wonderful 'Jewish Voice for Peace' group to which I belong, to support resolution of the Israeli Palestinian conflict according to the UN Sec Co resolutions 242, 194, 338, the Geneva Conventions, and International Laws Israel is currently violating, and in memory of the the 4000 Americans who have died for Israel in Iraq
Once we stop Israel in Palestine we will find a miracle begin to occur - a war of terror that many did not understand was being waged will have stopped - for what we will have stopped is the 'war of terror for Israel' the neocons and the Israel Lobby have been having us fight. Oh wait - let me say it again - there stopped being a war of terror because the US stopped carrying out our war of terror for Israel - like when we attacked Iraq for Israel. And the effects will almost be instantaneous - we won't have to send our boys to terrorize Iran for Israel in a few months
Please click on the below article link at 'antiwar.com' and then click on the links for full transcripts of Barack's Cleveland speech - YAHOO!!!
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http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/02/25/obama-distinguishes-between-pro-israel-and-pro-likud/
Monday, February 25th, 2008 in News by Jim Lobe| Comment |
Barack Obama reportedly said something very important and long overdue to a group of some 100 Cleveland Jewish leaders on Sunday — that being pro-Likud and being “pro-Israel” are two different things.
“I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt a unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you’re anti-Israel and that can’t be the measure of our friendship with Israel. If we cannot have an honest dialogue about how do we achieve these goals, then we’re not going to make progress.”
He said even more about the confined nature of the debate over Israel and its security in this country, according to the dispatch in the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA). Apparently in defense of his consultations with Zbigniew Brzezinski, who has been harshly critical of neo-conservative influence in the Bush administration, Obama said:
“Frankly some of the commentary that I’ve seen which suggests guilt by association or the notion that unless we are never ever going to ask any difficult questions about how we move peace forward or secure Israel that is non military or non belligerent or doesn’t talk about just crushing the opposition that that somehow is being soft or anti-Israel, I think we’re going to have problems moving forward.”
And he contrasted those constraints on the debate here with the breadth and vigor of the discussion of those same issues in Israel itself.
“There was a very honest, thoughtful debate taking place inside Israel. All of you, I’m sure, have experienced this when you travel there. Understandably, because of the pressure that Israel is under, I think the U.S. pro-Israel community is sometimes a little more protective or concerned about opening up that conversation. But all I’m saying though is that actually ultimately should be our goal, to have that same clear-eyed view about how we approach these issues.”
The staunchly pro-Likud New York Sun is carrying a partial transcript of the meeting it obtained from the Obama campaign.
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