And by that she means everything.
"We want to see a stop to settlement construction, additions, natural growth - any kind of settlement activity," declared Clinton in some of the Obama administration's clearest comments to date on what it expects from Israel. She was speaking to Al-Jazeera in an interview, of which the State Department released a transcript on Wednesday.
In other words, if you live in Jerusalem, Efrat, Gush Etzion, Ariel or other any other Jewish communities the Palestinians want to occupy, you had better stop having kids and forget about getting permits for building an addition to your home. Now I realize that this is a pro-abortion administration, but still...
Needless to say, our Secretary of State had nothing to say about illegal Arab construction in places like East Jerusalem.
While this kind of Jew hatred is morally disgusting on her part, some things to consider; first, the fact that this was Hillary Clinton, who as Secretary of State under Obama has very little power and has been reduced to being an Obama mouthpiece when it's deemed necessary.Second, that this was done in an al-Jazeera interview broadcast to the Arab world with no formal indication this is anything more than rhetoric. And third, the Israelis are not going to abide by it even if it were, and Obama lacks the leverage to make them.
Remember what I said about Obama needing to provide some red meat for the Arab street for his big speech in Cairo June 4th? This is a sample, and something he can now just allude to with the barest of mentions without real substance.
I think a similar item is a story now going around that high officials in the Obama administration reportedly promised Jerusalem as their capitol to the Palestinians, along with a host of other goodies.
While President Obama might like these ideas, he understands politics if nothing else. There's no way Netanyahu would agree to it, nor would the members of his coalition...or the Israeli public. Formally announcing it as US policy in Cairo and attempting to force Israel to acquiesce would pretty much end any kind of harmonious relationship between the Obama administration and Israel, and end any type of leverage Obama might have on Netanyahu.
I frankly don't think Obama's that stupid, although I could certainly be unpleasantly surprised.
Like Hillary Clinton's nonsense, I think this is simply pure kabuki theater to put a nice spin on Obama's Cairo outing and hide the fact that nothing much is going to happen with the Palestinians in the near future.
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I frankly don't think Obama's that stupid, although I could certainly be unpleasantly surprised.who's this frank guy and you obviously didn't see hussein give his address this morning.
jeebus cripes, if i said here what i thought, you'd ban me and four other people from the site.
this guy is still in campaign mode.
it was nothing more than campaign rhetoric.
he has learned absolutely nothing since he's been in office.
and the double speak is terrible.
he is still attacking bush, not by name, but you can tell what he is talking about.
he talks about how awful & terrible america is for having acted hastily in incarcerating people at gitmo and how we have no moral high ground in this fight. then he turns right around and says he is not going to release any person that could harm america.
and i'll tell you another thing.
those damn teleprompters can go right up his ass for all i care.
he never looks at camera.
his head looks like it's on a swivel going back and forth like at a tennis match while switching from this prompter to the other. and his waiting for the text to advance is nothing short of irritating.
i think i hurled on the treadmill three times, but i didn't have any choice, they have these big monitors and it forces you to watch.
the other monitor had the bank shoot-out in el lay, and i watched more of that.
can we call him a damn fool yet?
right after him, fox switched to cheney giving some address.
you can tell he is reading his speech but at least he is looking at you.
Oh, I heard Obama's speech this AM, and I'll have something on it shortly.
As for Cheney, the Dark Lord was superb, as always..if not as polished, but it works for him.
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