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12. “Obama under fire for comment on Palestinians”; “Democratic Candidates Debate,” FactCheck.org, April 27, 2007, http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008
/democratic_candidates_debate.html.
13. Thomas Beaumont, “Obama Urges More Compassion in Mideast,” Des Moines Register, March 12, 2007.
14. “Transcript: Obama’s Speech at AIPAC,” National Public Radio, June 4, 2008, http://www.npr.org/templates/story
/story.php?storyId=91150432.
15. Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman and The Great Schlep,” YouTube, September 25, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgHHX9R4Qtk.
16. Josh Gerstein, “U.S.: Facts Tie Muslim Groups To Hamas Front Case,” New York Sun, July 11, 2008.
17. “ISNA Admits Hamas Ties,” IPT News, July 25, 2008.
18. “Hamas Charter: The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas),” MidEast Web Historical Documents, August 18, 1988, http://www.mideastweb.org/hamas.htm.
19. Mohamed Akram, “An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Brotherhood in North America,” May 19, 1991, http://www.investigativeproject.org
/document/id/20.
20. Charles A. Radin, “Islamic Leader Urges Jews be Wary of Fundamentalists,” Boston Globe, March 14, 2007.
21. “Valerie Jarrett, Ingrid Mattson: White House Opens Wider to Islam,” Maggie’s Notebook, July 23, 2009, http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2009
/07/valerie-jarrett-ingrid-
matton-white.html.
22. “State Sponsors of Terrorism,” U.S. Department of State, http://www.state.gov/s/ct/c14151.htm.
23. “Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah chief Nasrallah meet in Damascus,” Haaretz, July 19, 2007.
24. “Iran’s Larijani meets Hamas in Damascus,” Reuters, January 7, 2009.
25. “Obama returns US ambassador to Syria,” FOXNews.com, June 24, 2009.
26. “Obama preparing to lift sanctions against Syria,” World Tribune, February 9, 2009.
27. “Obama returns US ambassador to Syria.”
28. “Syrian envoy: ‘US lifts ban on air industry,’” Jerusalem Post, July 27, 2009.
29. Aaron Klein, “Obama opens up billions in business for Syria: Damascus gets crucial deal without promising to drop alliance with Iran,” WorldNetDaily, October 9, 2009.
30. “Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel in Press Availability,” WhiteHouse.gov, May 18, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office
/Remarks-by-President-Obama-and-Israeli
-Prime-Minister-Netanyahu
-in-press-availability/
31. Khaled Abu Toameh, “Hamas reiterates its refusal to recognize Israel,” Jerusalem Post, May 16, 2009.
32. “Hamas: We won’t accept two-state solution,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, May 9, 2009.
33. “Palestinian Ambassador to Lebanon Abbas Zaki: Two-State Solution Will Lead to the Collapse of Israel,” Middle East Media Research Institute, Special Dispatch No. 2358, May 14, 2009.
34. Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, “Rocket Attack on Sderot Home,” Israel National News, May 19, 2009.
35. Farah Stockman, “Obama, Abbas talk peace,” Boston Globe, May 28, 2009.
36. David Bedein, “US Admits Training Palestinian Armed Forces While PA Negotiates With Hamas,” Bulletin (Philadelphia), May 18, 2009.
37. Khaled Abu Toameh, “‘Fatah has never recognized Israel,’” Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2009.
38. Glick, “Column One: Obama’s green light to attack Iran.”
39. “Transcript: Obama’s Speech at AIPAC.”
40. “Report: US seeks to aid Hamas-backed gov’t,” Ynet News, April 27, 2009.
41. Ibid.
42. “Gen. Jim Jones Reiterates US Commitment to Peace, Palestinian State at ATFP Gala,” American Task Force for Palestine, October 15, 2009, http://www.americantaskforce.org/in_media
/pr/2009/10/16/1255665600.
43. Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, “Palestinian children learn: English is the language of the enemy,” Palestinian Media Watch, October 18, 2009.
44. “Warith Deen Umar: Jews ‘Have Control of the World,’” The Investigative Project on Terrorism, July 5, 2009, http://www.investigativeproject.org/1081
/warith-deen-umar-jews-have-control-of-the-world.
45. U.S. State Department, “‘Palestine’ Proposal Cable—Documentary & Series on Muslims in America for Palestinians,” available at http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs
/2009/07/us-government-welcomes
-hamas-mouthpiece-alquds-tv-to-dc
-to-film-propaganda.html.
