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May 17, 2008
Second Open Letter to Senator Barack Obama
Dear Senator
Obama:
My name is
Leon Weinstein. I am an American. I am also Jewish. I was born in the
Soviet Union, was fortunate to get out in 1974, and lived in Israel
until my second immigration to the US in 1986. I have family in Israel,
including my brother, parents, and my beloved nephews. As you can see, I
have stock in Israel, and wouldn’t want this country to be bombed by
nukes (or conventional rockets), annihilated, or bulldozed to the
Mediterranean -- all of the above being proposed by the esteemed leaders
of practically all neighboring nations. I am not a neutral bystander. I
am one very angry and concerned citizen and I will try to explain to you
why I am angry and concerned.
You might
become our next President, Leader and Commander-in-Chief, but we the
people know precious little about who you are, your ability to withstand
pressure, your philosophy, sympathies and preferences, your experience
and your judgment. During your recent campaign we heard many
wonderful words from you
like “unification of America,” “no more blue or red states,” “help to
humanity,” “care for those that need care,” and I applaud those words.
If your words are supported by your past actions, then you might be the
man for the job. If your words contradict
you or are unsupported by
what you did before the Presidential race, then you are not what you say
you are, right? In order to find that out, I attempted to examine whom
you hang out with, what words you and your friends were saying in
private and in public, and how all that can affect our lives.
First, I
decided to look at who is endorsing you (according to the information
that can be found on the Internet), and who likes where you stand on
issues. I found, among
many well respected others,
an alarming host of
anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli people and organizations:
- Louis
Farrakhan (Nation of Islam Leader, racist, anti-Semite)
- Al Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades (Islamic Terror Organization)
- Raila
Odinga (Fundamental Islamic Candidate, Kenya,
-- some say he is your
cousin)
- Daniel
Ortega (Marxist Sandinista Leader, Nicaragua)
- Raul
Castro (Hard-line Communist Leader, Cuba)
- Socialist
Party USA (Marxist Political Party)
- The New
Black Panther Party (Black Militant Organization)
- Hamas
Terrorist Organization (Islamic Terrorist Organization).
I was really
surprised to find so many American enemies rooting
for you (Hamas, Sandinistas, Cuban Marxists), but what really frightened
me was the fact that there is a well-organized effort in the Middle East
to call American voters at random asking them to vote for Obama. Who
pays them for these expensive phone calls to America? Who trained them
what to say, and who gave them the names and phone numbers of American
voters? This was reported by Al Jazeera: “After studying Obama’s
campaign manifesto I thought this is a man that’s capable of change
inside of America,” said one of pro-Obama Middle Eastern organizers.
I didn’t find any Muslim or other terrorist group endorsing any other
candidate.
“But maybe,”
I was arguing with myself, “I can’t blame you for that, since you didn’t
ask for their endorsements or their help. You may not even know about
it--or do you? On the other hand if our enemies (Hamas, Sandinistas,
Cuban Marxists) like you and your agenda so much, maybe it says
something about you and your agenda?”
Enough about
those who endorse and like you. Let’s look at whom you like, whom
you are planning to bring to the White House to govern America. You
invited Zbigniew Brzezinski to become your chief political advisor.
Brzezinski signed a letter demanding dialogue with Hamas,
whose charter calls for Israel’s destruction. He also has an interesting
view on Communism that I am afraid you may share: “Communism has the
intellectually tantalizing possibility that for the world at large …
it was … a blessing in disguise.” WOW! “Blessing in disguise?” Half of
my family was murdered in the Gulags. My beloved grandfather died after
a stroke at the KGB headquarters.
Your
advisor on nuclear policies, Joseph Cirincione, in response
to reports that the site in Syria that Israel bombed was a potential
nuclear facility being established with the help of North Korea, said
that the reports were the product of two nefarious, agenda-driven
groups: (1) Bush administration hardliners seeking to derail "the
U.S.-North Korean agreement;" and (2) Israelis who "want to thwart any
dialogue between the U.S. and Syria." WOW again!
Your
financial backer, billionaire George Soros, repeatedly says
in his speeches, “The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is
the United States.” How many times in one letter can I repeat WOW?
Another obstacle he considers is Israel. If you have an obstacle in your
way, you remove it, right? Do you share the same ideology that Soros
professes? As a matter of fact, looks like your wife does. Soros is the
power behind moveon.org, and this is he who puts money in your campaign
coffers. In the old world we had a saying, “He who dines the girl,
dances her as well.” What dance have you promised Soros?
"The world
powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime, which is
lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast."
This is what President of Iran Ahmadinejad says of Israel. He
consistently calls for the destruction of Israel and the “Big Satan,”
the United States.
It is well
known that Iran harbors and finances terrorists around the globe. It is
known to all except your most senior military adviser, retired
Gen. Merrill McPeak, who says that President Bush and Israel are to
blame for Iran's bad behavior. This is his own words: “It was us
that insulted them by including them in the 'axis of evil' and making
sure they understood we didn't like them very much. That drove us
apart," says McPeak, and continues, "Obama's idea is, why not talk to
them? Why not see if there isn't some common ground? Certainly, the
fight against al Qaeda would be one of them."
Really?
Let’s meet with Ahmadinejad, let’s shake hands with him, kiss him and
call him a great leader. Why we wouldn’t give him a medal for denouncing
Holocaust? Why not give him a medal for kidnapping Americans and
capturing civilians at the US Embassy in Iran? Dear Senator, hating
Israel would also be a good common ground with Iran, Hezbollah and
Hamas. I remember the overwhelming joy on the Iranian and Palestinian
streets when they heard about 9/11. The same joy, I recall, when
Hezbollah dragged the bodies of dead Israeli soldiers down the streets
of Gaza in front of TV cameras. The same joy they experienced when
masked terrorists beheaded Americans and many other infidels they had
kidnapped, tortured and then whose murders they videotaped.
