The U.S. President began his speech to an audience that included Ahmadinejad, Ghaddafi and Hugo Chavez by explaining, somewhat apologetically, that it was his responsibility to defend the interests of his nation. But since Barack Obama never opens his mouth without speaking out of both sides of it, you had to wait for the punch line to see what he really meant.
Did he point out to the assembled dictators and terrorists that for 9 years America has been leading the war against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq and thereby protecting not only its own interests, but those of all people who love their freedom? Not a chance. He used the UN podium first to give a partisan political speech, attacking the Bush Administration and then announced with the pride what he, Barack Obama the magnificent, had done in only 9 months in office: stop American torturers, close America's torture chambers on Guantanamo, and leave Iraq (as though we were there in the first place for blood and oil).
And to top it off, under Obama we had joined Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad and Fidel Castro on the UN's evil "Human Rights Council" which has issued hundreds of condemnations of Israel and none of Hizbollah, Iran and Hamas. Behold, in other words, "the new United States" -- as Fox reported it.
And of course, following his attacks on the United States and Bush, were attacks on Israel, the nation on the frontlines of the war against terror. Palestinians, the President said, should stop their "volatile incitements" against Israel, while Israel should recognize the legitimate rights of the Palestinans (as though it doesn't) and "end the occupation that began in 1967" -- the occupation that resulted from an unprovoked Arab war of aggression against Israel, followed by an Arab refusal to sign a peace treaty in exchange for Israeli withdrawal.
As an American and a Jew, I found the President's speech an offensive betrayal of America's interests. The rest of the speech was dangerous hot air about the world cooperating. "The yearning for peace is universal," Obama said. Oh no it isn't. Tell that that to Ahmadinejad, Gaddafi, and Hugo Chavez.
Meanwhile, the world outside...
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Hamas TV teaches kids to kill Jews
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
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The two hosts of a Hamas children's TV program use three different words for "slaughter" to describe how to rid Israel of Jews. The bear puppet Nassur explains that all Jews must be "erased from our land," and the young host Saraa then specifies, "They'll be slaughtered."
Later in the conversation Nassur adds, "We want to slaughter them, Saraa, so they will be expelled from our land." He repeats, "...We'll have to [do it] by slaughter."
Three different Arabic expressions are used to describe the "slaughter" of the Jews: "Manhurin naher," "Nidbah-hom" and "Shaht."
The following is the transcript from the children's program Tomorrow's Pioneers:
 Nassur: "There won't be any Jews or Zionists, if Allah wills. They'll be erased."
Saraa: "They'll be slaughtered." (Manhurin naher)
Nassur: "And just like we will visit the Qaaba [in Mecca]... everyone will visit Jerusalem."
[Seven-year old Palestinian child on phone tells how his father, a member of the Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades, "died as a Shahid (Martyr)."]
Nassur to child on phone: "What do you want to do to the Jews who shot your father?"
Child on phone: "I want to kill them."
Saraa: "We don't want to do anything to them, just expel them from our land."
Nassur: "We want to slaughter (Nidbah-hom) them, so they will be expelled from our land, right?"
Saraa: "Yes. That's right. We will expel them from our land using all means."
Nassur: "And if they don't want [to go] peacefully, by words or talking, we'll have to [do it] by slaughter." (Shaht) [Al-Aqsa (Hamas) TV, Sept. 22, 2009]
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