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| Jewish newspaper owner suggests Israel consider 'hit' on Obama |
| 2012-01-21 |
| The owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times weekly caused an uproar when he suggested that Israel consider "a hit" on US President Barack Obama "in order to preserve Israel's existence" in case Iran obtains nuclear capabilities. In his column, published last week, Andrew Adler laid out what he said were three options available to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in countering the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program. One of the options was to "give the go-ahead for US-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice-president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States' policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies." The other two options, according to Adler, are to attack Hezbollah and Hamas or defy the US -- which he said is willing to let Israel "take a lethal bullet." According to Adler, who later apologized for his column, Obama has an "Alice in Wonderland" belief in diplomacy over force. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 Opsie! Must have gotten a call....!: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/newspaper-publisher-apologizes-for-suggesting-israel-should-assassinate-obama/ |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2012-01-21 23:15 |
| #11 This was a stupid op ed!!!!!! If Mossad did this deed, it would be considered an act of war. I agree totally with Ricky's assessment. WTF was this guy thinking???? People have gone to prison for making threats like this. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-01-21 22:50 |
| #10 I don't understand under what circumstances Andrew Adler could think that his editorial was a good idea. If his goal was get America to rally around our current Moron-and-Chief and mistrust Israel, his editorial would be a good idea. The views he expresses seem to be earnestly pro-Israel. Hopefully, he was drinking. He must still be pretty stupid and not understand American very well. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2012-01-21 18:23 |
| #9 RbR, The frightening thing is not that someone will do this, though I think the result may not be quite as neat as you propose. I don't like that idea any better than you. It's that many different kinds of people are spinning out of control due to this wannabe dictator and his regime. I fear that there is a tipping point when all hell just might break loose. Not just here in the US but many other places due to the total lack of mature hands on the controls of the US. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-01-21 16:41 |
| #8 #7 Troll is from Hawaii. Prolly FLOTUS at a fling somewhere. Only wants to make you think it's from Hawaii...like somebody else *ahem* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-21 16:31 |
| #7 Troll is from Hawaii. Prolly FLOTUS at a fling somewhere. |
| Posted by: badanov 2012-01-21 16:12 |
| #6 Oh, and Aisle #5, too. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-01-21 15:55 |
| #5 Mods - Cleanup on Aisles #6 & 7, please. Wotta maroon. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-01-21 15:55 |
| #4 Word, Ricky. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-01-21 14:37 |
| #3 Well said, Ricky bin Ricardo. No matter the momentary provocation, we do not go there. While Mr. Adler is correct that President Obama's approach threatens Israel, his answer is completely unacceptable. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-01-21 13:58 |
| #2 Whatta maroon. Hope you enjoy your imminent not-too-friendly visit from these guys. Seriously, folks. I yield to nobody in my contempt for the fifth-column Marxist whose presence currently defiles the Oval Office. But I am goddamned if I'd support anyone who would wish to make this empty-suited traitor into a sacred martyr. I don't want Ogabe to wind up memorialized with a 100-foot golden statue on the DC Mall; I want him driven out of the Presidency in the most humiliating manner possible, to live to a VERY old age with people pointing at him in the street and asking "gee, isn't that the guy who made Jimmy Carter look like a cross between Abe Lincoln and Otto von Bismarck?" |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-01-21 13:51 |
| #1 This is just one more in a growing list of over-the-top reactions to the US and Obama's policies. I find this frightening because it seems to evidence real fear and desperation from many people not prone to such. That this is a reaction to the total lack of leadership to confront various and sundry threats by this clique is not a surprise. When those who are counted on to deal with crises instead foment them and try to increase their own power and wealth at the expense of all others the rest of the usually peaceful animals feel backed into a corner and turn vicious in self defense. Where this goes and how far it goes is terrible to contemplate. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-01-21 13:50 |