Saturday, March 27, 2010 - motzei Shabbat

1. Diplomatic 101 - So the Obama Administration reacted with outrage when the construction plan for 1600 East Jerusalem apartments was announced when Vice-President Biden was in Israel. The President himself was said to be "incandescent with rage" (though he somehow cooled himself off sufficiently so that he did not get upset at the PA's dedication (during Biden's visit) of a town square to the terrorist who led the bloodiest terror attack on Israel in its history, nor when rockets from Gaza killed a foreign worker in Israel while the EU's top diplomat was in Israel and Gaza - very admirable.....), and he dispatched Secretary of State Clinton and Senior Adviser David Axelrod to publicly rip Israel.

So to show the maturity and sophistication of his Administration when it comes to these types of diplomatic matters, what does the President do when Israeli PM Netanyahu is in Washington for the AIPAC Convention? He walks out on a meeting with Netanyahu to take a private meal - call me if there are any developments?

Can anyone see the President doing this with the Saudi King, Egyptian President Mubarak, Jordanian King Abdullah, or any European, North American, South American or Asian leader (other than the leaders of North Korea, Iran and maybe Syria)?

Are you kidding me? Even the President should know that two wrongs do not make a right - or maybe they do, except that "right" is spelled "Wright" - in homage to the atrocious Reverend Jeremiah Wright who preached anti-American and antisemitic bile at the President's church in Chicago for years and years - though of course the President never noticed anything amiss.

In any event, this was a terrible move on the part of the Administration. It shows a stunning lack of tact and diplomacy. It gives a terrible signal to Israel's enemies that the Administration is prepared to hang Israel out to dry - demanding more and more concessions from Israel (which he knows that once made, will be honored) while asking nothing from the PA or the Arabs - who give nothing and ask for more from Israel. It gives a terrible signal to the right wing of Israeli politics - that the USA is going to throw Israel under the bus (where they will meet a lot of people, maybe even Reverend Wright) so that Israel should just do what it wishes.

Given his ego and bias, and that of his advisors and colleagues, the President may think that all of this is OK because the USA does not need Israel for anything. He'll be sorry for this stance - whether it will be tomorrow, next week, next month or next year. But it may be too late then.

• Obama humiliates Netanyahu, kowtows to Pakistan over air security - Jihad Watch
• National Post editorial board: Benjamin Netanyahu dines alone - Full Comment
• Commentary » Blog Archive » The Error-Ridden Obama Middle East Policy
• Editor's Notes: At the root of the rift
• Pajamas Media » Israel Won’t Be Bullied by Obama, But Bibi’s Tactic Could Fail as Well
• Ron Radosh » The New York Times, Obama, and Israel: A New Low for the Paper of Record
• The Future of an Illusion | The Weekly Standard
• Commentary » Blog Archive » Time for a New AIPAC Letter
• BESA Center for Strategic Studies (#1)
• BESA Center for Strategic Studies (#2)

2. The Martyr Rachel Corrie - Update on the St. Pancake trial - Pajamas Media » Rachel Corrie Wasn’t the Only ISM Member Playing Chicken with a Bulldozer That Day (PJM Exclusive)

3. Unusual For A European Politician - Pajamas Media » European Politicians Are Living a Lie about Israel: An Interview with Fiamma Nirenstein

4. Hooray For Pallywood.... - Pajamas Media » Pallywood Returns: Palestinian Doctors and Human Rights Group B’Tselem Smear Israel with a Likely Faked X-Ray (PJM Exclusive)

5. Let Me Make Myself Perfectly Clear - An elderly ex-Nazi who admitted to participating in the murder of 3 Dutchmen during World War II as reprisal for attacks on German soldiers in Holland will not face jail time for his crime. As far as I am concerned, all the Nazi war criminals should be treated in the exact same way that they treated their victims, regardless of age or gender. I have read a tremendous amount of material about the Shoah -I have never come across a case where a Nazi soldier said - "oh, let's not murder this old (or young) Jew because of their age). Pajamas Media » German Court Lets Admitted Nazi Murderer Go Free - I hope you choke on your pablum, you Nazi bastard - and that your death is slow and as agonizing as possible. Then - enjoy Hell.

GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL YOU NAZI BASTARD

6. Iran - They must be loving the drama between the US and Israel. In any event - Faster, Please! » The Death Spiral of the Iranian Regime and Pajamas Media » Iran Accuses Israel of Terror, and the West of Undermining Anti-Terror Efforts — Really.

7. "Moderate" Muslims - Pajamas Media » Silencing the Jews

8. University of Ottawa - The Coulter fallout continues. The University Administration might consider looking at item 10 below.

• University of Ottawa gets an F in Coulter-culture 101 - The Globe and Mail
• The menace of free speech? - The Globe and Mail
• U of O's Rock has crawled under one
• Confronting the mob
• How to recognize a dangerous hate monger

9. A Passover Message For Today - Chesler Chronicles

10. Testemax - warning - this is an off-color video - or as they say on our local TV channel before every episode of The Family Guy - "Warning. This video contains coarse language and mature subject matter. Viewer Discretion is advised."