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| Israeli Ex-officials misled by pro-Obama video |
| 2008-10-06 |
| wow, a surprise the pro-Obama front misled, lied, edited? Ima shocked! A video released by the Jewish Council for Education & Research which appeared to show several retired senior IDF and Mossad officials supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has proven to be misleading, with a number of officials who appeared in the video saying on Monday that their words were taken out of context. "It's not only misleading, it was an interview about what the next president was going to have to deal with," former deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan told The Jerusalem Post. "And to know that they used this interview and took five seconds, and put me in a list of people praising Barack ObamaÂ… "It wasn't about the campaign, it was about the political and security issues of the Middle East that the next president should be involved in," he continued. "Nothing was said about Obama or [Republican presidential candidate John] McCain." "I don't want other people to interfere in my elections, and I must not interfere with the elections in the United States," he said, adding that to do so would be neither "ethical nor smart." In the video, the senior Israeli officials appear to support Obama's stated policy that dialogue with Iran would be the best way of confronting the current nuclear crisis. Dayan said that his position is just the opposite. "I don't think that we - either the United States or Israel - should be engaged with Iran, because the Iranians will take advantage of that," the former deputy chief of staff said. "Our issue is to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability." "We need more powerful, effective sanctions to delegitimize [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad," he continued. "A military option should be prepared, but used only as a last resort." Former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy, who appeared in the video praising the Democratic candidate, also said that he was misled. "I was interviewed for a documentary dealing with what issues the new American president must deal with regarding the Middle East," Halevy told the Post. "I was asked about the candidates, and was complimentary to both." But when asked about his opinion on who was more qualified to be president, Halevy said that he had rejected the question. "I said that I thought it was inappropriate for an Israeli to advise Americans on who they should vote for, as it would be for them to advise Israelis on who they should vote for prime minister," he said. Halevy added that it would be irresponsible to comment on the positions of any US presidential candidates before an election, as those positions may change once the new president takes office. Both Halevy and Dayan said that representatives of the Jewish Council for Education & Research had been in contact with them, and promised to deal with the matter. According to Israel Radio, Maj.-Gen. (Ret.) Amram Mitzna and Brig.-Gen. (res.) Giora Inbar, a former IDF commander in south Lebanon, both said that they were also unaware of the true nature of the video. However, Inbar said he did not have a problem with the clip because it represents his views. In the video, Mitzna had said that another four years of indecision, stagnancy and a lack of intense US involvement in the Middle East peace process would be bad for Israel. He claimed Obama would achieve a greater involvement and that he "brings many hopes." For his part, Inbar was filmed saying that he would personally vote for Obama to help Israel. Inbar said he was not convinced that the Bush method was the right way to deal with the axis of evil and that he would welcome anyone who chose to handle it differently. Revised Films, the independent film company that produced the clip, issued the following response: "Our firm is an independent company that created a clip that was composed of interviews with senior Israeli security officials, and whose subject was the American policy regarding Israel, in light of the upcoming elections in the United States, while focusing on the two central candidates for president, and Barack Obama. that statement is mealy mouthed bullshit and doesn't make sense "The Obama campaign was not involved during any stage of the production, or [the film's] distribution. After the film was completed, the Jewish Council for Education & Research, took charge of the film and used it." A response by The Jewish Council for Education & Research has yet to be obtained due to the time differential between Israel and the US. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 More snakeshit from Hussein's campaign. I would hope the US Jews see this for what it is. This finance upheaval has definitely swayed Jewish voters in NY and Florida. They have panicked. Maybe everyone has, but fergawdsakes why do people believe this two bit lawdog and professional scammer can handle an economic crisis or any damn crisis? Can voters pull their heads out of their asses long enough to imagine this commie and his pals calling the shots for all of us in world affairs and in charge of our military? This is frightening. And Bush and McPain performing at their worst, exhibiting no leadership and sending these voters scurrying over to Obambi. Damn, what a stinking kettle of fish. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-10-06 11:52 |
| #2 Obama advisor calls for a military invasion of Israel |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-06 11:20 |
| #1 "It wasn't about the campaign, it was about the political and security issues of the Middle East that the next president should be involved in," he continued. "Nothing was said about Obama or [Republican presidential candidate John] McCain." It is ALL about getting elected with these people, there is nothing else. As it is written (Devarim 24:9), 'Be careful for yourself and be greatly careful for your soul.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-06 09:12 |