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The Obama Timeline: Part II

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« Reply #90 on: July 31, 2009, 06:06:01 pm »



It is reported that the Obama administration has pressured Israel Aerospace Industries to withdraw from a partnership with a Swedish company to sell fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. [3756, 3770]

 

Vice-President Joe Biden implied on the July 5 broadcast of ABC’s This Week that the Obama administration might not stand in the way of an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Biden states, “Israel can determine for itself—it’s a sovereign nation—what’s in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else. Whether we agree or not. They’re entitled to do that. Any sovereign nation is entitled to do that. But there is no pressure from any nation that’s going to alter our behavior as to how to proceed.” Israel does not, however, have the in-flight refueling capabilities of the U.S. military; if it sends bombers to Iran they would have to cross Iraqi air space. Although Obama cannot prevent Israel from attacking Iran, he can prevent it from violating Iraqi air space. Any attack on Iran would therefore be a suicide mission for Israeli pilots who would not have the fuel to return home if were forced to fly around Iraq. To the issue of possibly standing in the way of a military strike, Biden responds to George Stephanopolous, “I’m not going to speculate, George, on those issues, other than to say Israel has a right to determine what’s in its interests, and we have a right and we will determine what's in our interests.” [1684, 3757, 3761]

 

In a statement that is certain to give few Americans comfort in the economic abilities of the new administration, Biden also says on This Week. “The truth is, we and everybody else misread the economy… we misread just how bad the economy was. So the second question becomes, did the economic package we put in place, including the Recovery Act, is it the right package given the circumstances we’re in? And we believe it is the right package.” Biden would not rule out a second stimulus bill, saying, “I think it’s premature to make a judgment.” (Some of the federal funds from the $787 billion stimulus bill are being spent on operating summer school sessions—clearly not a way to create new jobs for unemployed Americans, but a way to reward teachers unions for supporting Obama.) [3762, 3765]

 

The day after Biden’s appearance on This Week, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly states, “I certainly would not want to give a green light to any kind of military action (by Israel against Iran).” [3767]

 

Attorney Mario Apuzzo paces a full-page ad in the Washington Times on July 6, with the headline “Obama is NOT an Article II Natural Born Citizen and therefore is Not Eligible to be President.” Apuzzo references Article II of the U.S Constitution (“No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption if this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President”) and The Law of Nations, Vattel, 1758, Chapter 19, Section 212 (“natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens”). The ad is paid for by Charles F. Kerchner, lead plaintiff in Kerchner et al vs. Obama & Congress et al. [3741, 3742, 3749]

 

Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA) states it may be time for another stimulus bill—but one based on tax cuts rather than federal spending. “I don’t think there’s any question that our priority over the next month should be this economy,” Cantor tells reporters. “We stand ready and willing to stand with the president and produce a bill that will generate results.” In response to Biden’s comment that the administration “misread the economy,” Cantor says “They didn’t misread the economy. …What they did is miswrote the stimulus bill and got the prescription wrong. …The first attempt at a stimulus bill did not stimulate the economy.” [3766]

 

A Rasmussen poll shows Obama’s Presidential Approval Index at –3 on July 7. The figure represents the percentage of people polled who “strongly approve” of his performance (33 per cent) minus the percentage who strongly disapprove (36 per cent). [2693]

 

A Rasmussen poll shows Obama’s Presidential Approval Index at –5 on July 8. The figure represents the percentage of people polled who “strongly approve” of his performance (32 per cent) minus the percentage who strongly disapprove (37 per cent). [2693]

 

A Rasmussen poll shows Obama’s Presidential Approval Index at –8 on July 9. The figure represents the percentage of people polled who “strongly approve” of his performance (30 per cent) minus the percentage who strongly disapprove (38 per cent). [2693]





 
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