Tonight I lost my last bit of sympathy for President Obama
By Jan Oberg
A man shall be judged more by his deeds than by his words, says President Obama. That is what I do to him here. On the basis of what he has done and says he will do.
This is President Obama’s most nasty, bellicose, one-sided and perversely power-arrogant speech ever. The Nobel Committee ought to revoke its Prize to him, but of course it won’t.
This cynical man speaks about the goodness of even more “crippling” sanctions on a country of 75 million people of which 25 % are children under 14.
At every single aspect he touches upon, he takes the wrong path: towards making war irreversible. There is no excuse that it was for AIPAC. In contrast to George W. Bush, he is neither ignorant, under-educated, or un-intelligent. That’s what makes it so serious, so tragic.
Among several remarkable things is that the President here also gives a carte blanche to Israel deciding alone what it will do in the future vis-a-vis Iran.
Under no circumstance can the U.S. under this man serve in a peaceful role, and it’s laughable to argue that it can be a mediator in the Middle East.
Pray that I am wrong but this speech, combined with everything else that goes on these months, makes me predict war on Iran within 4-6 months.
Addendum:
Of course this speech figures only on 2-3 front pages of the Western mainstream press the day after; they are more interested for a 2nd day in the likely, but so far undocumented, election fraud in Russia. Most editors probably don’t know what AIPAC is, or why Obama’s words in that forum are so important.
I agree. Obama has turned out to be a threat, not only to his own country, but to mankind as a whole.
Here is a link to his speech at AIPAC:
http://youtu.be/RUPcELRwReE
Komisk hykleri, at Obama taler om at USA og Israel står sammen om at presse Iran til at overholde hvad han kalder “Non Proliferation Regime”, når den etablerede ramme hedder “Non Proliferation Treaty” og Israel IKKE er medlem af denne ramme, men besidder et kæmpe atomvåben arsenal, som de IKKE ville have tilladelse til, hvis de var medlemmer af NPT.
Han er simpelthen nødt til at opfinde et nyt navn til begrebet NPT, fordi det ville blive for absurd – selv for en AIPAC tale – at tale om at få Iran til at overholde NPT, når Israel er så åbenlys en overtræder af NPTs principper.
Måske kan vi forvente at Amerikansk retorik for fremtiden vil forlade det konkret definerede begreb NPT, og i stedet benytte det udefinerede begreb NPR.
Mht til Racisme.
Det lykkes Obama både at indlede med at tale om “The Jewish and democratic state of Israel” og senere afvise forbindelsen mellem racisme og Zionisme.
Hvordan kan en ‘jødisk’ stat være ikke-racistisk?
At en stat er ‘jødisk’ må vel være en racistisk definition, hvis begrebet racisme skal have nogen betydning i en kontekst om Zionisme.
For mig svarer det til at man havde hyldet “The white state of Southafrica”.
Tak, Jakob – vældigt gode iagttagelser til denne forfærdelige tale. Det er for øvrigt interessant at den ikke er på nogen ledende avisers forsider i dag. Det er valgsvindelen i Rusland, derimod, overalt.
Det siger en del om mediers overblik og sans for prioriteringer.
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