Norm clutches at straw.
Norman wonders whether President Obama and his new administration will be pro-Zionist or pro-Zionist.
Warning: If you try this at home, Norman will shriek hysterically that you are a self-hating-Judeo-Islamo-fascist-liberal anti-semite.
Straws in the wind? This one:
Senior British sources say that although the new president is expected to make a decisive break with the past by withdrawing troops from Iraq and closing the Guantánamo prison camp, he is likely to reinforce Mr Bush’s staunch support for Israel…
And this one:
She [Hillary Clinton] acknowledged… that many past presidents, including her husband, had tried and failed to solve seemingly “intractable” problems in the Middle East. “The President-elect and I understand and are deeply sympathetic to Israel’s desire to defend itself under the current conditions, and to be free of shelling by Hamas rockets. However, we have also been reminded of the tragic humanitarian costs of conflict in the Middle East, and pained by the suffering of Palestinian and Israeli civilians,” she said.
“This must only increase our determination to seek a just and lasting peace agreement that brings real security to Israel, normal and positive relations with its neighbours and independence, economic progress and security to the Palestinians in their own state.”
Asked if she would be willing to engage directly with the Islamic extremists controlling Gaza, Mrs Clinton replied: “You cannot negotiate with Hamas until it renounces violence, recognises Israel and agrees to abide by past agreements. That is an absolute. That is my position and the President-elect’s position.”
Or merely fuel for speculation, as this suggests?
Obama will have to choose between the lady at his State Department and the left-wing talk-at-any price wing of his party. No one can guess which this most opaque of all new presidents will choose.
And another straw in the wind?
Iranian demonstrators burned photographs of Barack Obama today as they protested against America’s inaction over Gaza.
