Obama's Betrayal of Israel (Encounter Broadsides) - Softcover

Ledeen, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594034621 ISBN 13: 9781594034626

Publisher: Encounter Books, 2009

Synopsis

Yasser Arafat's incremental conquest of Israel was learned at the feet of the North Vietnamese in 1970. The Vietnamese told the Arab leadership that they accepted the fact that victory in Vietnam would take many years, during which it would be necessary to temporarily accept the division of the country into two states, while they worked for a shift in the balance of power. In this, the Vietnamese were smart enough to permit the Americans to save face. They had no intention of respecting the agreements they signed with the United States; the point was to provide political cover for the American retreat.

Today, Barack Obama is giving the Arabs the same opportunity as Nixon gave the Vietnamese. Obama told a Muslim audience in Cairo in the first months of his administration that America's support for Israel was "unbreakable," even as he moved to compel Jerusalem to cede even more territory to its enemies. In, this new broadside, Michael Ledeen asks why the Obama administration has chosen this course, and examines what this betrayal means for Israel and the world at large.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Michael Ledeen is the Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is a contributing editor at National Review Online and a blogger on Pajams Media. Previously, he served as a consultant to the National Security Council, the State Department, and the Defense Department. His new book, "Accomplice to Evil; Iran and the War Against the West," will be published in October by St Martins Press.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1594034621
• ISBN 13: 9781594034626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48