OBAMA, PALESTINE, AND ISRAEL

A lot is going on in the Middle East nowadays. First there were the uprisings. Now there is the gambit of Palestine to get recognition from the United Nations. Ever ask yourself why now?

Think of it. Palestine could have asked the U.N. for recognition as often as it wanted. It didn’t, until now. To ask over and over and be rejected does very little for one’s cause. It starts to make a joke of it. Thus, one askes when one thinks he has a chance.

But why would the Palestinians think they have a chance now? Likely for the same reason the Muslim backed uprisings throughout the region are occurring now: There’s a Muslim in the White House.

OK, OK. Barack Obama is not a card carrying Muslim, whatever that is. He does not proclaim himself as a Muslim. However, deep in his unconscious mind, he has Muslim identifications. After all, he had two Muslim fathers. In addition, in his formative years, he was raised in a Muslim country. How could he not have Muslim leanings. He’s already shown this when he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia. He showed it again, when he re-defined territorial understandings with the Israelis. That would at least suggest Muslim leanings.

That’s what is so hard to the media to comprehend. Things don’t have to be clear cut. They hardly ever are. Someone could declare himself a Muslim, yet have no Muslim sympathies or leanings. Another person could say nothing and yet have strong Muslim sympathies and leanings.

The reason the Palestinians are asking now is because they have a chance. Unconsciously, the press and lots of politicians are making a big deal about this for exactly the same reason, though that reason might be unconscious. The reality is they do have a chance. Despite all the pronouncements to the contrary, Obama could, at the last moment, find a reason why the U.S. should not veto the Palestinians’ request.

If I were a betting man, I’d bet he does just that.