tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post3185629455844786608..comments2023-10-05T08:44:09.303-07:00Comments on JG, Caesarea: Obama, Iran and the Evolution Of US Paper Tiger DiplomacyJeffrey Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-14735936685744850622013-11-26T14:07:48.536-08:002013-11-26T14:07:48.536-08:00He is as bad as I was afraid of. I think he is a s...He is as bad as I was afraid of. I think he is a sociopath and most certainly he is an antisemite.<br />Yes, I am concerned about his power and I wonder if we have safeguards. What if our "leader" is gone mad or if he is indeed an absolute evil? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-59220997929912175612013-11-26T12:30:04.168-08:002013-11-26T12:30:04.168-08:00JG, I don't know about you, but over the past ...JG, I don't know about you, but over the past few days now I've realized that Obama is far worse, and for more dangerous than I had ever thought. Given that he is the Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces, that makes him a very dangerous person. It makes the US no longer, at least in the short term, a "rock-solid" ally of Israel. <br /><br />This is something I am still having trouble comprehending. Yes, certainly Congress, as a reflection of the people, is highly supportive of Israel. But even Congressmen must give some deference to the President on foreign policy. In fact, as I'm sure you know, the president typically is given *wide* latitude on FP. The bottom line with Congress is that no matter how much they distrust Obama, they need to, at least for now, give him latitude. And we are already seeing that.<br /><br />So Obama has revealed himself in the past few days to be utterly indifferent to Israel. I suspect he's actually hostile to Israel -- and fully ready to pursue that. John Bolton says that it was his desire to stop an Israeli strike which motivated his Iranian deal to begin with. I am still trying to make sense of that, although now it perfectly fits in with this "new" very antagonistic Obama as I now see him.<br /><br />I feel like the world changed overnight! I sure hope people like yourself and Bill Kristol who reprinted the famous speech given by Churchill just after Chamberlain's Munich agreement can effectively rally us into a serious opposition. <br /><br />Oppositions *can* win in the end if they become strong enough. We'll see what happens with our side... (and so I echo) May G-d have mercy on us.FrumiousFalafelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528196232220128933noreply@blogger.com