Obama must really have a distain for the average Israeli citizen. In a recent interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, when asked why he thought so many Israeli’s felt anxiety toward him, he responded, “some of it may just be the fact that my middle name is Hussein, and that creates suspicion.”
Now, what does this tell us about Obama? Well, it tells us that his impressions of concerned Israeli citizens are of a bunch of people who’s entire impression of him extends no farther than some loose association his middle name has with Israel’s enemies. To put it slightly differently, Obama supposes Israeli’s negative impressions of him are born out of some underlying Israeli racism or prejudice towards Muslim Middle-Easterners. This rather simplistic conclusion shouldn’t at all be surprising to those of us who have been following Obama regularly; in fact, this it is quite reminicent of when Obama posited that Americans might not support him because he “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.” In other words, Obama’s practice of projecting prejudice on those who oppose him is ingrained in Obama’s logic… its how he views those who disagree with him.
Never does it occur to Obama that Israelis might feel anxious because of his own policies toward israel and his failures to support their sovereignty and security. Maybe it was Obama’s strong criticism of their settlement policy that caused Israeli concern. Maybe it was candidate Obama’s delusional insistence to negotiate with Iran without any preconditions that made Israelis anxious… Or his weak efforts to prevent Iran from developing Nuclear weapons after insisting during his campaign that a nuclear iran would be “unacceptable”. Maybe it was the way he humiliated Israeli President Netanyahu at their most recent meeting in the White House. Any of these reasons would be sufficient for a typical Israeli citizen to feel some anxiety towards Obama… but somehow Obama remains oblivious.
Maybe Obama should try looking beyond his own prejudices in order to understand those who oppose him instead of fabricating the prejudices of his opponents.
He has pushed his agenda of prejudices on the American public through the lame street media. He has insulted our only ally in the middle east and seems to be apologizing for no reason.