“Obama’s Durban II Critics: Nattering Nabobs of Negativism”

Aaron Keyak — March 3, 2009 – 1:12 pm | Democrats | Foreign Policy | Israel | Obama | Republicans | Stop the Smears Comments (0) Add a comment

Today, Ira Forman’s piece titled, “Obama’s Durban II Critics: Nattering Nabobs of Negativism,” is being featured on world section of the Huffington Post.

The beginning:

Last week, President Barack Obama opted to boycott the United Nations Conference against racism in Geneva (also know as Durban II) set to take place in April of this year. The Obama administration made clear to the Islamic nations driving the Durban II agenda that as long as the conference was structured as a bash-Israel fest, the United States would have nothing to do with its proceedings.

This support for Israel by the new administration highlights two important points about Obama and his die-hard, ideological opponents. First, the President has once again illustrated that he works hard to keep his campaign promises. Second, it highlights the tenacity of Obama’s ideological opponents to invariably find him to be intensely anti-Israel—even if that evidence runs up against cold hard facts.

During last year’s presidential campaign, candidate Obama promised to reengage in the U.N. and argued that the concept of a conference against racism had value. However, he also stated on the Simon Wiesenthal Center presidential candidate questionnaire that, “If our efforts to keep the conference on a responsible path are not working, and the conference planning committee is not cooperative, the U.S. will not participate.”

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