Mr. Obama has been getting awful close with AIPAC lately – too close! His recent speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was, in the words of Jon Stewart, an attempt at “pandering” – an attempt to pander to the right wing of the Israeli political spectrum.
AIPAC lobbied furiously for the war in Iraq and is now pressing for an attack on Iran. American politicians, and especially Senator Obama, need to stop kissing up to AIPAC, which, by the way, represents the “lobbyists” that Obama claims he rejects.
If Obama was serious about peace, he’d listen to the 64% of Israelis who want to pursue direct diplomatic talks with the Palestinian leadership, which is actually run by Hamas – a group that Obama labels as “terrorist.” He’d also listen to the 67.2% of Israelis who oppose an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Obama is letting AIPAC get in the way of peaceful solutions to the problems facing the Middle East.
First comes love, then comes marriage, then…later on…comes Netanyahu in a baby carriage!
