solitarius | June 18, 2012 at 10:12 p.m. (report)

SUSAN RICE
Foreign-policy aide to Democrat presidential candidate Michael Dukakis in 1988
Served on the National Security Council for the Clinton administration
Former senior fellow at theBrookings Institution
Foreign-policy advisor toDemocrat candidate John Kerry during the2004 presidential campaign
On December 1, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama nominated Rice to be theU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Born in November 1964 in Washington, DC, Susan Elizabeth Rice graduated from Stanford University with a bachelors degree in history in 1986. She was awarded aRhodes Scholarship and subsequently attendedNew College, Oxford, where she earned a masters degree in philosophy in 1988 and a Ph.D. in the same discipline two years later.

During the 1988 presidential campaign, Rice served as a foreign-policy aide to Democrat candidateMichael Dukakis.

In the early 1990s Rice was a management consultant forMcKinsey & Company, a globalmanagement consultingfirm.

From 1993-97, Rice served on the National Security Council for the Clinton administration. From 1993-95 she was also the administrations Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping, and from 1995-97 she was both Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs. Rices political mentor during these years was Secretary of StateMadeline Albright.

In 1996 Rice helped persuade President Clinton to rebuff Sudans offer to turn Osama bin Laden, who was then living there, over to U.S. authorities. Rice reasoned that because Sudan had a poor human-rights record, the U.S. should have no dealings withthat nation's government--not even to obtain custody of the al Qaeda leader or to receive intelligence information on terrorists from Sudanese authorities. Bin Laden subsequently moved his terrorist operations to Afghanistan, from where he would mastermind the 9/11 attacks.

In 2002 Rice became a senior fellow at theBrookings Institutions Foreign Policy and Global Economy & Development programs.

During the2004 presidential campaign, Rice was a foreign-policy advisor toDemocrat candidate John Kerry. According to Ed Lasky of The American Thinker:

"One of the major steps Kerry suggested for dealing with the Middle East was to appoint James Baker and Jimmy Carter as negotiators. When furor erupted at the prospect of two of the most ardent foes of Israel being suggested to basically ride 'roughshod' over Israel, Kerry backtracked and blamed his staff for the idea. His staff was Susan Rice."

In 2005 Rice co-authored an academic article which postulated that terrorism was a threat borne of both oppression and deprivation.

In 2008, Riceserved as a seniorforeign-policyadvisor to Senator Barack Obamas presidential campaign. Immediately after Obama and running mate Joe Biden won the White House in the November election, Rice was named to theObama-Biden Transition Projects advisory board.

On December 1, 2008, President-elect Obama nominated Rice to be theU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,making her the first African American woman ever to hold that post. Moreover, Obama upgraded the position to cabinet level.

Reasoning (contrary to much strong evidence) from the premise that poverty breeds terrorism, Rice believes that U.S. taxpayers should fund nearly $100 billion per year of new-development-aid programs under the auspices of the United Nations Millennium Development Project-- a massive wealth-redistribution initiative designed to transfer money from the world's developed states to its poor states, many of them in Africa.

Ricealso calls for the use of American military power to intervene -- as part of a large, well-funded UN peacekeeping force -- directly in African conflictssuch as the one in the Darfur region of Sudan. Advocating the imposition of a no-fly zone and the bombing of Sudanese aircraft, airfields, and military and intelligence assets, Rice has said: [I]f the United States fails to gain UN support [for these measures], we should act without it.

Early in his administration, President Obama announced, against Rice's counsel,that the U.S. would not participate in a scheduled 2009 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, because that Conferences official documents contained too many critical references to Israel, too many restrictions on freedom of expression,and too much language calling for reparations to compensate contemporary nonwhites for the evils of Western slavery centuries ago.

Rice held that U.S. participation in UN efforts such as the Durban Conferenceperforms the important function of showing the world that Americans are willing to denounce the remnants of slavery and colonialism from a global platform.

On June 11, 2010, it was reportedthatRiceplayed an important role in pushingthe Obama administration tosupportaUnited Nationsinvestigation of a deadly May 31 fight between Israeli commandosand a number ofpassengersaboard aGaza-bound, pro-Palestinian ship. The ship was carrying humanitarian relief supplies to Gaza, but its crew refused to comply with Israeli requirements thatall cargo be submitted for inspection,thereby igniting the trouble. According to Israel,approximately 40 of the600-plus people aboard the vessel wereTurkishjihadis whoinstigated the violence,and at least five were knownto have ties to Islamic terrorism. For details of the incident, click here.

