Stunner. Obama Has Refused All Israeli Military Requests Since Entering Office in 2009
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, April 1, 2010, 5:13 AM
Last week Barack Obama refused to have his picture taken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There were reports that he refused to dine with Netanyahu, too. But, his angst against Israel does not stop there…
His far left Administration has refused all military requests by Israel since entering office in January 2009.
C130J Super Hercules from Lockheed Martin
The World Tribune reported:
Officials said the U.S. Defense Department and Israeli Defense Ministry concluded an agreement that would enable the sale of at least three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to Israel.
They said the agreement was signed in Washington on March 24 but has not been announced.
“There is a signed agreement,” an official said. “The announcement requires a political decision.”
Under the accord, Israel would be able to purchase three C-130Js from manufacturer Lockheed Martin. The agreement called for an option of another six air transports for a total value of $1.9 billion. The Israeli request for the Super Hercules had been approved by the administration of then-President George W. Bush in 2007.
The administration of President Barack Obama has refused to approve any of Israel’s military requests since it entered office in January 2009. The Pentagon did not announce any weapons contracts to Israel over the last 14 months.
Israel was expected to receive its first C-130J in 2013, officials said. They said the next step would be to sign a contract with Lockheed Martin, which has been processing requests from such Middle East countries as Iraq, Oman and Tunisia.
Hat Tip K. Solomon
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DJ commented:
RNC Chairman Steele has promised to deliver votes for amnesty in a closed meeting with illegal immigrant groups…
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/03/31/rnc-chairman-meets-immigration-group-sides-differ-on-outcome/
Several illegal immigrant groups are now touting this on their sites.
bill-tb commented:
Well what does the name Hussein tell you?
richwill commented:
To #1: Steele is the rino in charge of the GOP. He is the worst RNC chairman the party has ever had.
Hussein is more and more showing his anti-Israel proclivity. It is my opinion that he will not be satisfied until the Palestinians control both Palestine and Israel. Any enemy of the US is a friend of Hussein and any ally is an enemy of his. He has successfully thrown Britain under the bus. Hussein is a one man Katrina when it comes to both domestic and foreign policies.
Ginger commented:
I think it’s time to send our displeasure straight to the White House to STOP their rudeness towards our friends. We can send post cards, faxes, e-mails, and black roses! Stay civil and respectful.
Please some one get this evil man and his little imps out of our White House and out of our goverment!
Andreas K. commented:
So Barry doesn’t want to sell to Israel, but he’s willing to sell to the islamo-fascists.
And he continues to dig his own political grave.
Smart power.
Ginger commented:
btw…. Steele is a demo-rat dressed in republican clothing. So sad! I used to respect him when he would go on Fox. Sure fooled me. Not any more I consider him a traitor to the republican party!
Greg commented:
Seems like Israel may want to consider outsourcing their plane purchase to Europe, Brazil or China
Militant Conservative commented:
Ginger,
that is why this next couple of election cycles are so important. We are surrounded by socialists in BOTH parties. POWER has corrupted the occupants of D.C.
This is what happens when “the electorate” would rather watch “The View” or a sit com than be informed. powder is dry.
Oh, and Barry is still a terd.
Reaganite Republican commented:
That might change if Obama accomplishes the regime change he’s seeking- he put all the screws to Netanyahu he can think of, Chicago-style
Feels strange to be an American with this bizarre of a president- and starting to get embarrassing. Sorry Bibi, most normal Americans still support you-
daryl commented:
I don’t think there’s been a more anti-Semitic man in the White House since U.S. Grant.
AuntieMadder commented:
Reaganite Republican
April 1st, 2010 | 7:30 am | #10
It does feel strange…surreal, even.
pamlinson commented:
This little tin pot dictator wannabe shouldn’t surprise anyone on either side. He is exactly what we feared he was, and then some.
The Triguy commented:
Ah, but the real question is: will he leave when he’s voted out?
Jerry C commented:
We need to create a law that holds politicians to their promises. After so many are broken, they should be legally forced out of office and financially held responsible. Can everyone feel the protective hand of God leaving the United States of America? Boy, I sure can.
kansas commented:
This is a stunner? If any of the pro Arab media cover it, that will be a stunner. Allah Akbar, I submit.
