Under the traitorous Muslim Kenyan, America's friends have become her enemies and America's enemies have become her friends

[ScottL]

Bill Kristol ‏@BillKristol 3h3 hours ago It was six months ago that Obama touted Yemen as a model for his counter-terrorism strategy. Now we're out of there.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/21/middleeast/yemen-unrest/index.html …

 

[ScottL]

 

[superbeets]

It's now 'hard to find a path' on Israeli-Palestinian peace, says Obama, following Netanyahu's comments rejecting two-state solution

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he does not support the creation of an independent Palestinian state and that it won't happen on his watch
• Obama believes a two-state solution is key to peace in the area
• 'We now have to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don't see a chaotic situation in the region,' Obama said

President Barack Obama says he takes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'at his word' for saying there'd never be an independent Palestinian state as long as he's in office, but still believes a two-state solution is the key to peace in the area.
Netanyahu has softened his position since making the comment just before he won re-election last week.
He said in a statement on Monday that a Palestinian state would not be established on his watch.
But the change in tone doesn't seem to be swaying Obama, who said he spoke to Netanyahu on the phone on Thursday.


'I did indicate to him that we continue to believe that a two-state solution is the only way for the long-term security of Israel, if it wants to stay both a Jewish state and democratic,' Obama told The Huffington Post on Saturday.
'And I indicated to him that given his statements prior to the election, it is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing that negotiations are possible.'
Obama says the U.S. will evaluate other options for establishing peace between the Israelis and Palestinians as a result of Netanyahu's rejection of longstanding U.S. policy.
Obama says he indicated to Netanyahu when they spoke this week that the U.S. continues to believe a two-state solution is the only way to keep Israel secure.
The comments were Obama's first on the Israeli election outcome.
He spoke in an interview with The Huffington Post.



'We take him at his word when he said that it wouldn't happen during his prime ministership, and so that's why we've got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don't see a chaotic situation in the region,' the president said.
The Huff Post reported Obama said he was most disappointment at Netanyahu's Election Day warning about Arab Israeli voters going to the polls 'in droves.'
'We indicated that that kind of rhetoric was contrary to what is the best of Israel's traditions,' Obama said in the interview.
'That although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on everybody in the country being treated equally and fairly.
'And I think that that is what's best about Israeli democracy.
'If that is lost, then I think that not only does it give ammunition to folks who don't believe in a Jewish state, but it also I think starts to erode the meaning of democracy in the country.'







January 20, 2017, end of the worst mistake ever made by the American electorate.

 

[superbeets]

Former ambassador to the US Michael Oren. (photo credit:WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/ANNE MANDLEBAUM)

Former ambassador to the US Michael Oren.


Kulanu's Michael Oren addressed US President Barack Obama's Friday interview with the Huffington Post Sunday, saying that the President's statement "about the deterioration of democracy in Israel strategically damages Israel's standing in the world."

Oren said that common democratic values lie at the core of US-Israel relations, and as such, accusing Israel of placing less emphasis on the aforementioned carries "a heavy strategic price."

Kulanu, according to Oren, will place an emphasis on Israeli democratic values and fight to uphold them.

The former Israeli Ambassador to the US said that the United States and Israel must put their differences aside and focus on rehabilitating their relationship, and come to the understanding that each serves as a vital, strategical asset for the other.

In his interview, Obama said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes it "hard to find a path" toward serious negotiations to resolve the issue.

"I did indicate to him that we continue to believe that a two-state solution is the only way for the long-term security of Israel, if it wants to stay both a Jewish state and democratic," Obama said. "And I indicated to him that given his statements prior to the election, it is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing that negotiations are possible."

The worst crisis in US-Israeli relations in decades was worsened by Netanyahu's declaration just before Tuesday's election that there would be no Palestinian state on his watch. Netanyahu sought on Thursday to backtrack from his comment.

Regarding another comment made by Netanyahu about Arab voters, in which he encouraged his supporters to go to the polls because Arab voters were going en masse to cast ballots, Obama said that in his conversation with the prime minister “we indicated that that kind of rhetoric was contrary to what is the best of Israel's traditions. “

Obama said that “although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on everybody in the country being treated equally and fairly. And I think that that is what's best about Israeli democracy. If that is lost, then I think that not only does it give ammunition to folks who don't believe in a Jewish state, but it also I think starts to erode the name of democracy in the country."

 

[neverbend]

There seems to be a kind of swaggering goofiness that has come to dominate how Obama reacts to everything about the Jewish State
recently. Has he lost his marbles, I don't think he's all there!

 

[SheriffJoe]

Obama Admin Threatens U.S. Allies for Disagreeing with Iran Nuke Deal

U.S. allies snubbed as administration moves toward nuke deal

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-admin-threatens-u-s-allies-for-disagreeing-with-iran-nuke-deal/

 

[SheriffJoe]

FREE BEACON – A series of conversations between top American and French officials, including between President Obama and French President Francois Hollande, have seen Americans engage in behavior described as bullying by sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.

The disagreement over France’s cautious position in regard to Iran threatens to erode U.S. relations with Paris, sources said.

Tension between Washington and Paris comes amid frustration by other U.S. allies, such as Saudi Arabia and Israel. The White House responded to this criticism by engaging in public campaigns analysts worry will endanger American interests.

Western policy analysts who spoke to the Free Beacon, including some with close ties to the French political establishment, were dismayed over what they saw as the White House’s willingness to sacrifice its relationship with Paris as talks with Iran reach their final stages.

A recent phone call between Obama and Hollande was reported as tense as the leaders disagreed over the White House’s accommodation of Iranian red lines.

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