Barack Obama’s reelect numbers are down to 42% among Jews.
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Is the US still an ally of Israel?
The hard Left’s multiculturalist furor at Israel has made enormous inroads into the Democratic party, as we see with the current “reset” policy of the Obama administration, while the old blue-blood, country-club Republicans who tsk-tsked Israel have almost vanished. Over the last 20 years the Left has reconstructed Israel from a bastion of the traditional liberal Jewish tradition into a Western, capitalist hegemonic oppressor, all of which shows the power of campus multculturalism when a tiny democratic country of 7 million can be reconfigured into a colonial power.
And that hard Left is running the country now. At least until January.
[Update a few minutes later]
Why Barack Obama is making Rashid Khalidi happy. Funny thing, the LA Times never has released the video of the birthday party. I wonder if it even exists any more?
Considering that the US gave Israel 2.4 billion dollars in aid in 2008, and apparently an equivalent number is 2009 (figures aren’t out yet) I would say that yes we are an ally of Israel.
We give almost as much to Egypt. We give a lot of money in foreign aid to lots of countries. That doesn’t make them allies.
“That doesn’t make them allies.”
Most of the countries we gave money to would agree with you on that one.
Considering Egypt fought with us in Gulf War I and allows our warships to use their ports (Hurgata, on the Red Sea, is a lovely port) I would consider them an ally. Ayman al-Zawahri, who led the Islamic Brotherhood into its merger with Al Qaeda, would also consider Egypt to be an American ally.
@Chris G: “Considering that the US gave Israel 2.4 billion dollars in aid in 2008, and apparently an equivalent number is 2009 (figures aren’t out yet)”
Yes, but 2008 and 2009 was the Bu$hitler . When will we see the numbers for the current administration?
We give almost as much to Egypt.
What a strange example to choose. We give Egypt that money so they will remain at peace with Israel — you might as well count it as aid to Israel. And no, we don’t give any other country close to what we give Israel + Egypt.
Now, in the second year of Obama’s presidency, only 42% of voters would re-elect him, while the plurality (46%) would consider voting for someone else.
“Would consider voting for someone else” is a far cry from opposition, especially when you consider the likely “someone elses.”
when a tiny democratic country of 7 million can be reconfigured into a colonial power
England is and was a democratic country, but that didn’t stop it from being a colonial empire. Belgium, Portugal and Holland are tiny countries, but that didn’t stop them from being formidable colonial powers. Relative to the West Bank and Gaza, Israel is plenty powerful, and its behavior in the occupied territories is akin to that of a colonial overseer.
:pats Jim on the head:
Isn’t that cute? He’s using big words just like a grown-up!
McGeehee: Yeah, we have great hopes that he’ll be potty-trained in a few years.
England was a colonial empire when it had a powerful monarchy (like all the other colonial empires) – Parliament was hardly as powerful as today’s legislatures.
England was a colonial empire when it had a powerful monarchy (like all the other colonial empires)
The U.S. was not a monarchy when it took over Hawaii, the Philippines, etc. Japan’s monarch was not powerful when it took over Korea, China, the Philippines, etc.
Colonialism does not require a powerful monarch.
Alan – George III was the last monarch to even attempt to run the British government. Vast chunks of the Empire (all of British Africa, for one) were added well after his death.
BTW, George came to the throne as a direct result of Parliament’s approval – like all monarchs since Queen Mary II (1689).
As far as I can tell, the main complaint against Israel is that it allows Jewish immigration to the West Bank. Are leftists for or against open borders this week?