Simon
Malley, another of your foreign policy advisors,
loathes Israel. Anti-Israel activism became a crusade for him. He spent
countless hours with Yasser Arafat and became a close
friend of Arafat. He
was,
according to Daniel
Pipes, a sympathizer of the Palestinian Liberation Organization--and
this was when it was at the height of its terrorism wave against the
West. His efforts were so damaging to France that President Valerie
d'Estaing expelled him from the country. Now you want him to give you /
advice regarding Middle East and relations with Israel.
I
could go on and on. My big
question to you is – usually we surround ourselves with like-minded
people. Didn’t you notice that all those people
contradict your public
speeches? Or maybe they express your hidden thoughts and agenda?
During an
ABC interview, George Stephanopoulos asked you, “So you
would extend our deterrent to Israel?” Your answer was, “As I said
before, I think it is very important that Iran understands that an
attack on Israel is an attack on our strongest ally in the region, one
that we -- one whose security we consider paramount. And that would be
an act of aggression that we would -- that I would consider an attack
that is unacceptable. And the United States would take appropriate
action."
It is
important to notice that you didn’t say, “We will come after them and
will respond in full force.” Dear Senator – what is this “appropriate
action” of yours? We already know that your mentors,
Reverend
Wright
and socialist billionaire Soros, think that the US and Israel stand in the
way of “progress.” Maybe the appropriate action, as you and
your team understand it, would
be to tell Iranians “Good job, guys.”
Israel is an
American ally that brings to the relationship its fair share. I want you
to read excerpts from two articles written by Ambassador (Ret) Yoram
Ettinger, who is an expert on U.S. Middle East policy:
"Former secretary of state
and NATO supreme commander Gen. (Ret) Alexander Haig refers to Israel as
the largest, most cost-effective combat-experienced U.S. aircraft
carrier – one that does not require American personnel, cannot be sunk
and is located in a region critical to U.S. national security interests.
In 1967, Israel defeated a pro-Soviet Egypt/Syria axis. In 1970, Israel
forced the rollback of an invasion by pro-Soviet Syria of pro-U.S.
Jordan, preventing a pro-Soviet Domino Effect in the Persian Gulf. In
1981, Israel destroyed Iraq’s nuclear reactor, enabling the U.S. to
proceed with conventional military options in its wars against Saddam
Hussein. In 1982, Israel destroyed Syrian-operated Soviet surface-to-air
missile batteries, which were considered impregnable. Israeli-developed
unmanned aerial vehicles have been employed by U.S. Marines in
Afghanistan and Iraq, providing otherwise unattainable intelligence and
preempting terrorist strikes. The Israeli-developed Lightning Pod
navigation guidance system eliminated Al-Zarqawi, the arch Al-Qaeda
terrorist. Absent Israel and its contribution to U.S. national security,
Washington would have to deploy, to the eastern flank of the
Mediterranean, aircraft carriers and tens of thousands of servicemen,
costing scores of billions of dollars annually."
Dear
Senator, we all would like
to hear you saying in no uncertain terms that you stand and will
stand for our country and for the principles
of the founding fathers of our country. How about repeating
the pledge that Professor Wichman of Mechanical Engineering at MSU wrote
to a group of “outraged by Jewish behavior” Muslim students in his
University:
"I
(Barack Hussein Obama) will stand firmly against beheadings of
civilians, cowardly attacks on public buildings, suicide murders,
murders of Catholic priests (the latest in Turkey), burnings of
Christian churches, the continued persecution of Coptic Christians in
Egypt, the imposition of Sharia law on non-Muslims, the rapes of
Scandinavian girls and women (called 'whores' in extreme Muslim
culture), the murder of film directors in Holland, and the rioting and
looting in Paris, France. This is what offends me and many, many of my
fellow Americans. This should be stopped and stopped immediately. I will
not tolerate it on my watch. As President of the United States, I will
stand firm to stop this aggressive, brutal, and uncivilized behavior. I
will defend our allies, including Israel, and will destroy any one who
will try to destroy them. Amen!"
Looks like
you are not going to do it. This would make your Far Left friends angry
with you. You will continue to hide behind words and smiles and
half-truths. Exactly as you were hiding your controversial pastor in the
basement of the building before you announced your bid for the US
presidency.
Dear
Senator, I recently received the e-mail below. I do not know the sender,
but I agree with him/her 100 percent. And I want you and your sponsors,
supporters and advisors to read it as well:
"Any
nation or culture that tried to mess around with the nation of Israel
was destroyed -- while we Jews kept going! Egypt? Anyone knows where
their empire disappeared to. Greeks? Alexander of Macedonia? The Romans?
Does anyone today speak Latin? The Third Reich? Anyone heard any news
about it lately? And look at us, the Nation from the Bible, from Slavery
in Egypt. We are still here, speaking the same language! Do not even
think about positioning the United States of America against Israel and
Jews."
Sincerely,
Leon
A.Weinstein
Los Angeles,
CA
leonweinstein@hotmail.com
P.S.
I can’t imagine being a Jew and voting for Barack Obama. I can’t
imagine being an Israeli supporter and voting for Barack Obama
/. I can’t imagine voting for Barack Obama—PERIOD! |