2008 Election CoverUps

Do Obama advisorS believe "American Jews"
Are A Problem?

One advisor says Yes

According to WorldNetDaily, Sen. Barack Obama's military adviser and national campaign co-chairman, Merrill A. McPeak, a former Air Force chief of staff has implied U.S. politicians are afraid of Jewish voters in Miami and New York City and that American Jews are the "problem" impeding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Merrill A. McPeak, a former Air Force chief of staff, also compared the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist organizations to what he described as religious radicals in Oregon and claimed "born-again [Christians]" supported the war in Iraq to help Israel.
• Discussing Middle East politics during a 2003 interview with the Oregonian newspaper McPeak stated, "We don't have a playbook for the Middle East. You know, for instance, obviously, a part of that long-term strategy would be getting the Israelis and the Palestinians together at something other than a peace process.
• The Oregonian interviewer asked McPeak whether the problem in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict originated with the White House or the State Department.
  
  "So where's the problem?" the interviewer asked.
  
  McPeak replied, "New York City. Miami. We have a large vote – vote, here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it."
• McPeak went on to insist that to solve the conflict; Israelis must "stop settling the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and maybe even withdraw some of the settlements that have already been put there.
• Nobody wants to take on that problem. It's just too tough politically.
• McPeak did not point to Palestinian terrorism or the recent election of Hamas to power as problems impeding an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
• As a follow-up question, the Oregonian interviewer asked McPeak whether "there's an element within Hamas, Hezbollah, that doesn't want Israel to exist at all and always will be there?
• McPeak responded by comparing the two terror groups to "radical" Oregonians.
• "There's an element in Oregon, you know, that's always going to be radical in some pernicious way, and likely to clothe it in religious garments, so it makes it harder to attack. So there's craziness all over the place."
• McPeak said there was "some" good will toward peace on the Israeli side, but qualified, "that's maybe the more cosmopolitan, liberal version of the Israeli population – I think there's enough good will there.
• "I don't know if there is still on the Palestinian side, because they've been radicalized pretty well," McPeak said.

Get The Full Scoop

From World Net Daily

Top Obama adviser: NYC, Miami Jews 'the problem'
Also compares Muslim terrorists to religious 'radicals' in Oregon
By Aaron Klein

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Our Take

Once again, we need to keep in mind exactly who will be behind Obama and the decisions he makes. Because he clearly lacks foreign policy experience, we can expect him to rely all the more heavily on his trusted advisors. So, to get a clear-cut take on what Obama thinks of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, we need look no further than McPeak.