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Jesse Jackson’s Surprising Interview About Obama
Jesse Jackson is in France for an international meeting. I guess he thought this interview wasn’t going to be in the US papers – maybe because he assumes the interviewer is Muslim and a kindred spirit. What Jackson says openly is rather surprising, to say the least.
THE O JESSE KNOWS
JACKSON ON OBAMA’S AMERICA
Last updated: 12:34 pm
October 14, 2008
Posted: 1:35 am
October 14, 2008EVIAN, FRANCE
PREPARE for a new America: That’s the message that the Rev. Jesse Jackson conveyed to participants in the first World Policy Forum, held at this French lakeside resort last week.
He promised "fundamental changes" in US foreign policy – saying America must "heal wounds" it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the "arrogance of the Bush administration."
The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where "decades of putting Israel’s interests first" would end.
Jackson believes that, although "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades" remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.
"Obama is about change," Jackson told me in a wide-ranging conversation. "And the change that Obama promises is not limited to what we do in America itself. It is a change of the way America looks at the world and its place in it."
Jackson warns that he isn’t an Obama confidant or adviser, "just a supporter." But he adds that Obama has been "a neighbor or, better still, a member of the family." Jackson’s son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson’s daughter went to school with Obama’s wife Michelle.
"We helped him start his career," says Jackson. "And then we were always there to help him move ahead. He is the continuation of our struggle for justice not only for the black people but also for all those who have been wronged."
Will Obama’s election close the chapter of black grievances linked to memories of slavery? The reverend takes a deep breath and waits a long time before responding.
"No, that chapter won’t be closed," he says. "However, Obama’s victory will be a huge step in the direction we have wanted America to take for decades."
Jackson rejects any suggestion that Obama was influenced by Marxist ideas in his youth. "I see no evidence of that," he says. "Obama’s thirst for justice and equality is rooted in his black culture."
But is Obama – who’s not a descendant of slaves – truly a typical American black?
Jackson emphatically answers yes: "You don’t need to be a descendant of slaves to experience the oppression, the suffocating injustice and the ugly racism that exists in our society," he says. "Obama experienced the same environment as all American blacks did. It was nonsense to suggest that he was somehow not black enough to feel the pain."
Is Jackson worried about the "Bradley effect" – that people may be telling pollsters they favor the black candidate, but won’t end up voting for him?
"I don’t think this is how things will turn out," he says. "We have a collapsing economy and a war that we have lost in Iraq. In Afghanistan, we face a resurgent Taliban. New threats are looming in Pakistan. Our liberties have been trampled under feet . . . Today, most Americans want change, and know that only Barack can deliver what they want. Young Americans are especially determined to make sure that Obama wins."
He sees a broad public loss of confidence in the nation’s institutions: "We have lost confidence in our president, our Congress, our banking system, our Wall Street and our legal system to protect our individual freedoms. . . I don’t see how we could regain confidence in all those institutions without a radical change of direction."
Jackson declines to be more concrete about possible policy changes. After all, he insists, he isn’t part of Obama’s policy team. Yet he clearly hopes that his views, reflecting the position of many Democrats, would be reflected in the policies of an Obama administration.
On the economic front, he hopes for "major changes in our trading policy."
"We cannot continue with the open-door policy," he says. "We need to protect our manufacturing industry against unfair competition that destroys American jobs and creates ill-paid jobs abroad."
Would that mean an abrogation of the NAFTA treaty with Canada and Mexico?
Jackson dismisses the question as "premature": "We could do a great deal without such dramatic action."
His most surprising position concerns Iraq. He passionately denounces the toppling of Saddam Hussein as "an illegal and unjust act." But he’s now sure that the United States "will have to remain in Iraq for a very long time."
What of Obama’s promise to withdraw by 2010? Jackson believes that position will have to evolve, reflecting "realities on the ground."
"We should work with our allies in Iraq to consolidate democratic institutions there," he says. "We must help the people of Iraq decide and shape their future in accordance with their own culture and faith."
On Iran, he strongly supports Obama’s idea of opening a direct dialogue with the leadership in Tehran. "We’ve got to talk to tell them what we want and hear what they want," Jackson says. "Nothing is gained by not talking to others."
Would that mean ignoring the four UN Security Council resolutions that demand an end to Iran’s uranium-enrichment program? Jackson says direct talks wouldn’t start without preparations.
"Barack wants an aggressive and dynamic diplomacy," he says. "He also wants adequate preparatory work. We must enter the talks after the ground has been prepared," he says.
Jackson is especially critical of President Bush’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
"Bush was so afraid of a snafu and of upsetting Israel that he gave the whole thing a miss," Jackson says. "Barack will change that," because, as long as the Palestinians haven’t seen justice, the Middle East will "remain a source of danger to us all."
