Note the misleading and inflamatory heading -- McPeak's hateful words point merely to the commonplace observation that domestic political constraints make an even-handed US policy a non-starter.  What an insight.  Nostradaemus must be spinning in his grave.  Meanwhile, over at AIPAC HQ....  and notice how quickly we segue from a mainstraeam voice like McPeak to a fetid backweter like Rev Wright.  Naw, I'm sure no one noticed that one.

And check out how they quote fom an article McPeak wrote in 1976, advocating the then vogue "Comprehensive Settlement" approach, but which has pretty much dropped off the political radar screen and appears to be permanently lost.  As if McPeak might not have reconsidered some of his ideas?

It is understanable that a publication like The American Spectator, conservative to the bone, woul look askance at the possibility of an Obama presidency, and do it's best to keep that horror from coming to fruition.  But why would it lend itself to manipulation, witting or otherwise, of a preternaturally selfish  foreign power with a distinct interest in the outcome of America's presidential election?  Question, questions, questions.





Obama Advisor Blames US Jews for Lack of Mid-East Peace

by Avi Tuchmayer


Once again, a furor surrounding US Presidential candidate Barack Obama has erupted, this time over a senior military advisor to the Obama campaign with a history of anti-Israel remarks. He has strongly criticized pro-Israel Jews in the United States for allegedly torpedoing peace efforts in the Middle East.

In a 2003 interview with The Oregonian newspaper unearthed by The American Spectator magazine, General Merrill "Tony" McPeak, a former chief of staff in the United States Air Force who is a candidate for secretary of defense in a potential Obama administration, claimed that efforts to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority failed because there is no US-written "playbook" to create peace.

An interviewer asked General McPeak "So where's the problem? State? White House?" McPeak pulled no punches. "(The problem rests in) New York City. Miami. We have a large vote here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it…nobody wants to take on that problem. It's just too tough politically. So that means we can't . . . you can't develop a Middle East strategy. It's impossible," he said.

Even prior to the Oregonian interview, McPeak was known as a long-time critic of Israel's presence in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Golan Heights. In a 1976 article in Foreign Affairs magazine, he criticized Israel for refusing to withdraw from areas liberated in the 1967 Six Day War, even as he wrote poignantly about the vital security advantages Israel obtained by conquering those areas.

"At the Suez Canal, Israel had the best 'tank ditch' in the Middle East. The Gaza Strip, long a nursery for Egyptian-supported terrorism reaching to within a few miles of Tel Aviv, had come under Israeli administration. On the Golan, Israel at last held the high ground. The bulge of the West Bank, an implicit threat that Israel would be cut in two, had been superseded by the line of the Jordan River. More important, the air threat to Israel had disappeared, at least for the moment. Tel Aviv had been 12 minutes flying time from Egyptian bases in the northern Sinai," he wrote.

Yet the same article calls for an Israeli withdrawal from those areas, and seems to suggest that despite Israel's legitimate security concerns, "genuine security depends on regional accommodation, which the Arab states say cannot occur until all of the occupied territory is returned."

Latest storm

The storm surrounding McPeak is the latest in a series of anti-Israel revelations to tar the Obama campaign in recent months. Obama has long been a favorite son of left wing elements in the United States, but has been strongly criticized for failing to cut ties with radical preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Wright has called Israel a "racist country," said that "Israel" is a dirty word, and claimed US foreign policy was responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Another anti-Israel activist, Arab-American Ali Abunimah, has claimed to know Obama well and to have met him on numerous occasions at pro-Palestinian events in Chicago.

During his tenure as a junior air force commander, McPeak spent time in Israel and participated in joint exercises with the Israeli air force. He acknowledged that he enjoyed his experiences here, "but that's maybe the more cosmopolitan, liberal version of the Israeli population," he added.

Zionist Canard

McPeak also charged Jews and Christian Zionists with dual-loyalties, and said that concern for Israel manipulated American foreign policy in Iraq.

"Let's say that if one of your abiding concerns is the security of Israel as opposed to a purely American self-interest, then it would make sense to build a dozen or so bases in Iraq," he said.

has the nomination.  That evil wicked witch--- Mrs. Clinton for you folks in Rio Linda--is finished.  But I bet she's digging up dirt on the super delegates in an attempt to blackmail them.

I think Israel should be more afraid of the Clinton crime family than of Obi Wan Obama.

Help Obi Wan Obama come quick we need your help szzeeeett
Help Obi Wan Obama come quick we need your help szeeeeett

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Dick once said Condy would be a good candidate .I listen to Pat Buchanan more and he thinks it ain't over but is still probable but the odds are with the "Magic Negro ."


A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination. This is particularly true for Hillary Clinton supporters, more than a quarter of whom currently say they would vote for McCain if Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105691/Mc...rs-McCain.aspx

Can you say Super Delegate argument in favor of giving me the nomination says Hillary



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Fox News keeps Dick around for his comic value.

when they pry the nomination from Hillary's cold dead hands. What's funny, although a little bit scary is the fact that she might be right. She may have a better chance in the GE than "The Magic Negro" Either one of them becoming POTUS is a scary thought .

TWAT of George the Lesser.

We've had enough of the professional crooks in DC - time to get some amateurs back in there!

Probably not in your narrow libbie mind. However, if you see anything outside your tunnel you would realize that Osama Obama or Hildabeast not only could be, but would be, FAR worse than the present situation. The bath water may be a bit murkey at times but it beats the hell out of a tub filled with fresh cow shit.