Here is the difference. Netanyahu disrespected OUR president TK
Who cares? Obama just returns the favor instead of rising above it!
it does NOT matter who occupies that position - it's OUR president. In terms of alliances
Don't lecture me. He is in fact, NOT my president. He has betrayed my trust too many times. He has betrayed and denigrated the very office he holds by the behavior he has engaged in. He has brought low the standards of integrity that office is supposed to represent. No. I respect the office, not the man who holds it.
Israel needs us more than we need them (and no, that is not being anti-semitic, that's reality)
Really? This is reality according to you. You know, I would be looked down upon for simply thinking in such a manner. In fact, the statement "they need us more than we need them" is something I would expect a Don in the Italian Mafia to say.
and disrespecting our president is not exactly the way maintain a relationship that is less necessary for us then for them.
Yanno, you're forgetting the fact that Obama pays in kind. He is not alien to handing out disrespect himself. Oh, poor pity him. I could care less. He deserves every last iota of it.
You guys, on the right, are so full of hatred for Obama
That's the oldest play in the book. I don't hate him, I simply don't respect him. He's a petty liar, plainly put. I don't respect liars. Now, what else are you going to accuse us of? Hating him because he's black? That might have worked 7 years ago, but that's no longer a viable argument. Playing the hate card is patently beneath you, by doing so you would hide your hatred of Israel. Believe me, you've made it very clear in the post I'm quoting at this very minute.
that you let it overrule your respect for the position he occupies
In reality it hasn't. Read my second response. I will respect the position all day long, but the man who holds it? Don't bet on it. My sense of integrity overrules my respect for Obama.
so much so, you will allow, encourage, and excuse foreign leaders who disrespect it (Putin, Netanyahu)
Stop being Pharisaical. Obama brings a lot of ridicule on himself. He has done zero to help his image internationally. He condemns others, yet does things that are worthy of condemnation. Unlike you, or Obama, we think commitment means something. I was raised on keeping promises, even to people I don't like. Its part of being virtuous.
I've never seen this before and Obama is far from the worst President we've had.
So, what exactly has he done to help us? Obama is by far, the most detrimental influence this country has ever known. His election reopened old racial wounds in this country, and now we are reaping the results. He has furthered an already deep divide between Americans. He negotiates with those who wish to destroy both US and Israel. The man has his priorities, none of which include the integrity of the office he holds, or that of America's interests. His priorities include only his ideological interests. He failed, and is now a pitiful, pathetic excuse for a President.
I would mourn should some coward come and take his life. That's not in question. Even I have my limits.
Even Bush was not treated this way and believe me - there was as good a reason to do so in the minds of his detractors as there is for Obama's detractors.
This "oh woe is Obama" argument is getting old. With all due respect to you, and please know I consider you a friend, but you really need to
get over it.
No.
Israel is a foreign nation - another country with it's OWN interests that may or may not coincide with us. Like any other country.
And this justifies respecting Obama how? It is in both our interests for A) because Israel is our only reliable ally in the Middle East, and B) because without us, Israel would be inevitably destroyed by her enemies.
Obama's relationship with Netanyahu and his revulsion to Israel reminds me of the story of a fox and a scorpion:
A fox was preparing to cross a river when he came across a scorpion at the riverbank. The scorpion asked "take me on your back that I may cross the river also" but the fox said "no, if I do, you'll sting me." The scorpion then pleaded, "Why would I do that? If I did we'd both drown!" So, the fox agreed, and the scorpion climbed atop his back, and they both began to cross the river. When the fox was halfway across the river, the scorpion stung him. As the poison filled his body, the Fox lamented, "why did you do that? Now both of us will drown!" The scorpion replied, "I could not help it,
it is my nature."
I'll leave it to your imagination to figure out who the scorpion and the fox are supposed to represent.
What is important to our country first and formost? Our interests? Someone elses?
Our interests, and Israel is one of them. Hate to break it to you.
Israel is NO different than any other ally - or it shouldn't be.
Oh really? Name me one of our own allies who are surrounded on all sides by those who wish to destroy them. Tell me, what good is it to abandon someone who needs you?