Ginger commented:
Militant Conservative
Yes….and term limits must be put into place/law. To much power for to long!
Kenny Solomon commented:
Hi.
Thanks for posting this, Jim.
Some of my friends – former friends, actually – Jews, non-Jews, doesn’t matter – are still in complete denial, support our Dictator In Training Pants and think everything is going great to turn this country around from what (in their words) ‘those evil Republicans did to us’.
I sent them the original link to the article and all the past articles showing just one thing – this administrations stance and actions towards Israel.
This is their take: They don’t see it on TV, or in the ‘big newspapers’, but only on ‘hate websited’, so it all has to be imaginary to make ‘our president’ look bad.
I told them all – and I mean it with every fiber of my being……. When the SHTF, leave me alone. Don’t get anywhere near me. Definitely don’t apologize to me or ask my forgiveness. I won’t accept their apology and I’ll never, ever forgive them for voting in and supporting evil.
I’m never going to say to them, ‘I told you so’, because that’s not my way. But I’m done – no more. They made their choice. They have to live with it and deal with the consequences.
I’m not sure how much of the 22% of ‘my people’ here in America will try and help save the 78%. Some families have been torn apart because of all that’s going on and blind, purposeful ignorance of facts, dedicating their support to madness.
I’m going to the range after work. Some high-level ‘stress relief’ is in order.
Kenny Solomon
Jew.
Heavily armed.
Never again means NEVER AGAIN !
Ginger commented:
Kenny Solomon
Thank you for helping to keep us up on our beloved friends of Israel. I pray for them every day. Please believe me God is at work. The evil ones will be cast out! November feels like a life time from now but it will be here before we know it. Lot’s of things are happening now for the good. Pray and believe WE THE PEOPLE will get our country back.
Thomas W. Hoffa commented:
Kenny Solomon, you’re not alone! Hopefully their demise will come in Nov. I just wish it were sooner! I don’t know how much more this once Great Republic can take.
JTaylor commented:
I imagine the great and powerful O cannot allow the Muslims to see him do anything beneficial toward Israel. So he is purposefully creating this impression of ignoring our closest ally. Maybe behind the scenes he is going to aid and abet Israel in their exigent task of stopping Irans nuke progress.
One can only hope and pray that is the case… Anything else and we are bringing the condemnation of the Lord upon ourselves.
Obama could not have hardly made more of a mess of everything if his name were Osama.
Kenny Solomon commented:
Ginger, Mr. Hoffa and all:
My gut is telling me we don’t have until November.
‘Overwhelming the system’ has kicked into a higher gear and my instincts are screaming at me that ‘events’ are about to take place very soon on a scale of evil, that ‘November’ will be meaningless.
I pray multiple times daily that I’m wrong….. Completely wrong.
KLS
jainphx commented:
It’s really ashame that we have to sit back and watch the most divisive person to ever darken the oval office, and be almost powerless to do anything. Yes we can vote all of them out, but at what price in the meantime. Israel needs our help, he slams them, England is our long time ally, he slams them. There must be some way to stop all of this.
jomojava commented:
I guess we’re all too dumb to see the brilliance of a strategy that opens more light between the US and Israel. I’m not sure how much more “smart power” our country can take.
Chairman Obama – doing the work that the Red Commies couldn’t do.
Now, back to my bitter clinging………
Sandy commented:
Obama really likes this job because he can use it to get back at everyone he hates.
He refused to dine with Netanyahu? A free Lobotomy to anyone who still doesn’t get who Obama really is.
Sandy commented:
Kenny Solomon — I agree with you. The Dems appear to care nothing about being elected. Is that because they know there won’t be any elections?
Sandy commented:
JTaylor — Too True!
eileen doret commented:
Thank God someone has the sense to stop sending bombs, missiles, guns and fighter bombers to the Middle East.
Well done!
backhoe commented:
Kenny Solomon, you’re not alone in your experiences with friends- in my case, family.
Nor are you alone in that Bad Feeling- I, too, sense things rushing beyond control, and something really awful gathering. Black Swan stuff.
