It's Already Begun: Obama Nailed for AIPAC Hypocrisy
Lyndon LaRouche
Obama didn't help himself one iota, when he showed up on Wednesday at the AIPAC annual convention in Washington, and delivered a speech that could have been written by the authors of ``A Clean Break.'' Dana Milbank, the Washington Post columnist devoted a half-page article today, to mocking Obama for his flip to the Israeli radical right. Under the headline ``It's a Mitzvah'' (``blessing''), Milbank began, by mocking Obama's campaign slogan: ``Now here's a change we can believe in. A mere 12 hours after claiming the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama appeared before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee yesterday--and changed himself into an Israel hard-liner.''
Milbank continued, ``He promised $30 billion in military assistance for Israel. He declared that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force has `rightly been labeled a terrorist organization.' He used terms such as `false prophets of extremism' and `corrupt' while discussing Palestinians. And he promised that `Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.'
``Vowing to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon, the newly minted nominee apparent added: `I will always keep the threat of military action on the table to defend our security and our ally, Israel. Do not be confused.'
``How could they be confused? As a pandering performance,'' Milbank continued, ``it was the full Monty by a candidate who, during the primary, had positioned himself to Hillary Clinton's left on matters such as Iran. Yesterday, Obama, who has generally declined to wear an American-flag lapel pin, wore a joint U.S.-Israeli pin, and even tried a Hebrew phrase on the crowd.''
To make matters even worse, Milbank added, ``Obama even outdid President Bush in his pro-Israel sentiments. On the very day that Obama vowed to protect Jerusalem as Israel's capital--drawing a furious denunciation from the Palestinian Authority--Bush announced that he was suspending a move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.''
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