Liiberal Icon Marty Peretz Attacks Obama Over Israel - Stealth Fusion

Mrs L · #1 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 01:48 PM

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Marty Peretz, editor-in-chief and former owner of the liberal magazine The New Republic and a staunch supporter of Barak Obama in 2008, has written a column sharply critical of the president over Israeli aid to Haiti.
On Jan. 15, Obama commented that in addition to U.S. aid to Haiti, assistance had come from “Brazil, Mexico, Canada, France, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic, among others.”
He declined to mention Israel.
In a column headlined “Maybe I’m Getting Paranoid . . . About Obama,” Peretz wrote: “The fact is that, next to our country, Israel sent the largest contingent of trained rescue workers, doctors, and other medical personnel. “The Israeli field hospital was the only one on the ground that could perform real surgery, which it did literally hundreds of times . . .
“So didn’t Obama notice? For God’s sake, everybody noticed the deep Israeli involvement. I understand that Obama doesn’t like Middle East narratives that do not contain ‘one side and the other side’ equal valance. But he couldn’t have that here. The Arabs don’t care a fig.”
Peretz concluded: “Yes, I think that the labors of the Israelis were edited out of Obama’s speech, either by his speechwriters (who have made dissing Israel their forte) or by his own oh-so-delicate but dishonest censoring mechanism.”
This is not the first time the liberal editor has criticized Obama over Israel. In his column of July 14, 2009, Peretz wrote: “Frankly, I am sick and tired of President Obama's eldering — more accurately, hectoring — Israel's leaders. It is, after all, they whose country is the target of an armed and ideological cyclone that Obama has done precious little to ease

The Universal Seduction: Liberal Icon Attacks Obama Over Israel

Patsy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 02:00 PM

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Obama, Israel, and Haiti ... oh, yes, and Joe Klein

I am glad Joe Klein tried to take me to task for criticizing the president about his not giving Israel the respect it deserved for its efforts in Haiti. And, boy, did it deserve that respect! But, in fact, Obama passed over Israel entirely in his enumeration of especially worthy aid providers. Here’s what Bill Clinton said about Israel’s contribution: “I don’t know what we would have done without the Israeli hospital in Haiti.” Israel’s operational unit was, Clinton noted, the only facility capable of performing surgeries and advanced examinations. Meanwhile, that unit is staying on with a change of personnel and is relocating its field hospital to an orphanage. CBS, in a moment of exaggeration, called the Israeli facility the “Rolls-Royce” of the entire aid effort.

Despite his carping, Joe concedes that I was correct. That, in fact, the president should have mentioned Israel and should do much more with the Jewish state to balance his courting of the Arab world (which hasn’t done his presidency or his policies any good).

So what is Klein’s bitch with me? He writes in his “Swampland” blog--yes, that’s what it’s actually called, and I must concede that it’s aptly titled--that Obama’s omission had no meaning and was not the result of any decision at all. So what was it? It was “an oversight.” Oh, I see. This administration which crosses every ‘t’ and dots every ‘i’ just forgot to mention Israel. You know what I say to that? Bullshit!

Obama, Israel, And Haiti ... Oh, Yes, And Joe Klein | The New Republic

Mrs L · #3 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 02:08 PM

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Patsy;27845]Here's a clip from the original piece written:

.” Oh, I see. This administration which crosses every ‘t’ and dots every ‘i’ just forgot to mention Israel. You know what I say to that? Bullshit!

Gretl · #4 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 04:14 PM

Does Obama hate Israel......this tells us everything we need to know.

Pepper · #5 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gretl

Does Obama hate Israel......this tells us everything we need to know.

Yes, it's quite obvious.

Gretl · #6 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pepper

Yes, it's quite obvious.

While he courts the savages who bash Israel's relief effort with the same old blood libel- Israel is only there to harvest organs.

How dare he ignore Israel. How dare he allow the savages to get away with this. He sickens me.

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