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| Obama Meets With Left-Wing Critics Of Israel To Plot Next Moves |
| 2012-05-12 |
| President B.O. sat down yesterday with a cadre of far-left foreign policy writers, several of whom regularly lambast the state of Israel, to get advice on a range of critical foreign policy issues, among them Afghanistan, Israel, and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... , according to press accounts. The group of nine included several writers who promulgate fringe views about the state of Israel, advocate in favor of divestment from Israel, and describe the Jewish State as an "apartheid" state--views that are also endorsed by the most extreme anti-Israel advocates. Liberal author Peter Beinart--who has compared Israel to the segregated South and advocates boycotting areas of the country that he deems "non-democratic"--is reported to have joined forces with several other Israel bashers, such as the New Yorker's David Remnick and Time magazine's Joe Klein, for a powwow with the president. Left-wing activist Jane Mayer of the New Yorker also attended the meeting. The meeting also raises questions about how Obama might approach the issue of Israel in a more flexible second term. "If President B.O. believes Peter Beinart's opinions are credible or anywhere near mainstream thought, then that is a five alarm fire for Israel supporters all across the world," said one senior GOP adviser. "It's completely irresponsible to have the president meet with a radioactive writer and anti-Israel activist who has been shunned, alienated, and isolated by even the most left wing factions of the organized pro-Israel community." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 President B.O. sat down yesterday with a cadre of far-left foreign policy writers Never mind far-left. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-05-12 04:47 |
| #1 Little more about Mr. Beinart need be said: “For more than a half-century, anti-intellectualism has had a pretty good run in presidential politics. In fact, Republicans would never have gotten where they are without it.” ¯ Peter Beinart |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-05-12 03:33 |