46. Ibid.
47. Pamela Geller, “‘Palestinian’ Poll: ‘How to Improve US Image’—Demands More Money! More R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Jerusalem!,” AtlasShrugs.com, November 2, 2009, http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/
atlas_shrugs/2009/11/palestinian-poll-how
-to-improve-us-image-demands-more-
money-more-respect-jerusal em.html.
48. Gil Troy, “Center Field: Honoring Mary Robinson, Obama honors appeasement of anti-Semitism,” Jerusalem Post, August 2, 2009.
49. Isi Liebler, “J Street’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Stance is Phoney,” Guardian, October 26, 2009.
50. Philip Klein, “Obama National Security Adviser to Speak at Anti-Israel Conference,” American Spectator, October 16, 2009.
51. Liebler, “J Street’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Stance is Phoney.”
52. Hilary Leila Krieger, “Muslims, Arabs among J Street donors,” Jerusalem Post, August 14, 2009.
53. Liebler, “J Street’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Stance is Phoney.”
54. Klein, “Obama National Security Adviser to Speak at Anti-Israel Conference.”
55. Etgar Lefkovits, “Obama fails to name anti-Semitism envoy,” Jerusalem Post, July 30, 2009.
56. Hannah Rosenthal, “Reclaiming The Pro-Israel Mantle,” Jewish Week (New York), April 23, 2008.
57. Abraham H. Foxman, “An Open Letter To Hannah Rosenthal,” Jewish Week (New York), May 1, 2008.
58. Ed Lasky, “Obama’s Type of Anti-Semitism Fighter,” American Thinker, November 11, 2009.
59. Patrick Goodenough, “Islamic Bloc Chief Urges Appointment of New US Envoy, But Is This It?” CNS News, June 26, 2009.
60. Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly,” September 23, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_
office/Remarks-by-the-President-to-the
-United-Nations-General-Assembly/.
61. Aaron Klein, “Official: Obama ‘disgusted’ with Israel,” WorldNetDaily, October 16, 2009.
62. “Clinton calls Israeli concessions ‘unprecedented,’” Associated Press, November 1, 2009.
63. John Bolton, remarks on the Glenn Beck show, September 23, 2009. Transcribed at http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
2009/09/bolton-on-obama-at-the-un
-this-is-the-most-radical-antiisrael-
speech-i-can-recall-any-president
-maki.html.
64. Efrat Weiss, “Israeli shot in West Bank,” Ynet News, September 29, 2009.
65. Herb Keinon and Yaakov Katz, “IDF to remove 100 West Bank roadblocks,” Jerusalem Post, September 16, 2009.
66. Stephanie Nebehay, “US urges Israel to probe Gaza crimes to boost peace,” Reuters, September 29, 2009.
67. Anne Bayefsky, “The Goldstone Mission: The UN Blood Libel,” statement at the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, September 29, 2009.
68. “OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry,” Al-Jazeera, October 28, 2009.
69. Muhammad Humaidan, “Al-Aqsa is the red line, warns OIC,” Arab News, November 2, 2009.
70. Hana Levi Julian, “State Dept: US Goal to Expel Jews in ‘Occupied’ Post-67 Lands,” Israel National News, November 11, 2009.
71. David Bedein, “Palestinian Prime Minister Belies Moderate Image With Working Policy Paper About Future Palestinian State,” Israel Resource Rev
iew, September 17, 2009.
72. Roni Sofer, “Obama sends Israel holiday greeting,” Ynet News, September 17, 2009.
73. Hillel Fendel, “Anti-Obama Rally in Jerusalem,” Israel National News, July 27, 2009.
FIVE: OBAMA AND IRAN
1. “Obama Officially Abandons Missile Defense in Europe,” Heritage Foundation, August 27, 2009, http://blog.heritage.org/2009/08/27/
obama-officially-abandons-missile-defense-in-europe/.
2. “In quotes: US missile reaction,” BBC, September 17, 2009.
3. Ibid.
4. Paul Kiernan, Jose de Cordoba, and Jay Solomon, “Coup Rocks Honduras,” Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2009.
5. Ibid.
6. Mary Anastasia O’Grady, “In Elections, Honduras Defeats Chávez,” Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2009.
7. CNN, November 4, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC5I1ZCb9Do.
8. Michael Muskal, “Obama calls for new relationship with Iran on anniversay [sic] of embassy takeover,” Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2009, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/
world/la-naw-obama-iran5-2009nov05,0
,4668198.story.
9. Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin, “Iran’s Khamenei Rejects U.S. Outreach,” Washington Post, November 4, 2009.
10. John Bolton, “Iran Clenches Its Fist,” Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2009.
11. Erdbrink and Branigin, “Iran’s Khamenei Rejects U.S. Outreach.”
12. “President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address,” WhiteHouse.gov, January 21, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/
inaugural-address/.
13. “Obama must apologize for crimes against Iran: Ahmadinejad,” Agence France-Presse, January 28, 2009.
14. “Iran says Obama’s offer to talk shows US failure,” Agence France-Presse, January 31, 2009.
15. George Jahn, “Tehran wants U.S. to admit ‘its mistakes,’” Associated Press, February 7, 2009.
16. “Ahmadinejad: Iran ‘Will Never Negotiate’ Over Nuclear ‘Rights,’” Associated Press, September 7, 2009.
17. Barack Obama, “Happy New Year to Iran,” Guardian, March 20, 2009.
18. “Ahmadinejad in Response to Obama: Any Hand Outstretched to Attack Us Will Be Cut Off,” Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Special Dispatch No. 2305, April 2, 2009.
19. “Ahmadinejad to West: You Are Weak, Your Hands Are Empty, And You Can’t Force Us to Do Anything; Nearly 7,000 Centrifuges Are Spinning Today at Natanz, Mocking You,” Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Special Dispatch No. 2317, April 17, 2009.
20. Edward Yeranian, “Iran Claims to Have Test-Fired Mid-Range Missile, VOA News, May 20, 2009.
21. Barack Obama, “Remarks By The President On A New Beginning, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt,” WhiteHouse.gov, June 4, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office
/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo
-University-6-04-09/.
22. Lara Setrakian, “Iran Protests Against U.S. and Regime on Hostage Anniversary,” ABC News, November 4, 2009.
23. Jay Solomon and Peter Spiegel, “Obama Says Iran Must Pick Its Own Leaders,” Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2009.
24. “President Obama’s Press Briefing,” New York Times, June 23, 2009.
25. “The President Meets with Prime Minister Berlusconi, Comments on Iran,” White House Blog, June 15, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/The-President
-Meets-with-Prime-Minister-
Berlusconi-Comments-on-Iran/.
26. Nicholas Johnston, “Obama Says ‘Dialogue’ With Iran Will Continue After Election,” Bloomberg, June 16, 2009.
27. Christopher Booker, “Iranian elections a ‘loathsome charade,’” Telegraph, June 13, 2009.
28. Rana Moussaoui, “Hezbollah accuses West of fomenting Iran turmoil,” Agence France-Press, June 24, 2009.
29. Pamela Geller, “The Case for Iran: Fighting for Freedom,” American Thinker, June 29, 2009.
30. Kenneth Katzman, “Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses,” Congressional Research Service, May 19, 2009.
31. Ibid.
32. Farah Stockman, “US Funds Dry Up for Iran Rights Watchdog: Obama White House Less Confrontational,” Boston Globe, October 6, 2009.
33. Ibid.
34. Laura Rozen, “Former U.S. diplomat, hostage in Tehran takes up Iran post at State,” Politico, November 7, 2009, http://www.politico.com/blogs/
laurarozen/1109/Former_US_diplomat_hostage
_in_Tehran_takes_up_Iran_
post_at_State_.html?showall#.
35. “Act to Stop the Violence in Iran,” National Iranian American Council, n.d., http://capwiz.com/niacouncil/issues/alert/?alertid=13659 871.
36. “NIAC’s Accomplishments,” National Iranian American Council, June 24, 2009, http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=1456&Itemid=28.
37. “Iran Updates—July 1,” niacINsight, July 1, 2009, http://niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/
07/01/iran-updates-july-1
/#more-2915.
38. “NIAC rebuts MKO and FrontPage Magazine’s untruths and fabrications,” National Iranian American Council, April 20, 2007, http://www.niacouncil.org/index.
php?Itemid=59&id=744&option=
com_content&task=view.
39. Ibid.
40. Trita Parsi, “NIAC Memo: Ahmadinejad’s Little Helpers,” National Iranian Amer-ican Council, June 8, 2009, http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option
=com_content&task=view&
id=1438&Itemid=29.
41. Hassan Daioleslam, “Twelve Years of Iranian Lobby,” Global Politician, December 18, 2008, http://www.globalpolitician.com/25328
-iran-lobby.