"Barack is determined to repair our relations with the world of Islam and Muslims," Jackson says. "Thanks to his background and ecumenical approach, he knows how Muslims feel while remaining committed to his own faith."
Amir Taheri’s next book, "The Persian Night: Iran Under the Khomeinist Revolution," is due out next month.
Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/10142008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_o_jesse_knows_133450.htm?page=0
Mr. Taheri is a rather controversial journalist, based in Europe, but born and raised in Iran. He has written a number of books about the Middle East and Iran in particular. Some of his newspaper articles about Iran have been withdrawn by the papers whose published them when the facts he reported were not confirmed. Here’s what Wikipedia has on him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taheri
Julia
Jesse Jackson's Surprising Interview About Obama
Jesse Jackson is in France for an international meeting. I guess he thought this interview wasn’t going to be in the US papers – maybe because he assumes the interviewer is Muslim and a kindred spirit. What Jackson says openly is rather surprising, to say the least.
THE O JESSE KNOWS
JACKSON ON OBAMA’S AMERICA
Last updated: 12:34 pm
October 14, 2008
Posted: 1:35 am
October 14, 2008EVIAN, FRANCE
PREPARE for a new America: That’s the message that the Rev. Jesse Jackson conveyed to participants in the first World Policy Forum, held at this French lakeside resort last week.
He promised "fundamental changes" in US foreign policy – saying America must "heal wounds" it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the "arrogance of the Bush administration."
The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where "decades of putting Israel’s interests first" would end.
Jackson believes that, although "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades" remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.
"Obama is about change," Jackson told me in a wide-ranging conversation. "And the change that Obama promises is not limited to what we do in America itself. It is a change of the way America looks at the world and its place in it."
Jackson warns that he isn’t an Obama confidant or adviser, "just a supporter." But he adds that Obama has been "a neighbor or, better still, a member of the family." Jackson’s son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson’s daughter went to school with Obama’s wife Michelle.
"We helped him start his career," says Jackson. "And then we were always there to help him move ahead. He is the continuation of our struggle for justice not only for the black people but also for all those who have been wronged."
Will Obama’s election close the chapter of black grievances linked to memories of slavery? The reverend takes a deep breath and waits a long time before responding.
"No, that chapter won’t be closed," he says. "However, Obama’s victory will be a huge step in the direction we have wanted America to take for decades."
Jackson rejects any suggestion that Obama was influenced by Marxist ideas in his youth. "I see no evidence of that," he says. "Obama’s thirst for justice and equality is rooted in his black culture."
But is Obama – who’s not a descendant of slaves – truly a typical American black?
Jackson emphatically answers yes: "You don’t need to be a descendant of slaves to experience the oppression, the suffocating injustice and the ugly racism that exists in our society," he says. "Obama experienced the same environment as all American blacks did. It was nonsense to suggest that he was somehow not black enough to feel the pain."
Is Jackson worried about the "Bradley effect" – that people may be telling pollsters they favor the black candidate, but won’t end up voting for him?
"I don’t think this is how things will turn out," he says. "We have a collapsing economy and a war that we have lost in Iraq. In Afghanistan, we face a resurgent Taliban. New threats are looming in Pakistan. Our liberties have been trampled under feet . . . Today, most Americans want change, and know that only Barack can deliver what they want. Young Americans are especially determined to make sure that Obama wins."
He sees a broad public loss of confidence in the nation’s institutions: "We have lost confidence in our president, our Congress, our banking system, our Wall Street and our legal system to protect our individual freedoms. . . I don’t see how we could regain confidence in all those institutions without a radical change of direction."
Jackson declines to be more concrete about possible policy changes. After all, he insists, he isn’t part of Obama’s policy team. Yet he clearly hopes that his views, reflecting the position of many Democrats, would be reflected in the policies of an Obama administration.
On the economic front, he hopes for "major changes in our trading policy."
"We cannot continue with the open-door policy," he says. "We need to protect our manufacturing industry against unfair competition that destroys American jobs and creates ill-paid jobs abroad."
Would that mean an abrogation of the NAFTA treaty with Canada and Mexico?
Jackson dismisses the question as "premature": "We could do a great deal without such dramatic action."
His most surprising position concerns Iraq. He passionately denounces the toppling of Saddam Hussein as "an illegal and unjust act." But he’s now sure that the United States "will have to remain in Iraq for a very long time."
What of Obama’s promise to withdraw by 2010? Jackson believes that position will have to evolve, reflecting "realities on the ground."
"We should work with our allies in Iraq to consolidate democratic institutions there," he says. "We must help the people of Iraq decide and shape their future in accordance with their own culture and faith."
