A Trip In The Wayback Machine

Just in case it wasn’t clear to anyone with eyes, both Bret Stephens and Jeffrey Goldberg — though they disagree on the assignment of blame — have now run headlines announcing the split that Aussie Dave called out three weeks ago: Barry and Bibi appear to be through.

Some of Obama’s biggest recent grievances in that relationship seem to have been over Jews living in various neighborhoods in Jerusalem. In the past few weeks, Obama or his spokespeople have expressed their displeasure with Jews moving into homes they legally purchased in Silwan, planned construction of mixed Jewish and Arab housing in Givat Hamatos, or Monday’s announcement of homes in Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo. Rather than go on a lengthy rant about my complete and utter disappointment at my own President, I though we’d just take a trip in the Wayback Machine, to 2008 . . .

http://youtu.be/bWrvPvo8yXc

when then-Senator Barack Obama said “Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.” Yep, he said that. In 2008.

10 thoughts on “A Trip In The Wayback Machine”

  1. Ahem. Reminder where you can find the chickens**t:

    “America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” – Reverend Jeremiah Wright

  2. Norman_In_New_York

    I paid no attention to that 2008 statement because Obama destroyed his credibility to me by denying knowledge of Rev. Wright’s bigotry.

  3. How is President Obama significantly different from any other American president in the last half century when it comes to the status of Jerusalem? Obama’s policies are guided by historical precedent and current world politics. To suggest he is acting out of some personal animus toward Israel betrays a misunderstanding of how the real world works.

    1. ahad_ha_amoratsim

      Add it to his other actions toward Israel and he’s quite a bit different. And he may be the first one to have his State Dept. spokeswoman say that throwing firebombs at civilian cars in Jerusalem, even if proved, is not terrorism.

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