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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 11-Jan-2010
11-Jan-10 News - US Threatens Israeli Loan Guarantees

Web Log - January, 2010

11-Jan-10 News - US Threatens Israeli Loan Guarantees

And a US political realignment is proceeding.

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US backs off after threatening Israeli loan guarantees

The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel "can manage without US guarantees," after US Middle East envoy George Mitchell hinted on Thursday that the US might end US loan guarantees.

However, Ynet news reports that an unnamed American official has backed off, saying, "It was not a threat and not an implied threat."

As part of its numerous campaign promises to save the world on January 21, 2009, the Obama administration said it would focus on the Mideast, and would bring about peace treaty between the Israelis and Palestinians. Now the administration is discovering what the Bush administration discovered: That neither side is willing make almost any real concessions at all. (See "After a week of foreign policy disasters, President Obama's entire program is adrift.")

Now the Obama administration is taking its turn at being blamed for lack of progress. An al-Jazeera editorial blames the administration's "soft-handed approach" toward Israel.

When the Bush administration released its "Mideast Roadmap to Peace" in 2003, one of the first major prediction I wrote for this web site was that it would fail. (See "Mideast Roadmap - Will it bring peace?") From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, the Mideast is headed for a major war, re-fighting the genocidal war between Jews and Palestinians that followed the 1948 partitioning of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.

Democrats are increasingly furious at President Obama

The Boston Globe reports on a letter from a local Democratic party activist and "lifetime Democrat" who is switching his voter registration from Democratic to Unenrolled.

As reasons, he says that the "state of Perpetual War is continuing and even expanding," and the bailouts are helping banks rather than people. "The final straw was the travesty of the Health Care Insurance Reform bill," he adds.

That's just one activist, but reading a Democratic Underground web site page, you can read many activists agreeing with the letter and expressing their own anger, with almost no dissenting voices.

From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, what we're seeing is a major political realignment. Pew Research describes by saying "the public has moved in a conservative direction on a range of issues," and implies that the Republicans will gain.

But that misses the point. The Republican party isn't very popular either. For example, people across the political spectrum want health care reform, but not the loathsome, corrupt bill passed by Democrats in December. And according to a Rasmussen poll, 45% say that a random group of people from phone book would be better than current Congress.

The biggest recent manifestation of this political realignment is the "Tea Party" movement. A December Rasmussen poll found that a new "Tea Party" is more popular than the Republican party. Other polls have found high interest among Democrats for a new "Tea Party."

In 2010, expect to see an increasing realignment that will synthesize views of both parties and create a new movement of some kind.

Obama and the Democratics under fire on Sunday morning

The main topic of discussion in Sunday mornings news talk shows was the failure of President Obama to respond quickly after the nearly-successful Christmas day jetliner bombing attempt over Detroit.

There was plenty of related discussion about the growing threat of al-Qaeda in Yemen, and whether it's possible to protect airliners against future "underwear bombers."

The major political drama of the morning was over the revelation that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said privately, during the 2008 Presidential campaign, that the US would be "ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama – a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.'"

That remark is so bizarre, I barely know what to make of it.

Democrats rushed to defend Reid, but Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, who is black, pointed out that if a Republican had ever said anything like that, he would be skewered by the Democrats. That's undoubtedly true, but Steele is in trouble with his own party for making money on the side by giving speeches and writing books. His response: "Either fire me or shut up!"

Great drama!

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