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Strange priorities of the federal government

Amid the talks about the deteriorating infrastructure, school closings, laid off teachers, policemen and firefighters, the Obama administration finally found that magic bullet that would fix the economy. In addition to the bullet trains (bankrupt California is planning to spend 68 billion dollars on the railway from nowhere to nowhere), the US military are now annually overspending 2 billion dollars on fuel – due to their reliance on the so-called “green fuel”. While the regular fuel cost is $4 a gallon (Obama promised that under his plan, the energy prices will skyrocket), the US navy are buying the so-called “bio-fuel” which costs $26 dollars per gallon. There is no information yet on which Obama bundlers and supporters are involved in the bio-fuel “business”, but it’s beyond doubt that the regime is building up another giant Solyndra, while at the same time cutting our military. Nothing spells “priorities” better than another a scheme to syphon military money into another Chicago-style program.

War against terrorism (Obama edition)

One year ago, the Obama administration launched the Global Counterterrorism forum. Here is what the State Department has to say about it:

…U.S. is committed to strengthening the global counterterrorism (CT) architecture  in a manner that complements and reinforces the CT work of existing multilateral  bodies. The Administration’s signature initiative in this area is the Global  Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), which is intended to ensure the necessary  international architecture is in place to address 21st century challenges.

The U.S. proposed the creation of the GCTF to address the evolving terrorist  threat in a way that would bring enduring benefits by helping front line  countries and affected regions acquire the means to deal with threats they face.  It is based on a recognition that the U.S. alone cannot eliminate every  terrorist or terrorist organization. Rather, the international community must  come together to assist countries as they work to confront the terrorist  threat.

 

So, who did president Obama invite his anti-terror forum? According to the State Department:

The 30 founding members of the GCTF are: Algeria, Australia, Canada, China,  Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia,  Italy, Japan, Jordan, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan,  Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the  United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

One pleasant (and unexpected surprise) is that president Obama did not follow the example of UN – so Iran, Syria and Sudan are not invited to join his anti-terror forum. On the negative side, it’s rather disconcerting that while Obama decided to invite Egypt (currently run by the terrorist group “Moslem Brotherhood”), Turkey (controlled by Islamists and supportive of Hamas), Saudi Arabia (infamous for supporting multiple jihadist movements) and Pakistan (actively involved in terrorism against India, as well as Afghanistan), he forgot about the state of Israel – a country which is on the front-lines of the war against the terrorists. Apparently, Obama needed to make a choice – either to invite terror-supporting nations like Pakistan – or the terror-fighting state of Israel. And apparently, it was not even close, the Jews were kept in the cold, and terrorists were kindly invited in. Another disturbing fact is that both the U.S. undersecretary for civilian security,  democracy and human rights Maria Otero or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refused to include Israel in the list of the victims of terrorism during the opening ceremony in Madrid this year.

What is Obama expecting to achieve by abandoning US ally and playing to US enemies? Let’s ignore for a minute the fact that Obama was the disciple of the rev.Wright school of anti-semitism and anti-white bigotry. Even if Obama’s intentions were patriotic, his attempt to get sympathy from hateful moslem regimes by betraying Israel will be futile. The best analysis of this situation was done by D’Artagnan, when Cardinal de Richelieu offered him to join the his Guards:

…all my friends are in the king’s Musketeers and Guards, and that by an inconceivable fatality my enemies are in the service of your Eminence; I should, therefore, be ill received here and ill regarded there if I accepted what Monseigneur offers me.

In fact, this is exactly what is already happening now. The government of Pakistan is severely punishing its citizen who helped US to find and assassinate Osama ben Laden, while at the same time it delivered the American super-secret helicopter to Chinese military. The newly elected president of Egypt is publicly demanding that US frees the convicted terrorist with American blood on his hands. Turkey is extending its support to Hamas while threatening Israel with war. Indeed, the more Obama grovels to the terrorists and their supporters, the more he isolates Israel – the more brazen the Islamists will become. This is a universal truth, which is probably not known to Barack Obama. Of course, there is a possibility that he simply does not care.

 

What to expect from the “Arab Spring”

I did not know whether to laugh or cry when I was watching this video.  According to Jonathan Tobin, an Egyptian show imitating Allen Funt’s “Candid Camera”, invited three Egyptian celebrities for an interview with a German TV program – and suddenly announced to them that the show was actually produced by the Israelis. The reaction of Egyptian “intellectuals” was rather peculiar:

All three of the prominent victims of this stunt were outraged at the thought of even being in the same room with people they presumed to be Jews, let alone appearing on an Israeli program. Two grew violent, with one burly male even assaulting the young female interviewer.

After the hosts are informed that it was a joke, and they are being interviewed by their fellow Egyptians, both the guests and hosts became friendly again. The hosts even praised the art celebrities for being “patriotic” – i.e. expressing hatred for the Jews and the State of Israel.

It’s undeniable that this short video demonstrates what is likely to occur in Egypt when the Moslem Brotherhood completes its take-over. It’s also obvious that any attempts to achieve peace by pressuring Israel for unilateral withdrawals will not lead to progress. The problems in the Moslem communities are so deep that tiny Israel cannot solve them – even US is powerless. Maybe it’s time for Obama to return his Nobel Peace Prize.