Dennis Ross, Out As Special Envoy To Iran; Was He Ousted Because He’s A Jew Or A Bit Hawkish On Nukes?
by Marty Peretz, The Spine Blog, The New Republic, June 15, 2009
Amb. Dennis Ross, former Obama Special Envoy
To have crumbled precisely while the regime of the ayatollahs is facing a real crisis of confidence at home and something of a challenge to its legitimacy abroad is, well, just that: crumbling. It certainly does not testify to American resilience, even diplomatically. My instinct here is that the president and Mrs. Clinton are so eager to engage–engage even for its own sake–that they’ll do anything to please the other. This does not come as a result of analysis. It is, I am sorry to say, a predicated formula.
I had an inkling of trouble a few weeks ago when The New Republic was negotiating to publish a small part of a new book, Myths, Illusions and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East, which Ross co-wrote with David Makovsky. Yes, the text of the book raises the possibility of a strike of last resort against Iran’s nuclear installations. In any event, the State Department wouldn’t give its approval. And you now know why. Or do you? I believe it’s because the administration has given up the military option.
Now, as Ha’aretz has it, Ross may be moved into the Israeli-Palestinian peace process on which he worked forever and a day, for both George H.W. Bush (which also means James Baker) and Bill Clinton. He no longer is saddled with the illusions of their administrations about how you negotiate on that issue. But George Mitchell is, if anything, more encumbered by the make-believe reality that is basic to carrying on of the process. That would not be a good match for Ross. He knows too much. And Mitchell knows only … well, pretty close to nothing but cliches
The moonbat commenters on Peretz’s blog are calling HIM a hatemonger, batty and crazy for reporting that Ross was ousted as Iran envoy likely because he’s Jewish. Why is it so hard for these people to believe that Iran’s insane mullahs would object to a Jew?
Comment by Laura — June 18, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
Jewish?
It doesn’t seem that Obama is concerned about Ross’s “Jewishness”. It just looks like one more piece of his practice of surrounding himself with Jewish liberal advisors. I haven’t seen any mention that the mullahs had any say-so in the matter. Arab leaders look down their noses at Blacks and women; but that hasn’t stopped either Bush or Obama from putting both in their faces, as well as Jews. Examples: Colin Powell, Conndolezza Rice, Rahm Imanuel, Hillary Clinton and BO himself. These are all windowdressing issues, which don’t seem to figure heavily into our foreign policy. Weightier matters are at work, underneath the facades.
Comment by BlandOatmeal — June 19, 2009 @ 7:36 am
Obama is a proven Jew hater. He is rapidly selling the USA down the river. Why isn’t there just 1 congressman willing to start impeachment proceedings against this muslim piece of human excrement.
Comment by bronco — June 20, 2009 @ 2:04 am