On Iran, he strongly supports Obama’s idea of opening a direct dialogue with the leadership in Tehran. "We’ve got to talk to tell them what we want and hear what they want," Jackson says. "Nothing is gained by not talking to others."
Would that mean ignoring the four UN Security Council resolutions that demand an end to Iran’s uranium-enrichment program? Jackson says direct talks wouldn’t start without preparations.
"Barack wants an aggressive and dynamic diplomacy," he says. "He also wants adequate preparatory work. We must enter the talks after the ground has been prepared," he says.
Jackson is especially critical of President Bush’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
"Bush was so afraid of a snafu and of upsetting Israel that he gave the whole thing a miss," Jackson says. "Barack will change that," because, as long as the Palestinians haven’t seen justice, the Middle East will "remain a source of danger to us all."
"Barack is determined to repair our relations with the world of Islam and Muslims," Jackson says. "Thanks to his background and ecumenical approach, he knows how Muslims feel while remaining committed to his own faith."
Amir Taheri’s next book, "The Persian Night: Iran Under the Khomeinist Revolution," is due out next month.
Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/10142008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_o_jesse_knows_133450.htm?page=0
Mr. Taheri is a rather controversial journalist, based in Europe, but born and raised in Iran. He has written a number of books about the Middle East and Iran in particular. Some of his newspaper articles about Iran have been withdrawn by the papers whose published them when the facts he reported were not confirmed. Here’s what Wikipedia has on him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taheri
Julia
Thetruce lasted a long time
Well, the Truce betweem the Palestinians and Israelis lasted less than a week. Imagine that. The Palestinians sent rockets into Israel.
End of truce? 3 Kassams hit w. Negev
Two people were lightly wounded Tuesday afternoon as three Kassam rockets hit the western Negev, in a second violation of the Gaza cease-fire since it went into effect last Thursday.
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that the aim of the rocket fire was to avenge an IDF raid that killed one of its members in the West Bank late Monday night.
"We cannot keep our hands tied when this is happening to our brothers in the West Bank," the group said in a statement.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the rocket attack "came as result of Israeli provocation this morning." He added, however, that Hamas was "committed to the calm" —Jpost
Palestinian / Israeli truce???
It looks like there may be another truce between the Palestinians and Israelis. Supposedly the truce will gointo effect on Thursday, but I am not going to hold my breathe. It seems that the Israeli military has targeted and killed manyof the terorists leaders in Gaza, and the cease fire will be a wayfor the Palestinians to regroup and replenish tier ranks. But maybe they finally got some brains and figured that Israel is not going away and they can only live in peace if they stop firing missiles and mortars into Israel. And you always have to keep in mindthat lying about truces is part of the official Islamists creed, the Taqiyya.
Israel and Hamas ‘agree truce’
Israel and militant group Hamas have agreed to end months of bitter clashes with a truce starting on Thursday, Palestinian officials say.
A Hamas official said he was confident all militant groups in Gaza would abide by the agreement, brokered by Egypt.
Israeli officials said they were "looking to see if this is serious".
Earlier at least six Palestinians were reportedly killed in Israeli air strikes in southern Gaza. Israel said it had targeted "terror operatives".
Islamic Jihad said a missile struck a car carrying five of its members near Khan Younis. A sixth man died in a separate strike nearby.
….
Israeli officials stress that phone lines to Cairo are "still running hot".
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said: "Words are important, deeds much more so.
"If indeed we see an end of hostile terrorist attacks from Gaza into Israel, if indeed we see the end to the Hamas military build-up inside the Gaza Strip, if indeed we see movement on the issue of our hostage Gilad Shalit, then of course it’ll be an entirely new situation."—BBC
Palestinians for Obama
Yes there are Obama supporters in Gaza and they call US voters before the primaries to promote Obama for President of the Unites States of America
H/t To Blue Star Chronicles
Well, we might be more willing to help the Palestinians if they abide by cease fires and not lob missiles every day into Israel. It would have helped if Arafat would have took the deal where Israel gave then 95% of what they wanted. But instead they terrorized Israel and call for the destruction of Israel every day.
The forgotten persecution in Palestine
We always hear from the MSM about the persecution of the Palestinians, which are a made up ethnicity,by the Israelis. But the forgotten group that the MSM and most people forget about are the Christians that live in Palestine. They have been dwindling ever since the Israelis handed over the security to the Palestinians in Gaza, Bethelehem, and all over the Palestinian controlled areas. Why is this not on the MSM nightly and why is it that when the Israelis controlled the areas, the Christians remained??
Mainly it is they are being persecuted by the Palestinians. They are being killed off or being forced out of their home lands by the Islamic horde that wants to take over the world and create the new Caliphate.
