Obama's Muslim Outreach

Obama's Muslim Outreach

International Analyst Network

April 1, 2009

Obama's Muslim Outreach

Ted Belman

One year ago I wrote about Obamas Muslim connection ( 
http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=579 ).  No matter how strong this 
connection was, the main stream media and ultimately Jewish Americans 
ignored it.

The person who made me proudest of all, Obama wrote, was Roy. Actually, 
now we call him Abongo, his Luo name, for two years ago he decided to 
reassert his African heritage. He converted to Islam, and has sworn off 
pork and tobacco and alcohol.

On February 27th, Barack Hussein Obama said the Muslim call to prayer is 
one of the prettiest sounds on Earth.

Although Obama played the Christian card while campaigning, he is playing 
the Muslim card now in such a blatant fashion that even I am astounded. 
Here is his record to date after inauguration,
-  Obama's first call was to Mahmoud Abbas who is not even a head of 
state. Obama was delivering a message to Israel and the world.
- Obama's first interview, within days of inauguration, was with the 
Dubai-based Al-Arabiya Networks.  In it, he stressed his own Muslim ties 
and his hopes for a Palestinian state. His message was  "U.S. not your 
enemy ( http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=8566 )
And as I said during my inauguration speech, if countries like Iran are 
willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from us,
- on February 10th, Obama ordered ( http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=9273 
) the expenditure of $20.3 million in migration assistance to the 
Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.
- In February, he pledged to provide $900 million ( 
http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=10070 ) in aid for rebuilding the 
Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip
- On March 19th Obama delivered a customary speech to the Iranian people 
on their New Year but sold them out by referring to the Islamic Republic 
of Iran which amounted to an acceptance of the regime.
- Obama is reaching out to the Taliban to cut a deal.
- Obama is looking to hire a select group of Muslims for the White House
- Obama has been reaching out to Syria for some time now but in the last 
two months he has matched words with deeds,  He has lifted sanctions on 
Syria and intends to  meet personally with Assad hereby bringing him in 
from the cold.  He wants to see if Syria is serious about peace, which 
means breaking from Iran, in which case he will force Israel to give up 
the Golan.
- Obama has also been calling Erdogan and Gull in Turkey looking to 
improve relations with Turkey.  He praised Erdogan for his efforts at 
peace making between Syria and Israel and wants him to continue. He is 
looking to Turkey to help with Iran and Afghanistan and to permit US 
forces to exit Iraq through Turkey.

Essentially this outreach is intended to upgrade the US relationship with 
the Muslim world which will necessitate downgrading the relationship with 
Israel.

For decades now this is what the State Department has wanted but couldn't 
say so publicly.  As I pointed out in Give the Palestinians what they want 
or else ( http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=11585&cpage=1 )  there is a 
coordinated attack under way to bring about the downgrading of the 
US/Israel relationship.

In the last few weeks, I posted many articles which made this point.  Here 
are two.

The West is tiring of Israel ( http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=11382 )

I have every reason to believe, based on what Ive seen at my level of 
[security] clearance especially over the last several years, that Israel 
will soon be completely on their own or worse. When asked what could be 
worse than losing the support of the United States, he stated: when our 
administration provides more support to Arab countries [with] financial 
and military aid, undercutting Israels defense efforts all while pushing 
Israel to succumb to the pressure of unreasonable demands designed to end 
with their political annihilation as a nation.
CIA report: Israel will fall in 20 years ( 
http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=10985 )

The CIA report predicts an inexorable movement away from a two-state to a 
one-state solution, as the most viable model based on democratic 
principles of full equality that sheds the looming specter of colonial 
Apartheid while allowing for the return of the 1947/1948 and 1967 
refugees. The latter being the precondition for sustainable peace in the 
region.

These are only a few of the articles published since Obama's inauguration 
which provide the handwriting on the wall.  The core issue that the West 
is now recognizing is, that given the enmity of the Arabs to the state of 
Israel, the Sate of Israel is doomed and shouldn't be supported by the US 
to her detriment.

Debka reported this week, Obama set to betray Israel, big time ( 
http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=11628 )


DEBKAfiles Washington sources report that the Obama administration is on 
the threshold of a major rapprochement with Tehran, a reversal of US 
policy dramatic enough to block out international sanctions. Iran will be 
allowed to keep its nuclear program, including military elements and 
enriched uranium stocks, up to the point of actually assembling a weapon. 
[..]

The US president is willing to ditch Israel as a friend. This will be 
brought home to Jerusalem when he makes his big speech on April 7 
appealing for a grand US-Muslim global reconciliation. The US president is 
preparing to tie a Palestinian-Israeli settlement - on Washingtons terms - 
to such unrelated issues as Afghanistan and Pakistan as the currency for 
purchasing Muslim and Arab backing for accommodations of these outstanding 
terrorist fronts.

To lend wings to Obama's outreach to the Muslims, White House circles 
Monday, March 30, leaked word that his team took a hand in persuading 
Israel to accept a ceasefire which cut short its anti-Hamas operation in 
Gaza in January. The radical Islamist terrorists had to be spared from 
total defeat by Israel and their leaders from capture otherwise Assad, as 
their backer, would be restrained from resuming peace talks with Israel 
for some time.

The ceasefire gave Assad enough political room to continue the 
negotiations without losing credibility in the Arab world.

It's not going to get better.

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