Oh Yeah, Blame Hillary, But Where Is Obama?
By Larry Johnson on January 2, 2009 at 7:37 PM in Current Affairs
Jesus Christ!! The so-called “Progressive” has a piece up blaming Hillary for not saying anything publicly about the Israelis’ Gaza misadventure.
Meanwhile, President-elect Barack Obama and Secretary of State-to-be Hillary Clinton were shamefully silent in the first hours after the attack.
Bush’s reaction, and the non-reaction by Obama and Clinton, underscores the point that Hanan Ashrawi made on Saturday. “Israel has gotten used to not being held accountable and to being a country that is above the law,” said the Palestinian legislator and human rights activist. She called the bombings a “massacre.”
With Washington condoning Israel’s assault, the violence may only get worse.
It is not Hillary’s role or responsibility to say anything at this point. If she came out in public and said anything, either for or against the Israeli op, she would immediately be accused of launching her own foreign policy or sand bagging Barack. It is not Hillary’s job to start telling the public what the Obama policy is. That is the job of Barack Obama.
Although Barack Obama is not yet inaugurated, his silence is disturbing. Does he agree with the current U.S. policy of enabling Israel? It is certainly worth sending a signal to Israel. If you were looking for change vis-a-vis U.S. policy in the Middle East I suspect you are in for a major let down. I think the odds are strong that the Obama policy is not going to diverge much from the current Bush approach, at least with respect to Gaza. Looks to me like Israel’s move against Gaza this week had the direct objective of trying to smoke out the Obama policy. I suspect Tel Aviv is happy with the silence from the Obama camp.
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