Monday, January 14, 2008

The chasm between Israel and the Bush 43 Administration widens just a little bit more

I have blogged several times over the fact that since late 2005 or certainly, early 2006, the Bush 43 Administration has beaten a hasty retreat from its position of strongly supporting Israel. This change in policy parallels the ascension of Condoleeza Rice to the position of Secretary of State and the publishing of the findings of the Iraq Study Group, which somehow seemed to argue that Iraq would become more docile if only Israel were sacrificed on the altar of Palestinian "nationalism".

Well, despite Ehud Olmert's headlong rush to prostrate himself before his American and European masters in an effort to appease them, that appears not to be enough, as American officials, including White House Press Secretary Dana Perino and the President himself have both spoken about how Israel "MUST' address the "Right of Return" question: http://www.danielpipes.org/article/5373.

Of course, allowing a Right of Return would be demographic suicide for Israel. Conversely, forcing Israel to pay compensation to those who left would be tantamount to economic suicide for the Jewish State. Further, why isn't the President, or the dhimmi-loving Condoleeza Rice, speaking about compensation for the hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees who were either expelled or fled from Arab countries in1948?

I wrote in another post that Israeli-American relations were heading for their darkest days ever. If Ehud Olmert remains in charge, that period might be put off a little bit, but his incredible unpopularity (which is well-deserved) means that he may not be around that much longer--or one can only hope. If he goes, the relations between the United States and Israel will likely be on a par with those between the Bush 43 Administration and France under Jacques Chirac............if they are even that good.

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