Saturday, March 7, 2009
Durban II- Obama Makes the Correct Decision
Boycott Durban II from ICEJ USA on Vimeo.
In deciding to pull out of Durban II, President Obama has made the correct call even if he hesitated and took longer than he should have to decide. Nevertheless, this critic is going to give him credit when he does the right thing.
Italy has also taken the lead among European nations in boycotting this absurd conference, whose only objectives are to condemn Israel as a racist state and make it a world-wide crime to say anything that might be construed as insulting to Islam.
Hopefully, the other European countries will stop their dithering and take a stand for righteousness. At this point, we are still waiting for The Netherlands, the UK, France and Germany to make their decisions.
I am especially watching Germany due to their unique history and relationship with Israel. Many European observers are of the opinion that Germany has evolved into the most decent country in Europe-precisely because of its past. I agree with that assessment, and I hope Germany won't disappoint me.
This whole conference is a disgusting farce and only brings further discredit to the long-discredited United Nations.
Now 4 won't be going. Israel, Italy, Canada and the US. And the only reason that the US isn't going is because if Obama did go, he would lose the support and more importantly the funds from the Jewish community that he needs for re-election. And yes, he has started to run for office in 2012. If he could have gotten away with going, he would. Perhaps they should postpone this conference until 2013.
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