Obama: A Majority of Americans Are "Crazies"

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In his remarks today at an Event for the Nevada State Democratic Party, President Obama said of persons opposing his nuclear deal with Iran:

"Harry [Reid] and I drove over here together and we were doing a little reminiscing, and then figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems. And then we talked about riding off into the sunset together."

Obama maligned all those opposing his deal with Iran notwithstanding an August 3, 2015 Quinnipiac University National Poll which found that "American voters oppose 57 - 28 percent, with only lukewarm support from Democrats and overwhelming opposition for Republicans and independent voters, the nuclear pact negotiated with Iran."

And yesterday, a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll also determined that "voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania oppose the proposed nuclear pact with Iran by margins of more than 2-1."

Or stated otherwise, Obama believes that a majority of Americans are "crazies." But don't worry: Obama is determined to ignore those deranged voters, as are Democrats in the Senate, who simply don't give a damn if Iran's "breakout time" is reduced to a few weeks in another 15 years - if the mullahs don't cheat on the deal long before then, which of course they will.

In other news today, the Iranian Parliament Speaker's Adviser for International Affairs, Hossein Sheikholeslam, called for the "annihilation" of Israel, but this, of course, is of no concern to Obama and his fellow Democrats. You see, in his heart of hearts, Hossein didn't really mean it . . .

Thomas Friedman, "Sheldon: Iran’s Best Friend": Tom, Israel's Worst Enemy

As you are no doubt aware, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid recently went on record as decrying the conservative billionaire Koch brothers as being "un-American" (see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/02/27/reid-koch-brothers-are-un-american/).

Well, not to be outdone by Reid in his vilification of the ultra-rich, Thomas Friedman, in his latest New York Times op-ed entitled "Sheldon: Iran’s Best Friend" (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/opinion/sunday/friedman-sheldon-irans-best-friend.html?smid=tw-TomFriedman&seid=auto), has kindly taken it upon himself to label Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson "foolhardy," "crude," "extremist," and someone who "personifies everything that is poisoning our democracy and Israel’s today." Alleging that both Adelson and Iran are "trying to destroy Israel," Friedman begins his opinion piece by observing that Iran is seeking to annihilate Israel, but not by way of war:

"Iran’s leaders want Israel destroyed but have no desire, in my view, to use a nuclear bomb to do it. That would expose them to retaliation and sure death."

Good to have Tom's expert view, but he first might want to have a glance at the following 2014 Iranian simulation of a nuclear attack against Israel:



Friedman goes on to say:

"Israel’s 47-year-old occupation of the West Bank has led it to build more settlements there and in doing so make itself look like the most active colonial power on the planet today. The 350,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank reinforce that view by claiming their presence in the West Bank is not about security but a divinely inspired project to reunite the Jewish people with their biblical homeland."

Apparently unbeknownst to Friedman, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has acknowledged that Israeli settlements have been built on only some 1.1% of the West Bank (see: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/erekat-olmert-offered-palestinians-territorial-equivalent-of-west-bank-1.393484). After 47 years, this is the extent of the occupation by the "most active colonial power on the planet today"? But why should Friedman concern himself with facts? They only get in the way of his opinions.

Finally turning to Adelson, Friedman writes:

"And now Iran has an ally: Sheldon Adelson — the foolhardy Las Vegas casino magnate and crude right-wing, pro-Israel extremist. Adelson gave away some $100 million in the last presidential campaign to fund Republican candidates, with several priorities in mind: that they delegitimize the Palestinians and that they avoid any reference to the West Bank as 'occupied territories' and any notion that the U.S. should pressure Israel to trade land for peace there.

. . . .

Adelson personifies everything that is poisoning our democracy and Israel’s today — swaggering oligarchs, using huge sums of money to try to bend each system to their will."

Sorry, but this is just plain stupid. Israel does not need to be pressured to trade land for peace. Israeli prime ministers Barak and Olmert both offered land swaps for peace with the Palestinian Authority, and Arafat and Abbas both refused their offers.

The ironclad guiding principles of Palestinian Authority President Abbas are to be found in a declaration he made to Jackson Diehl in 2009 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/28/AR2009052803614.html):

"'I will wait for Hamas to accept international commitments. I will wait for Israel to freeze settlements,' he said. 'Until then, in the West Bank we have a good reality . . . the people are living a normal life.'"

In fact, nothing has changed for Abbas over the past five years, and this logic, premised upon survival, still guides Abbas, who is in the tenth year of his four-year term as president of the Palestinian Authority.

In the West Bank the Palestinians have a "good reality"? How peculiar! That's not what Tom is telling us! But then a swaggering omniscient Tom knows better than Abbas and all the rest of us combined.