Obama to the Rescue

Today's news is that Presidential candidate Barack Obama has declared that Israel has every right to defend itself.

Well, that's just great.
All we needed to hear.

Perhaps this has been what Mr Olmert has been waiting for all long.
Which would explain why he has done nothing to defend the people of Sderot and Ashkelon until now.

He just wanted permission.

Which prompts me to ask:
What will there be to celebrate this year on Yom Ha-Atzmaut?
60 years of independence, you say?
I say, what independence?

What kind of independence is there when you need the US, UN or EU's approval to defend your own citizens?

And what kind of independence can you claim when, after 60 years, you are still asking your neighbours (and most members of the UN) to acknowledge your right to exist?

So Mr Obama, much as we appreciate your 'leave to defend ourselves' you may rest assured that as soon as a Likud government is restored to power in Israel, it will provide its enemies with lead-jacketed proof of the existence of the Jewish State and its absolute determination to protect and defend its people and homeland with zero tolerance.