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American Jews will vote for Obama
Topic Started: Oct 18 2012, 05:01 AM (179 Views)
Banandangees
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Obama, Romney and the Jews

Voters will not necessarily have Israel in mind—but for those who do, the choice has never seemed clearer.


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No citizens would seem to need a strong America more than the Jews, who are once again targeted by aggressors seeking to destroy what they cannot attain. Iran develops the bomb and threatens to annihilate the Jewish state. Fundamentalist-controlled Egypt threatens to abrogate the treaty that cost Israel the Sinai Peninsula. Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza vie over which is Israel's more effective enemy, with the latter firing more than 400 rockets into southern Israel so far this year.

Israel rejects having any foreign soldier defend its soil, but no country the size of New Jersey can permanently withstand such disproportionate force without countervailing support from a greater power.

Yet most Jews and leaders of Jewish organizations urge their coreligionists to keep voting for the president whose party has adopted the most tepid position on Israel in recent times. Edgar Bronfman, the former president of the World Jewish Congress, wrote recently that, "Not long ago, while sitting in the Oval Office, Obama looked me in the eye and said, 'My commitment to Israel's security is bone deep.' " Or, as my Harvard colleague Alan Dershowitz wrote: "Several months ago, President Obama invited me to the Oval Office to discuss his Iran strategy. He looked me in the eye and said, 'I don't bluff.' "

A president prepared to hypnotize so many Jews into promoting his campaign might have done better to invite back to the Oval Office the prime minister of the country they claim to be looking out for.

Every day brings fresh anxieties. The fate of America's ambassador to Libya and the subsequent White House handling of the attack might give pause to those who trust that President Obama "has Israel's back." And Jews aren't the only Americans looking for resolute policies of deterrence in the Middle East.


"Bone Deep!" "I don't bluff!"

Why do I have so much trouble believing him?
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tomdrobin
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Most Jews are brighter than your average Obama hater.
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Berton
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The only hate on this board is from the left as witnessed by their name calling and childish insults.


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tomdrobin
Oct 18 2012, 05:33 AM
Most Jews are brighter than your average Obama hater.
Therein lies the key.
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Berton
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The only hate on this board is from the left as witnessed by their name calling and childish insults.
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