Much has been made of the endless gaffes over the past week that have come from the Romney campaign and directly from Mr. Romney, including the many dangerous comments he made while fundraising in Israel. However, Mr. Romney's comments about Palestinians were no accident; Mr. Romney flew to Israel in an attempt to convey the differences between his Israel policies with that of the current administration. But he didn't do this for the sake of the Israeli people or Jewish American voters; he did it for a specific audience of one, Sheldon Adelson.
Mr. Adelson is the owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and is currently worth about 25 billion dollars, making him the 16th richest person in the world according to Forbes magazine. Adlelson has been the biggest and most staunch benefactor to the Pro-Israel lobby in the United States. Mr. Adleson's agenda in the Middle East has been so hawkish that he even broke off support from the most Pro-Israel lobby in Washington D.C., AIPAC, due to their pseudo support for American monetary aid to the Palestinian Authority. Responding to AIPAC's lack of condemnation for American aid to the Palestinian Authority, Adelson said "I don't continue to support organizations that help friends committing suicide just because they say they want to jump." Insisting that AIPAC isn't tough enough on Palestine is like telling John Boehner that he needs to be more emotional.
Mr. Adelson has never hid his disdain for the Middle East peace process or his objections to a two state solution. Adelson's main political objective is to make sure Israel never has to explain or apologize for its actions, regardless of how they affect the average Israeli, Palestinian, or American for that matter. Adelson, his deep pocket cronies, and political allies in the Israeli government have an eerily messianic agenda. They believe that Israel should not and will not negotiate under any circumstance, should have carte blanche to build Israeli settlements on disputed Palestinian land, and to preemptively attack any Middle Eastern nation that even looks at Israel funny.
By flexing his monetary muscle in the GOP primary for his own personal puppet, Newt Gingrich, Mr. Adelson has been able to demonstrate that he undoubtedly has the war chest to be a kingmaker and he has little hesitation in using it. When Mr. Romney secured his parties inevitable nomination, he knew that it was time to kiss Adelson's proverbial ring. Romney's foreign policy regarding the Middle East started to sound more and more like that of Gingrich. By the time Mr. Romney landed in Israel, he wasn't thinking about what is best for the people of Israel, Palestine, and America, he was attempting to kiss as much of Mr. Adelson's tail as possible. Sure there were other deep pockets in the audience including Woody Johnson (Johnson & Johnson heir) and Sander Gerber (CEO of Hudson Capital) to name a few, but make no mistake, Romney's comments were specifically directed and meant to appease the will of one very religious, 78 year old zealot who doesn't like doesn't play nice with others. Let's hope Mr. Romney isn't looking for other wealthy benefactors to write America's foreign policy.
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| Obama | Romney | |
|---|---|---|
| Electoral Votes (270 to win) |
332 | 206 |
| Obama | Romney | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 65,899,660 | 60,932,152 |
| Percent | 51.1% | 47.2% |
| Democrats* | Republicans | |
|---|---|---|
| Current Senate | 53 | 47 |
| Seats gained or lost | +2 | -2 |
| New Total | 55 | 45 |
| Democrats | Republicans | |
|---|---|---|
| Seats won | 201 | 234 |
Romney is a sellout
And is so fu**** for it in front of TV cameras by Bibbi.
Not to forget your puppet congress, where Bibbi even got standing ovations.
"calls settlements an obstacle to peace"
They are.
"and pressures Israel not to bomb another nation threatening to annihilate it."
OMG.....how many times has this to be said ?
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2012/04/2012413151613293582.html
The problem is the amount of money in politics 9citizens united). When you start turning it into a partisan thing, you lose the high ground. Would we be seeing this article if the author agreed with Adelson's views?
Palestinians, recognizing this, elected Hamas as their leaders in national elections.
This is the real problem. Not some new apartment buildings built in the desert or some too-honest remarks about cultural differences.
One question Geo, why isn't Israel developing the Negev Desert for example ?
There is still plenty of space in Israel proper to develop, why the WB ?
They elected Hamas because..."
It must be so much fun just to make up rationals ON BEHALF of the Palestinians in order to support them.
Hamas suicide-bombed Jews PROUDLY, and PROUDLY, OPENLY called for Israel's destruction. So Palestinians elected Hamas.
No, he hasn't.
Even before being elected Mitt has abdicated the presidency to walk lockstep with Israel no matter where they lead.
f&f!
More garbage.
And btw. could you explain something to me ?
How can a country which HAS WMD's like Israel and be militarily backed by the US, be threatened by a country that has NO WMD's and has signed the NPT ?
Obama was the best bid for landing a special relationship with the Muslim world, but despite his best efforts, no such relationship has materialized. But the blame for that, as usual, doesn't go to Obama, it goes to the Israelis for scaring away all the potential dates. In Washington D.C. the diplomats brood over their latest plans for landing Iran or fixing Egypt so that they can dump Israel for good, and the Israelis try to flirt with China or Russia; but in the end they all have to go home together because there is no one else.
Israel and America are stuck with each other. America needs a reliable partner in the Middle East whose government won't suddenly fall and be replaced by Jihadist maniacs and Israel needs a friend whose leaders don't openly talk about how much they hate it. It's not exactly a match made in heaven, but for two democracies with a certain amount of shared history and shared problems, it's all they have.
There's not much special about the visits back and forth by American and Israeli leaders. Mostly they sound like an old married couple having the same argument for the thousandth time "Make peace with the Palestinians!" "Do something about Iran or I will." And then with nothing accomplished everyone goes home with gritted teeth.
http://sultanknish.blogspot.ca/2012/07/about-that-special-relationship.html
Most SANE people know that.