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Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« on: June 10, 2009, 11:52:52 AM »
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Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture



Israeli TV newscasters Tuesday night interpreted a photo taken Monday in the Oval Office of President Obama talking on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an "insult" to Israel.

They saw the incident as somewhat akin to an incident last year, when the Iraqi reporter threw a shoe at President Bush in Baghdad.

It is considered an insult in the Arab world to show the sole of your shoe to someone. It is not a Jewish custom necessarily, but Israel feels enough a part of the Middle East after 60 years to be insulted too.

Was there a subliminal message intended from the White House to Netanyahu in Jerusalem, who is publicly resisting attempts by Mr. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to force Israel to stop any kind of settlement activity in occupied territories once and forever?

Whether or not it is true, it shows the mood in Israel. They feel cornered. The reactions out of Israel reflect that feeling.


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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2009, 11:59:12 AM »
I think it's an insult that he is putting his feet on the desk in what appears to be the Oval Office. What next popping in for a photo op in his sweats after playing basketball?
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2009, 12:02:46 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 10, 2009, 11:59:12 AM
I think it's an insult that he is putting his feet on the desk in what appears to be the Oval Office. What next popping in for a photo op in his sweats after playing basketball?

Jeeze, it's like you're psychic or somethin'!

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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2009, 12:04:22 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 10, 2009, 11:59:12 AM
I think it's an insult that he is putting his feet on the desk in what appears to be the Oval Office...
Isn't that the desk made from the wood salvaged from the anti-slaver ship HMS Gannet as donated by the Brits?

Does he really have so little respect for:

A) the legacy of the abolitionists
B) the British
C) his successors to the Oval office
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2009, 12:05:36 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on June 10, 2009, 12:04:22 PM
Isn't that the desk made from the wood salvaged from the anti-slaver ship HMS Gannet as donated by the Brits?

Does he really have so little respect for:

A) the legacy of the abolitionists
B) the British
C) his successors to the Oval office
D)  Every American citizen.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 12:13:25 PM »
He was tossing a basketball around the Oval Office in the "inside the 0bama white house" special that aired the other day.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2009, 12:15:58 PM »
Scaring the sh*t out of everyone in NY wasn't enough.  Now he's moved on to insulting entire contries.   :whatever:
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2009, 12:45:01 PM »
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Israel's Channel One TV reported that Netanyahu was told Tuesday by an "American official" in Jerusalem that, "We are going to change the world. Please, don't interfere." The report said Netanyahu's aides interpreted this as a "threat."
Did you read that everybody?  Barry's going to change the world.  :mental: :bawl:
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2009, 04:39:34 PM »
Quote from: Kasha on June 10, 2009, 12:45:01 PM
Did you read that everybody?  Barry's going to change the world.  :mental: :bawl:
I don't think he can change his underwear without the teleprompter telling how.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2009, 04:51:30 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on June 10, 2009, 04:39:34 PM
I don't think he can change his underwear without the teleprompter telling how.

Remember back during the campaign when the female newsreporters were creaming in their jeans over his "Nice Package".......Well, it's hard to find 3-legged underwear with the instructions sewn in the waist band.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2009, 05:00:58 PM »
Umm..isn't it an insult to see the bottom of shoes for Arabs too? I would think they'd also be all in fits about this.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2009, 05:33:29 PM »
Irritating that folks want to be upset about something will always find a way to be upset by something.


All I can think of to say to these people is
"GET A LIFE."   and no, they are not available at WalMart.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2009, 05:37:28 PM »
that photo just shows how disrespectful he is towards the oval office...
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2009, 09:18:10 AM »
Quote from: Hawkgirl on June 10, 2009, 05:37:28 PM
that photo just shows how disrespectful he is towards the oval office...

Ronald Reagan would never enter the Oval Office without a suit and tie. We have come a long way.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2009, 09:46:14 AM »
Quote from: Hawkgirl on June 10, 2009, 05:37:28 PM
that photo just shows how disrespectful he is towards the oval office...

I remember seeing photos of Jimmy Carter and his rather loose, informal style in the Oval Orifice.

And I remember yet another photo of Gerald Ford petting his dog Liberty (a golden retriever) as he lay down alongside his desk in the Oval Orifice.

In short, there is no disrespect here toward the office - only the normal contempt that Lord Zero exhibits toward people at large.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2009, 11:16:56 AM »
Quote from: Sam Adams on June 11, 2009, 09:18:10 AM
Ronald Reagan would never enter the Oval Office without a suit and tie. We have come a long way.
Yes, then we had Bubba who couldn't even keep his pants zipped in the Oval Office.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2009, 01:03:11 PM »
Screw the insult to the Isrealis:  what about the insult to the British with this photo?

What's worse, this isn't the first time I've seen a photo with his big-assed feet up on the HMS Resolute desk.  After things like this, the "gift debacles", tossing the Winston Churchill bust out of the oval orifice, and that train wreck of an Øbama-beach show at the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, it's absolutely miraculous to me that Downing Street will even pick up the phone for this 'tard anymore.

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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2009, 03:26:40 PM »
I knew Muslims had this thing about showing shoe soles, didn't know Jews did too.

Quote from: Eupher on June 11, 2009, 09:46:14 AM
I remember seeing photos of Jimmy Carter and his rather loose, informal style in the Oval Orifice.

And I remember yet another photo of Gerald Ford petting his dog Liberty (a golden retriever) as he lay down alongside his desk in the Oval Orifice.

In short, there is no disrespect here toward the office - only the normal contempt that Lord Zero exhibits toward people at large.

Yeah, I think I even remember one of JFK like that, and he let his son play under the desk.

But I do think Obama does disrespect the office inherently - his Wednesday night parties are Hollyweirdish.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2009, 08:39:06 AM »
The real insult to Israel is in Obama's other actions. He has pretty much signaled the Middle East that Israel is on its own. During that last trip to the ME, for example, he did not even bother to pay Israel a visit. It's hard to imagine other US presidents omitting a visit to Israel.
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Re: Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2009, 09:22:26 AM »
Quote from: lug-nut on June 11, 2009, 11:16:56 AM
Yes, then we had Bubba who couldn't even keep his pants zipped in the Oval Office.

:rofl: ewwwww....first Billy Jeff stripping in Shade's b-day thread and now this.....I gotta bleach my eyes.
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