Zionism Must be Defended (or, Barack Obama’s AIPAC speech)
It is safe now? Are we finally allowed to stop making excuses for Barack Obama now? Add this to the soon-to-be growing collection of disappointments.
I believe he said, Jerusalem must “remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided” [CNN]. This is a speech given symbolically the day after clinching the democratic presidential nomiation. This is a speech with content straying only marginally from last year’s AIPAC speech (see: The Secret to Obama’s Lack of Passion at AIPAC?). The buzz this time, however, is that it seemed like he probably meant every word — or at least, looked like he meant every word. A salivating JTA is reporting, he wore an Israel-America flag pin on his lapel.
Barack Obama sold the Palestinians out (see: Dissident Voice’s Why I won’t vote for Barack Obama), and every person of color living under white supremacy out the day he thought he had a real shot of becoming president of the United States of America [see: well, anything on Black Agenda Report, for starters].
Throughout the campaign Obama has been talking as if race has not only ceased to exist in this country but that the white community shares the same concerns, all of which transcend racism. Now he talks as if not only is there nothing wrong with Zionism — he’s talking as if Zionism must be defended. That man is gonna be president.
Obama in 08.