In February 2011, Rice stated: For more than four decades, [Israeli settlement activity] has undermined security corroded hopes for peace and security it violates international commitments and threatens prospects for peace. During testimony she gave two months later, Rice reiterated that sentiment, asserting that Israeli settlement activity is illegitimate.

Rice serves as a board member of numerous organizations, including theNational Democratic Institute, theU.S. Fund for UNICEF, theAtlantic Council, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studiesat Stanford University, the Bureau of National Affairs, Partnership for Public Service,and theBeauvoir National Cathedral Elementary School. She is also a member of theCouncil on Foreign Relationsand theAspen Strategy Group.

solitarius | June 18, 2012 at 8:22 p.m. (report)

SAMANTHA POWER
Hasa long record of antipathy toward Israel
Said that Americas relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics
Was appointed as Director for Multilateral Affairs in theNational Security Council by President Barack Obama in January 2009

Born in Ireland in September 1970, Samantha Power immigrated to the United States with her family in 1979. After graduating from Yale University, she worked as a journalist from 1993 to 1996, covering theYugoslav warsforU.S. News & World Report,The Boston Globe,The Economist, andThe New Republic.

Power then attended Harvard Law School, earning her Juris Doctorate in 1999.She is currently theAnna LindhProfessor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard'sJohn F. Kennedy School of Government, where she is also affiliated with theCarr Center for Human Rights Policy.

Power hasa long record of antipathy towards Israel. In 2001 she attended theUnited Nations' World Conference Against Racism(in Durban, South Africa), even after the U.S.had withdrawnmost of its diplomatic participation once it became apparent that the gathering would give prominence to anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic perspectives.

Just months later, during a 2002 interview with Harry Kreisler, director of the Institute for International Studies at UC Berkeley, Power said that even if it meant alienating a domestic constituency of tremendous political and financial import (i.e., Jewish Americans), the United States should stop investing billions of dollars in servicing Israels military and invest the money instead in the new state of Palestine. Moreover, she accused Israel of perpetrating "major human-rights abuses."

Powers 2002 book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, grew out of a paper she had written in law school and wonthePulitzer Prize for General Non-Fictionin 2003.This book examines the origin of the word genocide, the major genocides of the 20th century, and the reasons why governments -- most notably the U.S. --have so often failed to collectively identify and forestall genocides before the crisis stage.

In her 2004 review of Noam Chomskys book Hegemony or Survival, Power agreed with many of Chomskys criticisms of U.S. foreign policy and expressed her own concerns about what she called the sins of our allies in the war on terror, lumping Israel together with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, Russia, and Uzbekistan. She called Chomskys work sobering and instructive.

In 200506, Power worked as a foreign policy fellow in the office of U.S. SenatorBarack Obama. In this role, she helped to spark and inform Obamas interest in thedeadly ethnic and tribal conflict of Darfur, Sudan.

In a 2007 interview, Power said that Americas relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics... The United States, she explained,had brought terrorist attacks upon itself by aping Israelsviolations of human rights.

In the fall of 2007, Power began writing a regular column forTime magazine. That same year, she appeared in Charles Ferguson's documentary,No End in Sight,which criticized the Bush administrations handling of the Iraq War.

In February 2008 Power released her second book,Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. This book is about the eponymous United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who was killed in a Baghdad hotel bombingon August 19, 2003.

In early 2008 Power served as a senior foreign-policy advisor toBarack Obamas presidential campaign. She was forced to resign from the campaign in March, however, after it was learned that she had referred toObamas Democrat rival, Hillary Clinton,as a monster whose modus operandi was deceit.

On July 4, 2008, Power married law professorCass Sunstein,whom she had met while working on the Obama campaign.

In January 2009 President Obama appointed Power to serve as Director for Multilateral Affairs in theNational Security Council, a post where she would serve as oneof Obamas closest advisors on foreign policy.

