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Obama is Chamberlain not Churchill!

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Submitted by Allen Z. Hertz (China), Jul 1, 2013 at 00:54

As early as September 2009, I published "Obama: Walking on Israel in Chamberlain's Shoes?" That essay presciently opined that President Obama is angling for a general settlement of all Middle Eastern questions including both Iran and Israel's nuclear weapons, and the matter of the Palestinians. And everything since then has only confirmed that President Obama really is out shopping for some diplomatic wallpaper in the same way that Chamberlain bought paper from Hitler in 1938. Let's test the likelihood of Pipes's speculation that President Obama might soon suddenly opt to strike Iran's nuclear-weapons development facilities.

Firstly, such a strike would conflict with the President's core ideology which is self-professedly philo-Muslim and Third-World, i.e. in line with Lenin's anti-imperialism. Secondly, President Obama has systematically purged from his administration those figures like General Petraeus and Dennis Ross known to support a tougher line on Iran. They have been replaced by the likes of Hagel, Kerry, Brennan, Rice, Power, Dobbins and Malley. Why? All of these new appointees are on record as favoring containment of a nuclear Iran. Thirdly, there is no sign that President Obama is actually preparing the American people for the contingency of a USA strike on Iran.

Studying the President's political posture, it seems clear that he is more afraid of enflaming USA public opinion against Iran than he is of Iran's nuclear-weapons and missile programs. President Obama knows that ten years of public opinion polling show that Americans see Iran as "enemy No. 1." Accordingly, the president is extremely careful not to raise public expectations that would box him into a decision to use force against Iran. Perhaps Pipes really means to encourage the President to strike Iran. But in terms of prediction, there is really little that suggests that Obama will ever use force to stop Iran's race to nuclear weapons.

To the contrary, all signs suggest that President Obama is out shopping for a general Middle East settlement including the nuclear weapons of both Iran and Israel, as well as the question of Syria and the Palestinians. President Obama's philo-Muslim and left-liberal dream is buying diplomatic wallpaper from Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei just as Chamberlain bought paper from Hitler. This would be a repeat of the Munich 1938 scenario, with Israel playing the role of Czechoslovakia. Thus, there really isn't much chance that President Obama would ever order a military strike on Iran. And, what is more, I would bet that Daniel Pipes probably already knows that.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Obama is Chamberlain not Churchill! [412 words]Allen Z. HertzJul 1, 2013 00:54207454
Chamberlain vs. Obama [117 words]Orange YonasonJul 9, 2013 19:08207454
1brilliant idea [43 words]richard lewisJun 29, 2013 15:27207434
Tight corners [58 words]David W. LincolnJun 29, 2013 15:08207433
The side effects [202 words]AnonJun 29, 2013 14:14207430
1Hell, no; we won't go! [372 words]Kepha HorJun 28, 2013 21:40207399
1Strike iran! [56 words]Robert S. RileyJun 28, 2013 16:11207392
Swoon [18 words]Sam DeakinsJun 29, 2013 23:37207392
Saving the Presidency by Bombing Iran? [18 words]Stan FuttermanJun 28, 2013 14:42207391
1Obama to Save Presidency by Bombing Iran? [105 words]JudithJun 28, 2013 13:48207389
2Evil [44 words]JaydudeJun 28, 2013 13:32207388
Americans waking up! [18 words]Steven LJun 28, 2013 21:49207388
No Press Coverage [95 words]EthanPJun 28, 2013 09:54207386
It's for all those reasons that it will not happen [27 words]Manny MatamorosJun 28, 2013 08:40207382
1The Future [156 words]Robin RosenblattJun 28, 2013 07:26207380
response [1 words]Robin RosenblattJun 29, 2013 10:15207380
1Tikun Olam, Repairing the world
 [170 words]Robin RosenblattJun 29, 2013 10:30207380
2Obama's America deliberately decided not stop Iran. [234 words]robin RosenblattJul 3, 2013 02:32207380
Obama to Save Presidency by Bombing Iran? Round Two [24 words]AlanaJun 28, 2013 03:09207375
Obama to save presidency . . . . . . . . [12 words]Frances Dash'Jun 28, 2013 00:41207374
Stop the Bomb [228 words]irangateJun 28, 2013 00:07207373
1Devious idea !! [80 words]Carlos de SouzaJun 27, 2013 23:31207372
1You're dreaming [103 words]Abu NudnikJun 27, 2013 23:23207371
1Round Two [81 words]Steven LJun 27, 2013 23:14207370
1PUPPET [42 words]Susan KJun 27, 2013 23:11207369
2Here's hoping you're right but... [193 words]Doug MayfieldJun 27, 2013 23:09207368
1less costly ways to salvage O's administration... [16 words]Barry KoplenJun 27, 2013 23:09207367

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