The strangest argument for Obamacare I've seen yet
We here in Israel have been following the debate over 'Obamacare' with lots of interest, but I don't usually consider it my issue on which to comment (although with an elderly father living in the US, maybe I ought to comment on it). But I couldn't resist mentioning this, from the wacko M.J. Rosenberg, which has to be the weirdest argument for Obamacare I've seen yet. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to tell the special U.S. Mideast envoy on Monday that Israel will not accept any limitations on its sovereignty over Jerusalem, and will allow settlers to continue to live in the West Bank," the paper reports.So if Obamacare fails, who will be to blame? The Jews? Israel? Netanyahu?
In other words, Netanyahu is flat-out rejecting the President's proposals and is also telling the Palestinians that they can forget about negotiations. He knows that if the book is closed on Jerusalem and settlements the Palestinians will understand that all they can do is negotiate the terms of their surrender.
I hear from Israel that Netanyahu's rebuff to Obama is a direct result of his perception of Obama's declining fortunes here. He sees what is happening with the health reform issue and Obama's fall in the polls and believes he can prevail over, what he hopes is. a President on the ropes permanently.
This is just one more reason for Obama to forget about Republicans and Blue Dogs and enact the strongest bill possible -- with a powerful public component -- by including health care reform it in the reconciliation bill and passing it with a simple majority.
I just want to make sure that I know in advance at whom to point a finger.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:36 PM
1 Comments:
MJ Rosenberg is no friend of Israel. Its obvious his antipathy to human freedom and Israel's well-being go hand in hand. If the US government fails to take over a seventh of the US economy, it will be less emboldened to press Israel to the wall.
Good reason enough for me to oppose Obamacare since the implications are far larger than whether an American still gets get decide what happens to their own body.
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