Like what Atlas writes about, here:
http://tinyurl.com/ygvtj7w
Regards from the swamps…
jomojava commented:
KLS – “My gut is telling me we don’t have until November”
I know what you are talking about – my gut is telling me the same. We cannot continue to poke a sharp stick in Israel’s eye and get away with it.
Chisum commented:
Um, Eileen Doret, I guess you missed this announcement.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/01/obama-dispatches-missile-defenses-to-the-persian-gulf/
ProLifer commented:
To Jews in America:
Where is your outrage?
Wake up!
President Obama is NOT your friend!
Stop drinking the kool-aid!
Your Jewish homeland is being targeted!
Wake up!
kate commented:
vile
reliapundit commented:
the block on these doesn’t just hurt Israel – it helps Iran.
obama is aiding iran.
and aiding fatah and hamas.
repeat: these refueling jobbers cannot be used against arabs in so-called OT.
it only and DIRECTLY weakens Israel in the region.
this must not stand.
the left has has – for a long time – a fairly simple plan for destroying Israel; obama is simply employing it:
divestment, sanctions, end of arm sales and a call for a nuclear free middle east.
then the arabs with the help of the eu and nato attacks and occupy with eu/nato troops.
the attack phase might only happen AFTER Israel attacks Iran and saves the world from a nuclear jihad.
imho: only ending obama’s presidency can stop this.
Anna commented:
I certainly hope Netanyahu does NOT cave in to Obama. We will turn things around as soon as we can!!
Joanne commented:
D*amn it, what does anyone expect from a Muslim – Obama hates the State of Israel and is going to make sure she is unable to protect herself, while he gives the Palestinians/Hamas almost a billion free U.S. taxpayers’ dollars. Just think the guy was in Indonesia as a Muslim for a number of years as a child, in his formative years, studying the Koran which preaches hate for Jews and Christians – that has got to be ingrained in him.
It seems everyone in America is always waiting for the next event to make a difference in stopping Obama – well, it ain’t happening to date. Now everyone waits for November……WTH! Vote out the democrats and all will be better? Aren’t the American people putting their eggs in one basket….again?
If you knew the U.S. economy would crash in one week if Obama wasn’t stopped, then what would you do? What do people actually think is going to come of America….soon? Obama is dragging, pushing, and if he has to, forcing her economy over the cliff. What has Obama done in over a year – what is he going to do in the next ten months? Remember, once Obama has the ball rolling, things will move exponentially, and the chances of stopping him become much slimmer.
Obama knows he is an usurper – he knows he is not eligible to be POTUS. What does a person have in mind when he knows he has no right to sit in the President’s chair at the Whitehouse? Wake up….please.
Joanne commented:
People should realize that all Jews are not the same. Some are termed Zionist Jews, of which many other Jews do not believe have any right to the State of Israel.
Pat the First commented:
Recovering from B.O. is going to take decades . . . if we ever recover.
wanumba commented:
Kenny Solomon
April 1st, 2010 | 9:02 am | #24
My gut is telling me we don’t have until November.
‘Overwhelming the system’ has kicked into a higher gear and my instincts are screaming at me that ‘events’ are about to take place very soon on a scale of evil, that ‘November’ will be meaningless.
I pray multiple times daily that I’m wrong….. Completely wrong.
……………….
Alas. I’ve been telling all who I can that Obama’s performance in Kenya in 2006 is a warning that he does not respect rules or laws. He used US Senate resources to campaign for a known hard-core Marxist, who then used deadly mob to force a power-sharing arrangement. Obama has gotten away with every dodge and grab he has tried. The Democrats, controlling the Senate and House, just seized control of enormous, never before seen in history amounts of money and wealth, and are laughing, teeth-bared, heads thrown back donkey-baying laughing. Do they know something they aren’t telling us?
Do not like the convergences of these elements at all. Not one little bit. I also hope I’m way off on this, but the Philly flash mob riot is precisely the sort of tool Marxists use to brutally intimidate civilized people. Looked like a practice run to me, not the media excuse of “Oh, some unsupervised kids out.”
