Orrin Hatch to introduce a resolution in the Senate opposing Barack Obama’s new Israeli policy

  Israel is America’s one and only true, reliable ally in the Middle East. Sure we have other so-called allies in that part of the country, but they are begrudgingly tenuous allies of necessity whereas Israel has been our one true friend in the region. As everyone knows by now, during his “Muslim outreach” speech last week Barack Obama reversed America’s long standing position and threw Israel under the bus (to use Mitt Romney’s analysis of the speech) by demanding that she return her borders to the pre 1967 lines, thus giving her enemies red meat in the struggle for Israel’s survival–and further straining the relationship between the United States and Israel.

  Barack Obama’s proposal would take from Israel some of her holiest sites as well as the Golan Heights–her only defensible position against Syria, and land that she won in battle after being attacked by Syria from that very spot. Barack Obama’s decision either shows a lack of understanding of Israel’s history, a certain naivety and lack of experience, or worse, a certain hostility towards Israel that hasn’t been seen in a United States president since the 1970’s.

  I happen to think that it is the latter; all the signs were there during the election that Barack Obama wasn’t going to be Israel’s friend and so this move comes as no surprise to me whatsoever. Barack Obama is an appeaser what else can this proposal be called but appeasement?

 I find it interesting that shortly after killing Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama went on national television and promised billions of dollars in aid to Middle Eastern countries while at the same time telling Israel it was time for her to give up what is rightfully her’s. Barack Obama has traveled the world apologizing for America and this seems like another round, it certainly seems as if this pledge of billions of dollars is apology money for making a decision which he did not want to make–killing Osama bin Laden–coupled with the territorial demands from Israel this is his way of trying to make up for the killing with those that supported the al Qaeda leader.

  Israel is threatened from all sides–just last week she was attacked from three sides–and lives under the threat that she could be attacked at any time and Barack Obama is of the belief that if only she were to give the other countries her holiest of sites that these other countries would suddenly declare that Israel does have a right to exist after all?

  Orrin Hatch said it best when he stated, “President Obama is rewarding those who threaten Israel’s very right to exist, this is not only ridiculous, but dangerous,” and he has promised to introduce a resolution in the Senate next week opposing Barack Obama’s new Israeli policy.

  While this resolution would be non-binding and would have no effect on Barack Obama’s policy it will still serve two objectives if it passes. First, it will show Israel that the government of the United States still supports her and does not agree with the president on this issue. This would give Israel justification to continue to defend herself without ceding any land to her enemies and secondly; this will get everyone in the Senate on the record as to whether they are for or against our one true ally in the Middle East.

  Here is some more of what Senator Hatch had to say on Barack Obama’s new policy:

Israel is the United States’ strongest friend and ally,” Hatch said in the statement. “By calling for a return to the pre-1967 borders, President Obama has directly undermined her.

“Now, more than ever, the security interests of the United States and Israel are linked,” Hatch said. “Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons is a clear and present danger to both of our nations.”

“We cannot distance ourselves from our Israeli friends.”

    He is absolutely right, the world is a more dangerous place today than it was when Barack Obama took office and now is not the time to stoke the fires between Israel and her enemies for our national security is also on the line here. His speech emboldened not only Israel’s enemies but our enemies as well for we are allies against a common enemy and I have to believe that Barack Obama–or somebody within the regime–knows this so there has to be an ulterior motive.

  Using the template which the left has used over the last two years–you are either pro-Obama or you are a racist–it will be great to get on record who in the government is pro-Israel and who is an anti-Semite, we already know where Barack Obama stands.