In March 2011, Power was instrumental in persuading Obama to authorize military intervention in Libya, to prevent President Moammar Qaddafi's forces from killing the rebels who were rising up against his regime at that time. Power's counsel in this matter was consistent with her longstanding advocacy of the doctrine known as the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P), which encourages the international community to intervene in a sovereign country's internal affairs -- with military force if necessary -- in order to thwart genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, or ethnic cleansing. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCRP), which is the world's leading advocate of this doctrine, is funded by George Soros's Open Society Institute. Power and GCRP advisory-board member Gareth Evans -- who is also also president emeritus of the International Crisis Group -- have been joint keynote speakers at a number of events where they have championed the R2P principle together.

solitarius | June 18, 2012 at 12:29 p.m. (report)

However, the most important issue regarding USA policy and Israel is who is better for Israel: Obama or Romney? While it is true as Mr Glazer pointed out the Obama has continued many policies of his predecessors, all of his own unique actions have been anti-Israel. Romney has never been in a position to be able judge his actions regarding Israel, but we can judge the general actions of the Democratic vs Republican Parties regarding Israel. A study was done a few years ago comparing the votes in Congress concerning Israel of the Democrats vs Republicans and it was clear that the pro-Israel party was the Republican party and the anti-Israel party was the Democratic party (1).

Therefore, while talk is cheap and words cannot be trusted by any candidate, actions speak very loudly and in recent years it is the Republicans who ACT for Israel not the Democrats.

1. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/250159/israel-and-congressional-democrats-daniel-pipes#

solitarius | June 18, 2012 at 11:52 a.m. (report)

Mr Glazer does not appear to be ab lwe to read. Romney said he woudo do the opposite of what Obama "has done". He did not say he would do the opposite of what any other president "has done".

1. Palestinian State - Obama has done NOTHING regarding a Palestinian state. He may have said some things about it but he has done NOTHING. So Romney was obviously not referring to this issue.
2. Settlements - Obama has again done NOTHING about settlements. He has complained about the settlements, so Romney is saying he will not complain about the settlements as has Obama.
3. Annual Aid - Obama has done NOTHINMG about the annual aid. As Mr Glazer points out the current level of aid was instituted by Bush not Obama. However, Bush had promised during his terms to double the aid to 6 billion and Obama has rejected that. So maybe Romney meant that he will do the opposite and reject Obama's rejection of doublng the aid to Israel.
4. The Iron Dome - Again Obama did not formulate the policy of supplying missile defense to Israel, this was Bush's policy. Obama is simply continuing the Bush policy not only on Iron Dome but also other missile defense weaponry (1).

So exactly what were the actions of Obama against Israel:

1. Obama refused to sell to Israel any offensive weaponry to Israel it had asked for but Obama sold to Israel's enemies over 100 billion in offensive weaponry to Israel's sworn enemies.
2. Obama appointed many anti-Israel top USA officials to sensitive positions in his government including Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Chas Freeman, and many more. Please google these individuals if like Mr Glazer you are not aware of their anti-Israel actions and agendas.
3. Obama has or has had many close advisors on the Middle East and all of them are anti-Israel including Rashid Khalidi, Robert Malley, David Bonior, Joseph Cirincione, etc. Again if you are unaware as is Mr Glazer of their connection with Obama and their anti-Israel agenda, then google them.
4. Obama, through Susan Rice, has spoken out against Israel at the UN (2).
5. Obama went to Egypt giving a pro-Islam talk that denigrated Israel, equated the Holocaust to the treatment of Palestinian Arabs by Israel, and rejected the 3500 year Jewish connection to Israel.
6. Obama has gone to numerous Arab countries but has not gone to Israel.
7. Obama has snubbed the PM of Israel on many occassions yet he has bowed down to Arab monarchs.
8. Obama supports the return of Israel to the 1967 armistice lines and he considers these lines to Israel's legal borders.
9. Jerusalem is not part of the pre-1967 borders, therefore, Obama supports the concept the Israel's capital city belongs to the Arabs. Obama has suggested that Israel can keep one-half of Jerusaldem if it gives the Arabs other parts of the 1967 armistice lines. What this means is that in any case and when the final deal is struck Israel will have no control of the Old ity of Jerusalem which includes Judaism's holiest sitre, the Temple Mount. Obama favors having the Temple Mount as part of the new Palestian State which Mr Glazer seesm to support.
10. In Obama's Cairo speech he decried the dislocation of 750,000 Arabs due to the creation of Israel (even though 700,000 of those left Israel voluntarily), but he said NOTHING of the 1,000,000 Jews expelled from Muslim lands as a result of the creation of Israel.

Mr Glazer set up a false set of items that have nothing to do with what Obama "has done" and he ignored all of the anti-Israel things Obama has uniquely done that no other president has ever done.

All Jews should pray that the tyranny of Obama toward Israel should end as soon as possible.

1. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf
2. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/02/18/what-was-susan-rices-embarrassing-anti-israel-tirade-supposed-to-accomplish/