Friday, September 23, 2011

Uri Avnery on Obama's speech

A WONDERFUL SPEECH. A beautiful speech.

The language expressive and elegant. The arguments clear and convincing. The delivery flawless.
A work of art. The art of hypocrisy. Almost every statement in the passage concerning the Israeli-Palestinian issue was a lie. A blatant lie: the speaker knew it was a lie, and so did the audience.
It was Obama at his best, Obama at his worst.
Being a moral person, he must have felt the urge to vomit. Being a pragmatic person, he knew that he had to do it, if he wanted to be re-elected.
In essence, he sold the fundamental national interests of the United States of America for the chance of a second term.
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4 comments:

  1. "Obama gave full service. A lady who provides this kind of service generally gets paid in advance. Obama got paid immediately afterwards, within the hour. Netanyahu sat down with him in front of the cameras and gave him enough quotable professions of love and gratitude to last for several election campaigns."
    You mean a prostitute? No way! Hehe.

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  2. <span>"A WONDERFUL SPEECH. A beautiful speech.</span>

    The language expressive and elegant. The arguments clear and convincing. The delivery flawless."


    To our resident cretin who doesn't get sarcasm. This was one.

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  3. Please don't accuse President Obama of bad things. He is a good person who ocassionally doesn't live up to perfection. Please remember that he has a good heart and give him another chance.

    Thank you.

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  4. <span>Those are Avnery's word, not mine. But that's maybe too subtle a difference for you, I donno.</span>

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