Israel 1967? Mr. President, are you nuts?

Today, the President said that Israel must withdraw to the 1967 borders. Granted: the Arab-Israeli conflict has been a thorn in the side of all presidents since Eisenhower, and to this day still festers, much to the shame of all involved. Nevertheless, Obama’s opinion is the most irresponsible I have ever heard pronounced on the subject.

A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON

You young ’uns can be forgiven for not understanding what the fuss is all about. Israel was created by the UN a few years after the conclusion of WW2 in the wake of the Holocaust. In 1967, the Arab countries marshaled their military might and invaded Israel in attempt to kill every last Jew and push Israel into the sea. They lost in a shamefully impotent effort, and Israel rightfully gained land as spoils of war.

In 1973, the exact same thing happened, only this time the Muslim defeat was even more embarrassingly quick and complete. Here, they gained the Golan Heights and the West Bank of the Jordan River, important strategic defensive holdings, that the Islam countries must retake if they are ever to have a military chance of defeating Israel in a subsequent war.

TRADING LAND FOR PEACE

Every Israeli government since I was child had proposed to give back said territory to the Muslim countries, in exchange for a statement that they recognize that Israel has a right to exist, and further that they promise to never make war against Israel ever again, e.g. trading land for peace (Sadat/Egypt took Israel up on her offer, and has enjoyed blissful peace ever since, well up to a couple of weeks ago). Every single time, the Muslims, except Egypt which may now renege, have given a firm ‘NO’ to the Jewish proposal.

See, Islam does not want their land back, they want to completely destroy Israel.

SHAME ON YOU, MR PRESIDENT

That is why Obama’s proposal for Israel to withdraw to the 1967 borders is shameful. This amounts to military surrender by Israel, and Mr. O is fully cognizant of this fact.

Point in fact, Israel has done similar things in the past: they withdrew (but still maintain sovereignty over) from the Gaza Strip and also Lebanon. Both were supposedly why Islamic countries are doing battle with the Jewish state. Yet, Muslim desire to destroy the Jewish state has remained unchanged.

QUESTION

What on earth is O up to? Surely he realizes that his proposal is unfair and unjust. No previous president, not even Carter, has been so blatantly partisan. Perhaps he thinks that outreach and friendship to Islam is more important than the continued existence of a sovereign Jewish country?

To answer your next pesky question, I echo Boehner: O said he is Christian, and I take him at his word.

MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE NO MANNERS

To make such a pronouncement the day before an official visit to the White House by the Israeli Prime Minister is simply in bad taste. A rapper was shown more respect. Now we know where O’s priorities lie.