Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Obama and Robinson, a Haunting Picture

Over the past two weeks I spent far too many hours at airports and on airplanes, watching sunsets and sunrises, consumed with thoughts about work and family. I also stood in a hospital waiting room as my father underwent three surgical procedures that caused this veteran of two wars, World War II and Korea, a level of pain that morphine could not subdue. And throughout this anguish, somewhere in my subconscious, lingered the picture of Mary Robinson grinning like a Cheshire cat as a smug Barack Obama draped the Presidential Medal of Freedom around her neck.

Mary Robinson, the former U.N. high commissioner for human rights and a former president of Ireland (a ceremonial office), who orchestrated the 2001 Durban conference, a hate fest which spun beyond Robinson's control, received the highest civilian honor in the United States. Her picture with Obama is one that I will never forget.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Robinson was being awarded the medal because she was a prominent advocate for women's rights in her country and around the world. You don't say? When did Robinson ever visit the Palestinian Authority to decry a grizzly "honor killing"?

But more to the point, who decided to award this honor to Robinson? John Bolton stated in his August 11 article in The Wall Street Journal:

"Those in the administration who recommended her either ignored her anti-Israel history, or missed it entirely, as they either ignored or overlooked her hostility toward America’s role in promoting international peace and security. Or perhaps they share Ms. Robinson’s views."
Query: Was it "those in the administration" who ignored "her anti-Israel history" and "hostility toward America's role in promoting international peace", or was it Obama himself? Is Obama still a radical wolf dressed by Axelrod in moderate sheep's clothing?

Personally, it was a wake up call, a stinging slap in the face. If there had been any doubts concerning Obama's "indifference" toward Israel, here in this photograph lay the answer.
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2 comments:

  1. marina SapirAugust 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM

    Hope, your father is doing better?
    Obama's popularity is dropping. The lower it gest, the less harm he will do. And, hopefully, his policy against Israel will meet more resistance.

    I am reading a book "United in Hate" by Glazov. He explains why leftists love all kinds of totalitarian rejimes and hate Israel and, often, Jews. He is very convincing. If only I had this understanding before the election!

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  2. Jeffrey GrossmanAugust 21, 2009 at 4:52 AM

    Thanks, Marina, for your kind thoughts!

    My fervent hope is that a spokesperson will arise, who is willing to confront Obama vis-a-vis his Israel policy. Meanwhile, Israel can expect three more very troublesome years until the next presidential election nears and Obama sings a different tune for fear of losing Jewish voters.

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