Obama's "support" of Sderot

[wellofvow]

For those who missed the videocast from Sderot on erev Purim in Solidarity with Sderot, you can see it here:

http://www.together4israel.org/

It takes a while to load, so be patient.

Except for Alan Dershowitz, Irwin Cutler, and other practiced speakers - who are of course very comfortable behind a microphone - it was pretty amateurish, and although I live in the Negev, I heard about it only a few hours before the broadcast, and had to scurry to pass it on to family and friends in the States and Israel. Apparently the goal was to have a million viewers live, but it probably fell far short of that. IMO, it SHOULD be heard by a billion, not a million.

What I DID find remarkable - but in a very negative sense - was when a canned statement from Senator Obama was aired. For those of you who want to fast-forward just to hear Senator Obama, zip ahead to 1 hour 32 minutes and 35 seconds (altho it would be a shame to miss the fiery Dershowitz and others in the very beginning....)

I was literally stunned by the poor taste and unforgiveable insensitivity of Senator Obama. Not only did he say that Sderot has lived under missile attack for three years, instead of seven, but, quoting his words exactly including the emphasis, Senator Obama pledged to work towards "building a lasting peace that will allow both Israeli AND Palestinian children to live side by side in peace and security...".

Not only is the mention of "Palestinian children" totally inappropriate on the occasion of support for Sderot, his insistance of including the words "both" and even emphasizing "and" before "Palestinian children" indicates his embrace of the morally bankrupt equivalency rhetoric of the Palestinian terrorists.

This sends a very explicit message to those of us who are in the midst of this terrorist war, who live with it every day. The message is that Senator Obama clings to the myth and cynical propaganda of some moral equivalence between the Sderot victims and the Palestinian attackers.

The message is that the Jews of Sderot, who have lived productive lives there for decades are the equal of Palestinians who vote into power a terrorist organization and are forced to live lives of squalor where death by murdering innocent people going about their lives is celebrated as superior to life itself.

In his own words, Senator Obama has shown that he and the far-left liberals have no moral decency and that their sensitivity is so non-selective as to be highly selective. There is something very wrong when perpetrators receive the same "understanding" and empathy in the same very breath as the victims receive. This "wrongness" is moral bankruptcy at best and evil at worst. This wrongness in a presidential candidate must be rejected in the voting booths.

Never close to a fan of Senator Obama, as an Israeli, I was unforgiveably offended by his words. They were not spontaneous, they were prepared. As an articulate and well-educated man, he had to have been aware of what he was saying. His message was clear. I sincerely hope that Senator Obama never comes to Israel again. His presence in my country would be an affront.

[MGB8]

Meh. I don't have that reaction. Not that I don't believe that Obama is a moral equivalizer to some degree, but I don't think he's any different than the average democrat on Israel - pro-Israel but with strong peacenik tendencies.

[Yala]

MGB8, the guy attended a Pro-Palestinian church for 20 years, let's get serious. He is a young version of Jimmy Carter.

[barbarany_9]

This has been a couple weeks of stunning insensitivity on the part of Obama.

First he said he 'never heard' Rev. Wright's inflammatory comments. Then he said he heard them but 'ignored' them. With 48 hours, a page about the support of the Black Panther party on his campaign website ::Poof:: disappears!!!

I heard the comments on the Rally and was just flabbergasted. Mr. "Soaring Rhetoric" must like the taste of shoe-leather because he had it firmly planted in his mouth.

His cult members better WAKE UP!

What I DID find remarkable - but in a very negative sense - was when a canned statement from Senator Obama was aired. For those of you who want to fast-forward just to hear Senator Obama,

I was literally stunned by the poor taste and unforgiveable insensitivity of Senator Obama. Not only did he say that Sderot has lived under missile attack for three years, instead of seven, but, quoting his words exactly including the emphasis, Senator Obama pledged to work towards "building a lasting peace that will allow both Israeli AND Palestinian children to live side by side in peace and security...".

Not only is the mention of "Palestinian children" totally inappropriate on the occasion of support for Sderot, his insistance of including the words "both" and even emphasizing "and" before "Palestinian children" indicates his embrace of the morally bankrupt equivalency rhetoric of the Palestinian terrorists.

[wellofvow]

This has been a couple weeks of stunning insensitivity on the part of Obama.

First he said he 'never heard' Rev. Wright's inflammatory comments. Then he said he heard them but 'ignored' them. With 48 hours, a page about the support of the Black Panther party on his campaign website ::Poof:: disappears!!!

I heard the comments on the Rally and was just flabbergasted. Mr. "Soaring Rhetoric" must like the taste of shoe-leather because he had it firmly planted in his mouth.

His cult members better WAKE UP!

Barbara, we are on the same wavelength!

Except that I devoutly hope that his groupies remain delusional. The more that we see of Obama, the more obvious he becomes.

[CLL1709]

Well darn, I did watch the online broadcast for over an hour until my power flickered, and lost the connection..and even on Road Runner it was very slow getting back onto the site. I especially wanted to watch and support these dear people that have gone through so much. I was in Israel recently, returning Wednesday, the 12th, and Israeli's I talked with had no answer to why their government was doing so little to help Sderot. Of course I was on a tour with little option from "the plan" but still it exceeded all my expectations and I am already planning to return again as soon as I can.

First I must stay home and work tirelessly for John McCain, though he is not my first choice, I can not stand the thought of Obama being elected president. My fellow Americans have done stupid things before, like electing Jimmy Carter, and we seem never to get rid of that drooling anti-semite. Now we have another running for office, and making claims of Christian love! Don't believe it. You don't sit in a church with that preacher and remain filled with brotherhood. If ever Jews must come over to the conservative side it is now. Perhaps Joe Lieberman can be persuasive in this, God help us of not.

[barbarany_9]

I don't. The U.S. is so full of "believe the words not the actions" sycophants who are hypnotized by television & the likes of Obama. There are SOOO Many of them that the Obamaniacs are dangerously close to sweeping this ponerized candidate right into office.

Let us pray.

Except that I devoutly hope that his groupies remain delusional. The more that we see of Obama, the more obvious he becomes.

[Mediocrates]

I heard in passing from someone on Purim that here in the states some organizations are starting programs to host school children from Sderot in the US so that they can learn. Children can't learn under such conditions as Sderot and practically anything one can do to address that can be a help. I have no specifics, if someone would like to contribute details that they know about it would be deeply appreciated, thank you.

[redcake]

Why not just relocate the students to other parts of Israel so they can at least see their families on weekends? Sending students to the US sounds really nice for the kids, but then that means those monsters succeeded in shutting down education in Sderot. Israel just has to hav a no tolerance policy when children are being targeted outright. Just as we hold firm that Israel doesn't put it's children on the front lines, Israel must also make sure that the front line isn't brought in the same vicinity.

I actually think a firm response, directly in retaliation for something specific such as missiles hitting schools would be met with a favorable response from the Arab world. Okay sure they would moan and groan like always, but then you would see a few sensible op-eds leak out as has been the case when ever a firm hand was shown. How can anyone respect Israel while it allows the Palestinian Arabs to take potshots?

As for Obama, his irrational supporters are starting to sound more and more like Ron Paulites.

[Leman]

don't believe anything he says. I don't think that he really has any debth at all. He's just saying words trying to sound like he knows something. If he wasn't running for president he wouldn't be worth listening to.