Obama Lost My Vote
It seems very few have been willing to admit what we really knew all along: Barack Obama is just another American politician. He is not some savior of humanity, as some would like to portray him, and he is certainly not going to step on the toes of the corporate demons who fund his campaign.
In times such as these, when America is being ruled by a president who will do anything to please his corporate sponsors, whose policies have killed hundreds of thousands in Iraq and Afghanistan, sacrificed thousands of American soldiers, opened the door for torture, championed the imprisonment of innocent people, and welcomed the contempt and disgust of the entire world, there is something the American people need more than politics as usual.
The American people need morality and honesty. Above all else, a leader who is willing to do what is right and to speak the truth even when he does wrong is the type of leader who can truly turn this country and this race (the human one) away from the brink of extinction that it has now brought upon itself.
Instead, Obama has become glossy eyed with the prospect of becoming president and is willing to bend over backwards for Israel and the AIPAC, even if it means echoing Israel’s call to attack Iran, a country that has not invaded nor even threatened to attack another country (something even Iraq could not claim).
Obama sounds like Bush, albeit a more eloquent and intelligent upgrade from the first two Bush versions. He proudly proclaimed, “I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Everything.”
The evidence, Senator Obama, indicates that Iran is not even trying to obtain a nuclear weapon, so why even mention this? You might very well pressure Iran into doing the very thing you swear you will prevent them from doing. And what does “everything in my power” mean? Surely, a president’s power includes control over the military. Obama is threatening to attack Iran. That is not quite as strong as Hillary Clinton’s language, but the end result would be the same.
” … There is no greater threat to Israel or peace than Iran,” he went on to say.
Any intelligent (and honest) person can easily see that the greatest threat to Israel and peace is Israel itself. It is Israel that invaded Palestinian territory. It is Israel that drove hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their land. It is Israel that committed massacres, one after another, against thousands of innocent Palestinians. It is Israel that continues to hold scores of Palestinians in dungeons, without any formal charges against them. It is Israel that has repeatedly threatened to attack Iran, not the other way around. It is Israel with the track record of invading another country (Lebanon) and occupying it for 20 years, not Iran. It is Israel that has nuclear weapons and refuses to sign the NPT. It is Israel that has had over 40 U.N. resolutions passed against it condemning its atrocities, yet it refuses to take heed of any of them. It is Israel, Senator Obama, that forces the Palestinians to live in Apartheid-like conditions, and that is not just my opinion, Senator Obama. Former President Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, agree.
So like Reagan, Senator Obama, you are supporting yet another Apartheid regime, another regime that has acquired and is threatening to use its nuclear weapons against a country that is guilty only of defending the rights and lives of the Palestinian people when everyone else in the world, including you, Senator Obama, is unwilling, or too much of a coward, to do so.
Obama was not finished. He continued with, “This audience is made up of both Republicans and Democrats. And the enemies of Israel should have no doubt that regardless of party, Americans stand shoulder to shoulder in support of Israel’s security. …”
Do we? Do Americans really care about Israel’s security while the policies of our own government continue to degrade our own security? Senator Obama wants us to believe that Israel is a symbiont inside of the heart of America, but there is another more appropriate name for such an organism: parasite.
“The Iran regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous arms race and …”
If we really wanted to make this statement true, it should probably be uttered by the Iranian supreme leader, “The American regime supports violent extremists (Israel) and challenges us (Iran) across the region. It already has a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous arms race and …(blah blah blah)…”
Finally, Senator Obama either wants us to believe he is a complete idiot (just as Bush expects us to believe that about him) or he is a liar in the esteemed tradition of liars who have occupied the oval office, both republicans and democrats. Senator Obama decided to echo the propaganda that has infected our airwaves and television sets, “Its president denies the Holocaust and threatens to wipe Israel off the map. … [M]y goal will be to eliminate this threat.”
I see no point in even trying to disprove this lie again. He never denied the Holocaust (he said that it should be studied by independent historians) and he certainly never threatened Israel (but rather said that Israel will fade from the pages of history).
So how, Senator Obama, do you plan to eliminate a threat that does not exist? I suppose you will do as other presidents before you have done: you will create one.
I’m certainly not voting for McCain, and unless Obama grows a conscience, I’m afraid he has lost my vote as well.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:44 am
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June 15th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
I think your AIPAC post explains Obama. I think think Obama has made some comments which for me signal that he’ll be fairer in the Middle East than McCain but my feeling is that Obama is also a pragmatist and realizes that (due ot AIPAC and related factors) he’s not going to get elected unless he says certain things regarding Israel.
You might want to look at Cynthia McKinney who is running on the Green Party ticket and is definitely more explicit about her proposed foreign policy with regard to Israel so *if you live in a “safe” state” I’d encourage you to vote for her. But if not then I would still say that Obama is still definitely better.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Yes, I’m certain that he has to say certain things to appease the AIPAC. The question I have is, does it end after inauguration or does he continue to bow to Israel? History shows that presidents in the US always do, although if you look at the “peace process” under Clinton, it was certainly better than under Bush.
I understand the whole “lesser evil” argument and would certainly do what it takes to keep McCain out. My post is more of an expression of disappointment and frustration that yet another politician is so effortlessly lying to the American people.
Furthermore, what he said about Iran goes beyond just politics. It is dangerous. Bush will make Obama eat his words. If someone doesn’t vocally stand up and say no to attacking Iran (unless of course Iran were to attack us), Obama’s willingness for diplomacy may come too late.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Iran, like most of the middle east, is run by fascist fundies that dislike western civilization and israel for being too liberal. I’d rather side w/ Israel on this one than side w/ the fundies. Sorry, but if that’s all it took for Obama to lose your vote, I’d say you’re quite the hard-line conservative to be on the side of the fundies in this case. :-/
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
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June 23rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Since when do “liberals” setup an apartheid regime and routinely imprison and kill innocent people? Iran’s government is not opposed to western civilization, as you purport, but rather the policies of certain western governments (namely the US). But even if they were opposed to western civilization, isn’t that their right? Would not a true liberal feel an obligation to acknowledge Iran’s point of view and “live and let live”?
It is not Iran that has the track record of attacking other countries. It is the U.S. and Israel. My hope was (and still is) that we will put someone in office who will put an end to western imperialism and start talking to the “fundies” (as you so eloquently refer to them) rather than bombing them.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
So if you do not plan on voting for McCain and do not plan on voting for Obama Hussein, who do you plan on voting for? Or do you plan on, dare I say, not voting at all?
Thank you. We call it culling of the herd.