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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: Qaddafi: Obama 'might end up worse than the whites' |
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Obama 'might end up worse than the whites', Libyan leader warns
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If Barack Obama wins the US election in November it's a fair bet that Tripoli will not be an early port of call. Yesterday the Libyan leader, Muammar Gadafy, reinforced his reputation for provocative speaking by suggesting that because Obama was "black with an inferiority complex" he might end up being "worse than whites" if he becomes president.
Gadafy's put-down of the Democratic candidate focused in part on Obama's pledge of "unshakeable" support for Israel, which caused dismay, if not surprise, across the Arab and Muslim worlds last week. "Obama's announcement that unified Jerusalem should be the eternal capital of Israel and that he will support it with $30bn during the next 10 years has disappointed our hopes and that of the Africans," the Libyan leader complained.
"The statements of our Kenyan brother of American nationality Obama on Jerusalem ... show that he either ignores international politics and did not study the Middle East conflict or that it is a campaign lie," Gadafy said in a speech marking the evacuation of the last US airbase in Libya after he seized power in 1969.
Obama should promise to give Africa the money Washington allocates to Israel to "build a dam on the Congo river to supply the whole African continent with power", he urged. "We fear that Obama will feel that, because he is black with an inferiority complex, this will make him behave worse than the whites. This will be a tragedy," Gadafy added. "We tell him to be proud of himself as a black and feel that all Africa is behind him."
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Kind of related. Here are some snippets of an article by an Israeli journalist, who also pretty much comes to a similar conclusion that Obama may be "worse than the whites":
Obama, Israel And AIPAC
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After months of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate for the presidency of the most powerful country in the world.
And what was the first thing he did after his astounding victory? He ran to the conference of the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and made a speech that broke all records for obsequiousness and fawning.
That is shocking enough. Even more shocking is the fact that nobody was shocked. |
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The most extreme conclusions of professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt were confirmed in their entirety. On the eve of their visit to Israel, this coming Thursday, the Israel Lobby stood at the center of political life in the US and the world at large.
WHY, ACTUALLY? Why do the candidates for the American presidency believe that the Israel lobby is so absolutely essential to their being elected? |
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THE TRANSPARENT fawning of Obama on the Israel lobby stands out more than similar efforts by the other candidates.
Why? Because his dizzying success in the primaries was entirely due to his promise to bring about a change, to put an end to the rotten practices of Washington and to replace the old cynics with a young, brave person who does not compromise his principles.
And lo and behold, the very first thing he does after securing the nomination of his party is to compromise his principles. And how!
The outstanding thing that distinguishes him from both Hillary Clinton and John McCain is his uncompromising opposition to the war in Iraq from the very first moment. That was courageous. That was unpopular. That was totally opposed to the Israel lobby, all of whose branches were fervidly pushing George Bush to start the war that freed Israel from a hostile regime.
And here comes Obama to crawl in the dust at the feet of AIPAC and go out of his way to justify a policy that completely negates his own ideas. |
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| But his declaration about Jerusalem breaks all bounds. It is no exaggeration to call it scandalous. |
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In prior US presidential races, the pandering candidates thought that it was enough to promise that the US embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. After being elected, not one of the candidates ever did anything about this promise. All were persuaded by the State Department that it would harm basic American interests.
Obama went much further. Quite possibly, this was only lip service and he was telling himself: OK, I must say this in order to get elected. After that, God is great. |
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HOW IS it that a man like Obama, the son of an African father, identifies so completely with the actions of former generations of American whites? It shows again the power of a myth to become rooted in the consciousness of a person, so that he identifies 100% with the imagined national narrative. To this may be added the unconscious urge to belong to the victors, if possible.
Therefore, I do not accept without reservation the speculation: "Well, he must talk like this in order to get elected. Once in the White House, he will return to himself."
I am not so sure about that. It may well turn out that these things have a surprisingly strong hold on his mental world.
Of one thing I am certain: Obama's declarations at the AIPAC conference are very, very bad for peace. And what is bad for peace is bad for Israel, bad for the world and bad for the Palestinian people. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Qaddafi isn't black and shouldn't try and talk like Obama is his brother. Obama is half white and half black. Qaddafi is Arab, and the Arabs are as natural rulers of large chunks of Africa as were the French and Spaniards. Wearing a picture of Africa on your wannabe-black mumu does not a black person make.
What was Obama to do? The AIPAC shindig was at an unfortunate time. Anyways, ethnic pandering is the norm of our diverse present. Some of Obama's staff were in al-dearborne a couple days ago pandering to the muslims. Eventually he'll head out to the "Tibetan community" to hear their pain. Then to the "Mexican community" to hear them whine about immigration. And so on. If he didn't go to AIPAC he would have been pulled through the mud.
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Obama should promise to give Africa the money Washington allocates to Israel to "build a dam on the Congo river to supply the whole African continent with power", he urged. |
Why? If Qaddafi and his Arab-muslim brothers are so worried about that they can push cash rich (to the tune of about 3/4 trillion$ in reserves) Saudi to divert some of their money going to radical mosques in the West, and the jihad in The Philippines, Kashmir, Thailand and elsewhere to dam the Congo. Ah, but the jizya. That money is for them and them alone. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Qaddafy is just saying this to give Obama cover. If the Republicans bring up the charge that the nasty Arabs favor Obama, he can say, "Look what Qaddafy said about me." |
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