New York Post columnist Amir Taheri reports that Jesse Jackson, former presidential candidate and friend of Barack Obama, said at the first World Policy Forum in Evian, France, last week that there are going to be some "fundamental changes" in US foreign policy if Obama becomes president. Jackson said that America must “heal wounds” it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the “arrogance of the Bush administration.”
Taheri reports that “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.”
Jackson acknowledged that he was not an Obama adviser, but just a “supporter.” But he also described Obama as a “neighbor or, better still, a member of the family.” Jackson's son has long been a close friend of Obama, and Jackson's daughter went to school with Obama's wife. "We helped him start his career, 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."
Jackson hasn’t denied that he made the comments, but on Tuesday Barack Obama's campaign denied that Israel would suffer under Obama. Senator McCain's spokesman, Tucker Bounds, also said Tuesday: "Literally, nobody knows what Barack Obama's policies would be if he were elected president, but it's very concerning that people believe he will not be a friend to Israel."
2 comments:
Even though Jackson can't stand Obama, he needs to sidle up to Barry because it fits his agenda. Sick.
As the saying goes:When success knocks on your door,neighbors complain of the noise.A lot of people envy Obama for being so popular;they wish like they could be so liked by the American People and be so famous internationally.I guess that's one thing that Mr.Jackson has a problem with though he claims that he is the foundation of everything Obama has become politically,but we all disagree on things that we have to disagree upon.Don't tell me,Mr. Jackson,that you never disagreed with your teachers on some issues,but there was always something on which,I assume,you found a common ground.
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