Israel to award Obama prestigious Presidential Medal of Distinction

This is about as meaningful as his Nobel Prize. Pamela Geller nails it, calling it the "Please-Don't-Hurt-Us Award" and noting: "It's an interesting strategy. I am sure Israel's top psychiatrists thought this one up. Feed the narcissist. Perhaps he'll do less harm. What are they calling it? The Hagel? The Brennan? Or the Mursi? Or the Romney Walk-back?"

"Israel to award Obama prestigious medal in visit," from the Associated Press, February 18 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

JERUSALEM – Israel will award President Barack Obama the country's Presidential Medal of Distinction during his upcoming visit.

Israeli President Shimon Peres' office said Monday that Obama will be recognized for his "unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens."

Huh?

Obama is scheduled to visit Israel in March -- his first as president.

Obama has often had a tense relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Jewish state's West Bank settlement policies and the lack of peace process with the Palestinians.

But Peres and the committee behind the award noted Obama's overall friendship and backing of the Iron Dome missile defense system.

Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction is comparable to the France's "Legion of Honor" or the "Order of Canada."

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Using reverse psychology on obama will not work since he's the master of it himself ...

I agree with the Israelis, as disgusting as this is. It's always best to keep the narcissist's ego fully inflated at all costs.

RCCA wrote:

I agree with the Israelis, as disgusting as this is. It's always best to keep the narcissist's ego fully inflated at all costs.
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With respect, RCCA, I have to disagree. I think the only message this sends is that Obama and those like him can mistreat and humiliate one of our strongest allies in the world—certainly, our *only* real ally in the Middle East—and that they will not only take it, but they will fawn over the creep dishing it out.

This kind of appeasement doesn't help—it will only enable more of the same.

Dhimmi Award goes to ...

What a crazy world we live in!

Point taken. However the truth is there is no fixing a narcissist. That's something they would have to do on their own, which is extremely rare. Challenging a narcissist puts them into a rage because they feel exposed and existentially threatened. There's no advantage in antagonizing Obama.

Israel is a very tiny country despite the huge outrage it causes the Muslim world. There's nothing Israel can do to pressure the US in any way. It's better that they emphasize the positive which is our shared values and our cooperation in technology and defense. I think that's what they are doing.

Anyone who criticizes Obama's foreign policy toward Israel is undermined by idiots like Peres. Obama can go ahead and screw Israel and say that I just got Israel's award of distinction because I'm such a good friend of Israel.

Perhaps the best thing to do is just shrug it off as Israeli insider-humor, and assume that the Israeli's who made this decision have motives of their own; there's always a lot more going on behind the scenes than is revealed.

Obama is such a crass arriviste that maybe it'll cause his head to rupture....but maybe we really don't want that either, as it means that smilin' Joe Biden is next in line, and after that....smilin' oily Kerry.....

....good grief!...what've we come to?

More nauseating news ...

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"Obama's visit to Israel gets name and logo"

Excerpt:

In what seems to be a first attempt at official government branding, Israel has named Obama's visit "Unshakable Alliance."

http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-obama-visit-israel-logo-20130218,0,523106.story

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What a crock ...obama's "alliance" with Israel is anything BUT unshakable. Looks like Israel's poised and ready to make a deal with the devil.

RCCA wrote:

However the truth is there is no fixing a narcissist. That's something they would have to do on their own, which is extremely rare. Challenging a narcissist puts them into a rage because they feel exposed and existentially threatened. There's no advantage in antagonizing Obama.
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Believe me, I'm all too familiar with this phenomenon, RCCA.

But I'm also aware that excessive appeasement of a narcissist, besides being very distasteful, has its own perils. It just reaffirms everything the narcissist already believes, and makes it even less likely that he will ever face reality.

Moreover, it sends the message to decent but weak-minded people that the narcissist's actions are actually right and good. Those people will never consider standing up to the narcissist, either—even if his actions make them feel pretty queasy, because they will believe that they are the only ones who feel that way.

Of course, the brave and clear-eyed will *always* speak out—but they're going to feel increasingly lonely.

Bat Yeor would be a much more worthy recipient.

Or Giulio Meotti.

Or Robert Spencer.

Or 'Hugh Fitzgerald', who used to contribute here regularly, is now found at New English Review, and who - charming and witty and incredibly erudite and incidentally, not a religious guy at all - is one of the most eloquent, passionate and intelligent Righteous Gentiles and Friends of Zion that I have ever read.

Or, maybe, Ayaan Hirsi Ali who has done her level best, in person, to warn the Jews of Israel about Muslim Jew-hatred, and what it is that they are up against: zero-sum thinkers, people whom no amount of appeasement will ever satisfy.

http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/42697

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Imparts Home Truths About Islam To Those Who , It Seems,Stilll Need It

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"The Palestinians [that is, the so-called Palestinians; the Arab Muslims, and the rest of the Muslim world - dda] will never compromise was her message.

'At one point, as someone on the panel was suggesting ways towards peace, Ayaan said something. I’m sure I heard it and perhaps can find it on a video somewhere to confirm. I believe she said, “Even if you give them Jerusalem,” and then she repeated it, “even if you give them Jerusalem, there will be no peace.” No compromise....".

Because any one of these four people, if sufficient people in the West and within Israel itself are prepared to listen to them, and learn from them, are making a unique and outstanding contribution to "strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens."

If per miraculum any one of these four people was heard, and *taken seriously*, in Israel and beyond it, by enough people; and if enough Israeli Jews figure out that the war waged against them is Jihad, merciless and unappeasable, and if enough non-Muslims in the western world and beyond - e.g. in India - understand the same thing (as people like Geert Wilders have already understood) and also see that the Muslim war on the Jews is a subset of the Muslim war on ALL non-Muslims, then they would all stand a chance of making decisions and taking actions that would make Israel - and many other Infidel countries - a whole lot stronger and safer.


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