Got “Operation Thunderbolt” the other day to show the kids. Nothing like a true story of succeeding against all odds to cheer oneself up, eh? Now a small percentage of the next generation perks up when they hear the name Netanyahu. Small small, but who knows?
Can’t give up, and just when the advancing behemouth appears to have total victory, with the next step it breaks thru the rotting floor. There is a God. We must first depend on Him, not nations or governments, which come and go.
jorgen commented:
It sure is a l-o-n-g time until November!
Sojourner commented:
Kenny.. I, too, share that feeling you have in your gut.
the quiet anger is palpable… the daily rubbing of salt in the wound of just ordinary friends who work hard, raise their kids, save, pay their mortgage and bills and see the government reward those that don’t, the tinpot’s blind eye turned towards old friends abroad..it’s a constant nudging, that at times, seems surreal…my co-worker said to me yesterday, ‘I wake up angry and wonder what’s next.. a crisis contrived or real that could drive us into a ditch between now and elections. I’m worried.” We talked again at our sons’ baseball game last night..and vowed to go forward..together..and pray for November to come and come fast. Godspeed, Kenny.
Beth commented:
You know, I have NEVER bought into this whole “he’s a Muslim” thing before…but this news, it really makes me wonder.
jones commented:
Maybe our President hates Jews. This could be why he seems to be doing nothing to stop Iran from getting The Bomb. To Obama, Iran gets Bomb-> bombs Israel = no more problems in the Middle East.
Change.
Joanne commented:
“There is a God. We must first depend on Him, not nations or governments, which come and go.” by wanumba
Exactly.
“Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian
America has lost her way and corrupt leaders are running the show. I would dare say that a plea to God for help and a change of heart and mind would effective a change for the better in America like no other.
Joanne commented:
I mean “…a change of heart and mind would ‘effect’ a change…”
Robb76 commented:
Kenny,
And I know you know this; believers support and will ever support Israel. But more to the point,
the ruler of heaven and earth is her protector.
GOD BLESS ISRAEL
Martha commented:
Kenny,
I’m one of the 22% who did not vote for Obama,and I understand what you mean about families torn apart. What little family I have all voted for the “One” with the exception of 1 cousin.
I find I can no longer stomach them.
PH397 commented:
There is overblown controversy about Obama’s reluctance to endorse Israel’s settlement policies, but his stance is similar to countless Presidents before him, save for the most recent President Bush.
Remember President George HW Bush, speaking 20 years ago on March 3, 1990:
“My position is that the foreign policy of the United States says we do not believe there should be new settlements in the West Bank or in East Jerusalem. And I will conduct that policy as if it’s firm, which it is, and I will be shaped in whatever decisions we make to see whether people can comply with that policy. And that’s our strongly held view.”
President George H.W. Bush, press conference –March 3, 1990
The statement that Obama has “refused all Israeli military requests” is FALSE. Obama requested and the Congress appropriated a further INCREASE in Israel’s yearly foreign aid from the US, now up to $2.775 billion, and a major component of that aid is for military purposes.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/aid2010.html
get your facts straight folks.
Shasiti commented:
You people canot be serious! Israel has gotten away with everything they have every wanted to and stupid american presidents have backed them. Finally a president that has the balls to say no to Israel and make them respect other nations and their property. You people think Israel is being treated badly? They could care less about america except for the money we give them. Most of them are atheists and more then one politican in Israel has been investigated for misappropriation of money and power. You should be applauding the president for trying to stop them from rolling over the rest of the middle east. Get your heads out of the bible and start helping Israel to become respondsible citizens of the planet, which means respecting other religions and cultures. It is Christians fault for telling them for 2000 years that they are chosen people. Now they think they can behave anyway they chose.
Ashley commented:
What is Israel going to do with those when they’re the ones who are playing dirty? Building in East Jerusalem against agreement, bombing Hamas for an incumbent citizen attack in 08, using illegal chemical weapons? That’s a war crime =/ Israel, as a government, should earn our respect after the crap they keep pulling. Iraq has terrorist groups, but it is Israel’s government who is committing these offenses. Iraq’s government is not being offensive. Its people may be, but this is about the governments and the amount of respect they deserve.