It is, after all, not a Republican administration.
Administration blocks helicopters for Israel due to civilian casualties in Gaza
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has blocked Israel’s request for advanced U.S.-origin attack helicopters.
Government sources said the administration has held up Israel’s request for the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. The sources said the request was undergoing an interagency review to determine whether additional Longbow helicopters would threaten Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Via AoSHQ, via The Hasmonean, who is apparently keeping track.
If this pleases you, by the way, consider that the administration doesn’t have the guts to do any of this openly. Saying one thing in public and doing another in private is a behavior pattern that most of us were supposed to discard by the time we graduated high school; I grant that this is honored more in the breach than the observance, but we expect more from our leaders. If the White House wants to disarm Israel, it should do it in public and take the heat…
Yes, I’m a blind, mad optimist. Almost dangerously so, in fact. But… but… this isn’t right.
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Why not? Because Obama knows what Israel needs better than Israel does
Beaglescout (Diary) Friday, May 29th at 9:55PM EST (link)You see, he’s so awesome! All the American Jews who voted for him sure knew what they were doing. He is awfully dreamy, isn’t he? He looks just like Will Smith or Denzel Washington in his suit. Dreamy!!! Israel doesn’t need more military equipment to protect it from Iran, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Hamas and Hezbollah. That country just needs more Obama!
/sarc
“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”
Sometimes I think Obama stays awake at night plotting on ways to destroy our country...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 29th at 10:09PM EST (link)Then I realize that he isn’t…because the plan has already been written, encrypted and loaded into TOTUS for easy access.
Yeah I know that isn’t really any better, but at least I know he isn’t staying up past his bedtime.
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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exactly and in fact, the better first questions are, why aren't we
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Monday, June 1st at 9:39PM EST (link)building missile defense for US and why are we cutting the defense budget in nominal, not just inflation adjusted dollars!
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
Must.......not.......say.......what.......I.......want.......to.............
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Friday, May 29th at 10:30PM EST (link)…………because if I say what I want to, the men in black will visit my home.
I really HOPE that the 78% of “my people” who voted for this CHANGE are super happy now.
Schmucks.
Come on Kenny.
mbecker908 (Diary) Sunday, May 31st at 1:23AM EST (link)They’re just jooooooooooos. And they’re Obama’s ticket to a Nobel.
I had cream soda go thru my nose EOM
OccamsRazor (Diary) Sunday, May 31st at 1:27AM EST (link).
Please note Occam...
mbecker908 (Diary) Sunday, May 31st at 1:30AM EST (link)that comment was NOT snark. I’m serious.
duley noted
OccamsRazor (Diary) Sunday, May 31st at 1:32AM EST (link)No more cream soda for me.
Hubby and I discussed this earlier today.
itrytobenice (Diary) Sunday, May 31st at 2:32AM EST (link)I can’t tell you exactly what was said, because it was distinctly not nice, but we believe it goes back to his childhood.
He was raised to believe two things:
1. Jews were oppressors.
2. Blacks were oppressed.
In a child’s mind (and in an adult’s mind if he’s not smart enough to sort out the propaganda from the simple truth) Jews are bad. I don’t think he’s ever sorted that out in his own mind, but is instead reacting with a visceral feeling of himself or his kind being threatened.
We’re coming to war, guys. Real war. The kind of war that involves lots of people dying and lots more suffering. The kind that involves the term “For the duration.” We’re due for one. It’s been 65 years and institutional memory has faded. I just hope that America doesn’t try to fight this one with one hand and both feet tied, as we have tried to fight Iraq and Afghanistan. Because this one is going to involve China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Russia and us. That’s a lot of firepower and a lot of cannon fodder.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
Israel stages biggest-ever war drill
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, May 31st at 11:14AM EST (link)http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/31/israel.drill/index.html
and
Iranian officials defuse bomb found on plane
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/31/iran.bomb/index.html
If war does start between Israel and Iran it will be interesting to see if Iran can repel the forces from within.
And if war does start between Israel and Iran then Obama himself has pushed the situation to that point. By not supporting Israel and trying to wage peace with Iran is just an epic failure of foreign policy.
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Obama okays Longbow helicopters for Egypt.
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Monday, June 1st at 7:41PM EST (link)Did I have some sort of bizarre waking-dream ?
Nope
Is my imagination running amok ?
Nope.
Did I write that header ?
Nope.
These folks did:
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_israel0431_05_31.asp
I’m going to go to the shooting range for a bit.
See y’all later.