“President Obama called Romney's allegation that he went on an “apology tour” in his first year in office the “biggest whopper” of campaign.” By Rachel Hirshfeld First Publish: 10/23/2012, 10:44 AM
“President Obama called Mitt Romney's allegation that he went on an “apology tour” in his first year in office the “biggest whopper” of the campaign and proceeded to slam his Republican adversary for raising money during his trip to Israel this summer.
Gov. Mitt Romney responded, “Mr. President, the reason I call it an apology tour is because you went to the Middle East and you flew to Egypt and to Saudi Arabia and to Turkey and Iraq,” Romney said, refusing to back down on his claims. “And by the way, you skipped Israel, our closest friend in the region, but you went to the other nations. And, by the way, they noticed that you skipped Israel. And then in those nations and on Arabic TV you said that America had been dismissive and derisive.”
“I think they looked at that and saw weakness,” Romney said. “It's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning.”
The above article included more back-and-forth between the Obama camp and Mitt Romney's.
Understandably Israel is closely watching the presidential election here in the United States. We have been an ally to Israel since President Truman first recognized her in 1948. For decades America has been that city on a hill hugely blessed by God. In my opinion, as in the opinion of many others, this blessing came from our support of Israel. A little talked about fact is that much of the financing for our War of Independence was from a Jewish individual named Haym Solomon.
The U.S. could have been far more supportive of Israel; however, the presidency of Jimmy Carter struck a major blow to our relationship. Could I have been so blind as to vote for him? As a matter of fact I did because I liked his continual talk about zero-based budgeting. Well we all know what a failure he was both as a president and now as a former president who is a very vocal anti-Semite.
There seems to be two schools of thought about the outcome of the election. If president Obama is reelected the gloves will really come out and I fear not only for my country but the fact that we will likely leave Israel completely exposed to her enemies. It was very telling that Obama was caught on a hot microphone during a private talk with Medvedev in Seoul, urging Moscow to give him "space" until after November.
In the event Obama is re-elected, Israel may very well make a preemptive strike against Iran. Back in the days of the Cold War between the United States and Russia we had “mutually assured destruction” and a balance was maintained for a long time. This is not the case in dealing with Iran and the “Twelvers.” For them to die is to gain Paradise. Israel will have to do something to protect herself likely with little help from the U.S. if Obama is elected.
Should Gov. Romney win the election for president, Pres. Obama will still have several weeks to cause destruction to the United States. Already there are rumors that he has a number of executive orders ready for signature. It's also rumored that the UN will actually oversee our presidential election; an absolutely huge oxymoron. I question whether there'll be enough time for Romney to clean up the immediate mess and do much to come to the aid of Israel.
Perhaps all this will lead into either to Psalms 83 or the Magog Invasion. We do know that "He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep" Psalm 121:4
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