Israel: On its own with Appeaser Obama.

From China Confidential



Israel Should Have No Illusions About Obama

Gold Meir was famous for saying she could not tolerate fooling herself--wishful, delusional thinking. The Israeli premier knew something about that: she and her aides and cabinet members had fooled themselves into thinking that Egypt and Syria would not attack Israel, only weeks before the nearly catastrophic Yom Kippur War of October 1973. The third Arab-Israeli conflict, which began with a coordinated, Egyptian-Syrian sneak attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, almost cost Israel its existence.

Today's Israeli leaders should learn from this experience, for the situation is much worse in many respects than it was in 1973. Then, the United States, under President Richard Nixon, came to Israel's defense--with an 11th hour airlift of arms and a stern warning to the Soviet Union not to intervene on Egypt's side in the Sinai fighting. In contrast with the Nixon administration, however, the Obama administration is not likely to be of any use to Israel in the coming conflict with Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas (and Syria, too, possibly). On the contrary; the Obama administration has allowed Iran time to develop nuclear weapons and add to its offensive and defensive missile forces. The administration has also threatened to punish Israel if it preemptively strikes Iran's nuclear sites.

President Obama is not Israel's friend. An appeaser of Islamism and anti-American, Third World dictatorships, he is bent on aligning with "the Muslim world" at Israel's expense. His administration is riddled with critics--and outright enemies--of Israel, people who regard its miraculous rebirth after World War II and the Holocaust as a mistake. Their goal is to demonize and isolate Israel ahead of its step-by-step (peace-by-piece-by-piece) dismantlement or physical destruction.

Israel is on its own. It must do whatever it must do to protect its citizens and fulfill its promise to the Jewish people: Never again!