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Source: http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial_opinion/gary_rosenblatt/can_obama_be_trusted_save_israel
Does Obama Have Israel's Back?
(New York Jewish Week) Gary Rosenblatt - A steady drumbeat of reports has appeared these last few weeks in the mainstream press (and especially the New York Times) characterizing Israel unfairly in the delicate diplomatic dance of Jerusalem, Washington and Tehran. These media reports downplay, or don't even mention, that Israel's possible military actions are based on the fact that the leadership of Iran consistently and passionately describes Israel as an evil, immoral country that should be erased from the planet. Perhaps we've become numb to the threats because Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been calling for Israel's destruction for so long, while neither the UN nor any world leader outside of Jerusalem responds in any meaningful way. Second, the message and tone of these articles is that Israel is trigger-happy and planning to drag the U.S. into yet another war with an Islamic country. The overall impression I come away with is that the administration is more worried about preventing its only democratic ally in the Mideast from taking military action than preventing a sworn and powerful enemy, Iran, from having a nuclear bomb that threatens not only the region but the U.S. and the free world.