Comments on: CAMPAIGN 08 & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Obama pays homage to AIPAC

By: sari

sari — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:17:32 +0000

Yes Azan,
The suit case full of sand that Godot was carrying is the same as the promises of Obama, and plus air, He was fooling the AIPAC with promises that he later changed. He has no intention of supporting Israel it was just lies to become the nominee. He is not honest, has no experience, and he is connected to many questionable characters for as long as 20years and yet he did not know anything about them , he claims.
Well if Aipac is so vulnerable as to decide to vote for him seems to me very weak and i will not support it. I will vote for McCain although i am a democrate. No Marxism in America. G-D bless America.

Sari

By: John Lee

John Lee — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:15 +0000

Undivided is as undivided says. There is nothing to gain and much to lose from making words mean what you want them to mean ( with apologies to G.O.). If Barack wanted to comment about a “Berlin-style” wall he would have said that; but he didn’t. What he said was quite clear, and one must go through some severe logical contortions and distorted interpretations to arrive at the Berlin-style of thinking.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:04:44 +0000

It depends on what the meaning of “undivided” is.

What he said does not rule out that Jerusalem could also be the capital of a Palestinian state. All he is saying is that Jerusalem should not have a Berlin-style wall through the middle of it.

By: Azam Houle

Azam Houle — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:02:14 +0000

Obama’s speech left me with the same sinking feeling as Kerry’s “reporting for duty,” and Pelosi’s “impeachment is off the table.”

Are we waiting for Godot?

By: Enzo

Enzo — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:11:36 +0000

I’ve just watched the speech. I couldn’t have written it any better myself if I’d never heard of Palestine or Palestinians. I suppose Palestinians should be satisfied that he even bothered to mention them, virtually as afterthoughts. I am thoroughly disgusted.

Obama will undoubtedly improve American foreign policy and relations. But if I take one thing away from this speech, it’s the increased conviction that the sooner America’s power is cut down to size, the better. No one man, including Obama, should have the power he will most likely have. And no one country, certainly not America, should have anything like the power it still has.

By: Paul Woodward

Paul Woodward — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:18:49 +0000

I need to watch to the whole speech. Even though I can’t fathom why he’d gratuitously toss in the “undivided Jerusalem” line, there are those who were in attendance whose views I respect who are reported as having come away with a favorable impression. For instance, in this IPS report:

“His speech was remarkably different in tone and substance from any other speaker that you heard at the conference,” said Trita Parsi, who heads the National Iranian American Council. “Instead of staying away from the issue, he made a strong case, he didn’t back down from the fact that diplomacy would not only be valuable to U.S. interests, but is also good for Israel’s security.”

Maybe lots of people can’t help look at Obama through rose-tinted glasses now that he’s just won the nomination. But let’s not forget, this isn’t the time to please world opinion. It’s those of us who actually get to vote who are going to be decisive. For now, the world just needs to wait. And let’s face it, whatever Obama does, he’s infinitely preferable to McCain.

By: Enzo

Enzo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:00:10 +0000

Something this despicable, this disappointing, and on the day after he wins the nomination — the irony. I wonder how much more we may be in for?

By: peter hofmann

peter hofmann — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:41:51 +0000

I can remember a fotograph showing Obama and Edward Said in intimate conversation. Obama knows exactly what happens in palestine.