H/T to Gates of Vienna
Expert: ‘Christian groups in PA to disappear’
The ever-dwindling Christian communities living in
Palestinian-run territories in the West Bank and Gaza are likely to
dissipate completely within the next 15 years as a result of increasing
Muslim persecution and maltreatment, an Israeli scholar said Monday."The systematic persecution of Christian Arabs
living in Palestinian areas is being met with nearly total silence by
the international community, human rights activists, the media and
NGOs," said Justus Reid Weiner, an international human rights lawyer in an address at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, where he serves as a scholar in residence.He cited Muslim harassment and persecution as the main cause of
the "acute human rights crisis" facing Christian Arabs, and predicted
that unless governments or institutions step in to remedy the situation
– such as with job opportunities – there will be no more Christian
communities living in the Palestinians territories within 15 years,
with only a few Western Christians and top clergymen left in the area."Christian leaders are being forced to abandon their followers to the forces of radical Islam," Weiner said.
Facing a pernicious mixture of persecution and economic
hardships as a result of years of Palestinian violence and Israeli
counter-terrorism measures, tens of thousands of Christian Arabs have
left the Palestinian territories for a better life in the West, in a
continuing exodus which has led some Christian leaders to warn that the
faith could be virtually extinct in its birthplace in a matter of
decades.The Palestinian Christian population has dipped to 1.5 percent
of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, down from at least 15% a half century
ago, according to some estimates.—JPost
November 12,
1799First meteor shower on record
Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an early American astronomer born in
Vermont, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the
Florida Keys. Douglass, who later became an assistant to the famous
astronomer Percival Lowell, wrote in his journal that the "whole heaven
appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets, flying in an infinity of
directions, and I was in constant expectation of some of them falling
on the vessel. They continued until put out by the light of the sun
after day break." Douglass’ journal entry is the first known record of
a meteor shower in North America.The Leonids meteor shower is an
annual event that is greatly enhanced every 33 years or so by the
appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle. When the comet returns, the
Leonids can produce rates of up to several thousand meteors per hour
that can light up the sky on a clear night. Douglass witnessed one such
manifestation of the Leonids shower, and the subsequent return of the
comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1833 is credited as inspiring the first
organized study of meteor astronomy.
November 12,
1799First meteor shower on record
Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an early American astronomer born in
Vermont, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the
Florida Keys. Douglass, who later became an assistant to the famous
astronomer Percival Lowell, wrote in his journal that the "whole heaven
appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets, flying in an infinity of
directions, and I was in constant expectation of some of them falling
on the vessel. They continued until put out by the light of the sun
after day break." Douglass’ journal entry is the first known record of
a meteor shower in North America.The Leonids meteor shower is an
annual event that is greatly enhanced every 33 years or so by the
appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle. When the comet returns, the
Leonids can produce rates of up to several thousand meteors per hour
that can light up the sky on a clear night. Douglass witnessed one such
manifestation of the Leonids shower, and the subsequent return of the
comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1833 is credited as inspiring the first
organized study of meteor astronomy.
November 12,
1799First meteor shower on record
Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an early American astronomer born in
Vermont, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the
Florida Keys. Douglass, who later became an assistant to the famous
astronomer Percival Lowell, wrote in his journal that the "whole heaven
appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets, flying in an infinity of
directions, and I was in constant expectation of some of them falling
on the vessel. They continued until put out by the light of the sun
after day break." Douglass’ journal entry is the first known record of
a meteor shower in North America.The Leonids meteor shower is an
annual event that is greatly enhanced every 33 years or so by the
appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle. When the comet returns, the
Leonids can produce rates of up to several thousand meteors per hour
that can light up the sky on a clear night. Douglass witnessed one such
manifestation of the Leonids shower, and the subsequent return of the
comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1833 is credited as inspiring the first
organized study of meteor astronomy.
November 12,
1799First meteor shower on record
Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an early American astronomer born in
Vermont, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the
Florida Keys. Douglass, who later became an assistant to the famous
astronomer Percival Lowell, wrote in his journal that the "whole heaven
appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets, flying in an infinity of
directions, and I was in constant expectation of some of them falling
on the vessel. They continued until put out by the light of the sun
after day break." Douglass’ journal entry is the first known record of
a meteor shower in North America.The Leonids meteor shower is an
annual event that is greatly enhanced every 33 years or so by the
appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle. When the comet returns, the
Leonids can produce rates of up to several thousand meteors per hour
that can light up the sky on a clear night. Douglass witnessed one such
manifestation of the Leonids shower, and the subsequent return of the
comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1833 is credited as inspiring the first
organized study of meteor astronomy.
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