OBAMA STIRS FEARS IN ISRAEL
THAT HE MIGHT HALT DEATH BLOW TO HAMAS

By RALPH PETERS, January 1, 2009

AS WORLD leaders and international organizations rush to rescue Hamas, Israel faces complex battlefield challenges - while fearing a stab in the back from the incoming Obama administration.

Israel's leaders are asking themselves two questions: Is the cost of sending sufficient ground forces into Gaza just too high? And, upon his inauguration on Jan. 20, will President Obama undercut Israel's counterterror offensive before its goals have been reached? ...

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Now would it not be of some irony, that PE Obama, whose platform was one of "peace and understanding" might actually end up causing more up front defensive responses by peace loving nations...like Israel? Fearful that radicals will interpret Obama's "come together" mentality as an invitation for terrorists to become even more dastardly in their putrid deeds?

One can almost hear the fear in the air, "If the US isn't going to stand up for us then we better hit the terrorists before they have time to gain more weapons and radicalized recruits..."

One can almost feel the pressure to respond...I mean...one need not wonder what the radicals will do if they have the weapons to do...they've proven what they are willing to do...

...anything to kill and maim.