Writing in Haaretz about how liberal Zionists like himself are marginalized in Washington, Peter Beinart describes the corruption of Congress by money, and the effect on the President:
Members of Congress generally feel that when it comes to winning American Jewish votes and acquiring American Jewish money, they can never back the Israeli government – or bash the Palestinians – enough. Although J Street has given liberal Zionists more visibility, many Washington politicians still consider us a marginal breed. That view extends all the way to the top. Several years ago, a friend active in Democratic circles recounted a conversation with President Barack Obama. My friend told the president that many American Jews were unhappy with Israel’s direction and open to American pressure aimed at changing it. “I can’t hear you,” Obama replied. My friend began repeating himself, but Obama cut him off. “You don’t understand,” the president repeated, more slowly and with emphasis: “I … can’t … hear … you.”
Arghh
What an arrogant asshole.
Obama can’t hear him because he has been instructed not to hear him. Guess who told Obama to act as though he is deaf when the topic of Israel is raised?
Let’s start a list of topics which cause Barry to go deaf. We could provide it to his audiologist. Let’s see: 1) Pursuing legal action against the sociopaths that profited by impoverishing millions and almost destroying the international financial system, 2) pursuing action against people who authorized and carried out systemic torture, 3) single-payer health care reform, 4) mention of military action that violates international laws to which the US is signatory, 5) acknowledging that right-wingnut, bible thumping, gun carrying, secessionist nullification advocates in the USA are fully as deranged as whack-job jihadist nut cases who want to project a muslim state world-wide, 6) admitting that growing income- and wealth-inequality impede economic growth and are caused by the rapacious actions of the .01%, and their lap-dog government 7) accepting that all three branches of the US government have very little credibility with the public and that that fact will have no impact on the process, decisions, and actions of said government.
Just for starters.