42. Katzman, “Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses.”
43. Jonathan Schanzer, “Obama Attempts To Delay Iranian Sanctions Bill,” New Majority, October 13, 2009.
44. Marc Ginsberg, “‘Qum’ Buy Ya,” Huffington Post, November 13, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-marc
-ginsberg/qum-buy-ya_b_357382.html.
45. “Obama: Iran’s Secret Nuke Facility ‘Inconsistent with a Peaceful Program,’” USA Today, September 25, 2009.
46. Edwin Chen, “Obama Says He’s Still Open to ‘Meaningful Dialogue’ With Iran,” Bloomberg, September 26, 2009.
47. “Obama’s News Conference at the G-20,” New York Times, September 25, 2009.
48. Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung, “Iran Tests Missiles On Eve Of Talks,” Washington Post, September 28, 2009.
49. George Jahn, “U.S., Iran meet directly at nuclear talks in Geneva,” Associated Press, October 1, 2009.
50. “Iranian cleric hails ‘great victory’ in Geneva,” PressTV, October 9, 2009, http://www.presstv.ir/sections.aspx
?section=351020101.
51. John Bolton, “Iran’s Big Victory in Geneva,” Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2009.
52. “Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton on Obama and the Politics of ‘Appeasement,’” FOXNews.com, May 20, 2008.
53. Anne Barker, “US warns Israel not to attack Iran,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, May 15, 2009.
54. Hana Levi Julian, “Israel Warns IDF Ready to Roll Against Iran,” Israel National News, November 5, 2009.
55. Myra Noveck, “Israeli Navy Captures Arms Shipment,” New York Times, November 4, 2009.
56. Tim Mak, “Bolton: Israel Must Bomb Iran,” FrumForum, October 23, 2009, http://www.frumforum.com/bolton-
israel-must-bomb-iran.
57. Julian, “Israel Warns IDF Ready to Roll Against Iran.”
58. John Bolton, interview with Pamela Geller, July 30, 2009.
59. Anne Bayefsky, “Obama’s U.N. Double Talk,” National Review’s The Corner, September 25, 2009.
60. John Bolton, interview with Pamela Geller, July 30, 2009.
61. Bolton, “Iran Clenches Its Fist.”
62. “Remarks by President Barack Obama, Hradcany Squ
are, Prague, Czech Republic,” WhiteHouse.gov, April 5, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office
/Remarks-By-President-Barack-Obama
-In-Prague-As-Delivered.
63. “Obama: Iran May Have Right To Nuke Energy,” Associated Press, June 2, 2009.
64. Julian Borger, “Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design—secret report,” Guardian, November 5, 2009.
65. Thomas Sowell, “Disaster in the Making: Obama’s Repeated Demonstrations of His Amateurism and Immaturity,” National Review, July 29, 2009.
SIX: A POST-AMERICAN PRESIDENT WAGES WAR
1. Peter Spiegel and Yochi Dreazen, “Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000,” Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2009.
2. Amanda Carpenter, “U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Talked with Obama Only Once,” Washington Times, September 28, 2009.
3. Edwin Mora, “116 U.S. Troops Died in Afghanistan While Obama Pondered Reinforcement,” CNSNews.com, December 1, 2009.
4. Barack Obama, “Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan,” New York Times, December 1, 2009.
5. “Obama’s call on moderate Taliban useless: analysts,” Reuters, March 9, 2009.
6. Ulrich Speck, “Biden Cites Mounting Problems In Afghanistan, But Says War ‘Far From Lost,’” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, October 3, 2009.
7. Robert Spencer, “Where’s the Moderate Taliban?” Human Events, March 18, 2009.
8. Javed Aziz Khan, “Education for girls prime victim of Swat turmoil,” News International, February 10, 2009, http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily
_detail.asp?id=161693.
9. Eric Zimmerman, “Rumsfeld questions Obama’s claim on troops,” The Hill, December 2, 2009, http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-
briefing-room/news/70221-rumsfeld
-questions-obamas-claim-on-troops.
10. “Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan.”
11. “Obama: ‘Peace requires responsibility,’” CNN, December 10, 2009, http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/10
/obama.transcript/index.html.
12. Robert Costa, “Bolton: Obama’s ‘Pedestrian, Turgid, and Uninspired’ Address,” National Review, December 10, 2009.
13. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Alinsky Does Afghanistan,” National Review, December 4, 2009.
14. Anne E. Kornblut, Scott Wilson, and Karen DeYoung, “Obama Pressed for Faster Surge,” Washington Post, December 6, 2009.