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Monday, May 12, 2008 --- 54 days ago http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/05/obama_talks_israel.asp
| Jeffrey Goldberg scores an interview with Obama on Israel. A few comments jump out, starting with this one:
One of the things that is frustrating about the recent conversations on Israel is the loss of what I think is the natural affinity between the African-American community and the Jewish community, one that was deeply understood by Jewish and black leaders in the early civil-rights movement but has been estranged for a whole host of reasons that you and I don’t need to elaborate.
I thought we were supposed to be having this great, national conversation on race, and yet when push comes to shove, Obama would rather not "elaborate" on the ugly estrangement between Jews and blacks, and this despite the fact that 20 years at Trinity United offers him such unique insight into the problem.
Later in the interview:
JG: Do you think that Israel is a drag on America’s reputation overseas?
BO: No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy. The lack of a resolution to this problem provides an excuse for anti-American militant jihadists to engage in inexcusable actions, and so we have a national-security interest in solving this, and I also believe that Israel has a security interest in solving this because I believe that the status quo is unsustainable.
Now, presumably "this constant sore" Obama is referring to is the Israeli-Palestinian con ... |
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