Obama's Attitude Toward Israel Becoming Clear

For those who thought that Obama was a "friend" of Israel, this article should start to change your minds. Let us make this clear--Obama is NOT a friend of Israel and is, in fact, its greatest enemy!

We believe that Netanyahu will be re-elected as Prime Minister which will frost Obama's buns. We expect to see worse relations than ever during this upcoming year.

Conservative Tom

For those doubters, here is another view of the sale of the planes.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/12/28/Congressmen-Obama-Reckless-to-Arm-Egypt-with-F-16-Fighter-Jets

Obama's F-16 Delivery Could Help Egypt Destroy Israel

 Posted 12/11/2012 06:30 PM ET

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Mideast: Why is the U.S. sending 20 advanced fighter jets to an Egypt that's now the giant question mark of the Middle East? President Obama is appeasing jihadists — and possibly signing Israel's death warrant.

When President Obama early in his presidency went to Cairo to apologize to the Muslim world, he made a point of saying "there are some who advocate for democracy only when they're out of power; once in power, they are ruthless in suppressing the rights of others."

To say such a thing in the capital of a country that had been at war with Israel, but which the U.S. helped transform into a valued ally, could only be interpreted as slamming then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

"You must maintain your power through consent" because "elections alone do not make true democracy," Obama said.

But since Mubarak never won a legitimate election, Obama's remarks apply much more to Mubarak's successor, Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood leader who apparently did win a valid election.

Having last month grabbed dictatorial powers for himself, pulling multitudes of Egyptians into the streets to call for his expulsion, Morsi proved he was among those "for democracy only when they're out of power."

So why is it that next month the Obama administration will begin to send Morsi's government at least 20 F-16 jet fighters, filling an order placed by the Mubarak government two years ago?

In maneuverability and other features the F-16 is the best fighter jet in the world, and the U.S. has already made Egypt fourth in the world in F-16s, behind only ourselves, Israel and Turkey.

As with so much of the Obama foreign policy, the explanation can be found in the president's naivete. Maybe he thinks if we just act as if Mubarak is still there, Morsi will be a U.S. ally, just like Mubarak.

Right now, of course, we can't be sure Morsi will be around a year from now. Will he be replaced by a pro-Western figure like Ahmed Shafik, who came in second to Morsi in the presidential race?

Or by a liberal foe of U.S. foreign policy, like former U.N. nuclear arms watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei?

Or will Morsi repel the threat to his power by brutalizing his foes, thus proving to be a ruthless Islamist tyrant? Right now, we don't know to whom we're handing 20 of the most advanced military aircraft on the planet.

Whatever Egypt becomes in the years ahead, it is sure to be less a friend to America than it was under Mubarak and his predecessor, Anwar Sadat.

And if Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood — "an innately, incorrigibly Islamic-supremacist outfit," as National Review's Andrew McCarthy warns — consolidates power, the U.S. will have, inexcusably, armed Israel's would-be destroyer with the deadliest weaponry we have.

Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/121112-636671-obama-foolishly-arms-an-unstable-egypt.htm#ixzz2Gq5oj8xZ