An Open Letter to Americans Who Love Israel

Kyle-Anne Shiver, an independent journalist and a frequent contributor to American Thinker, is wary of the promises and guarantees of Obama's commitment to Israel--especially in light of Obama's equal commitment to weaken America's defenses:

Candidate Obama even made a video [see below], in which he states unequivocally his plan to stake the security of the entire peace-loving world upon his own completely untested skill as a diplomat.

From where I sit, this isn’t a job for a diplomat; it’s the job of a messiah.

Nevertheless, Obama makes the following pledges regarding defense:

“I will cut tens of billions of dollars of wasteful defense spending.”

This makes me nervous.

“I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.”

Actually these systems are proving quite capable of protecting against attack.

“I will not weaponize space.”

Even if Russia and China do?

“I will slow our development of future combat systems.”

Letting enemy regimes catch up with us helps preserve the peace? How?

“I will not develop new nuclear weapons.”

Well, it might be diplomatic to let Iran, Syria, North Korea, and others catch up with us. But is it safe?

“I will seek a global ban on the development of fissile material, and negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert and achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.”

Obama’s grandfather clearly did not teach him to consider the source and not to put one’s trust in untrustworthy people.

Read the whole thing.



Which raises the question: how can you be committed to both a strong Israel and a weak America?

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