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It's no secret that Obama hates Israel.
It's highly likely he's a Muslim anti-Semite too, and he'd like nothing better than watching Iran wipe Israel from the face of the earth in an orgy of nuclear devastation.
Alas, one sad consequence of those proclivities is he can unilaterally deny that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, because the Constitution gives him that power.
The Supreme Court struck down a disputed law Monday that would have allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as Israel on their U.S. passports in an important ruling that underscores the president's authority in foreign affairs.
The court ruled 6-3 that Congress overstepped its bounds when it approved the law in 2002. It would have forced the State Department to alter its long-standing policy of not listing Israel as the birthplace for Jerusalem-born Americans and listing only "Jerusalem."
The policy is part of the government's refusal to recognize any nation's sovereignty over Jerusalem, until Israelis and Palestinians resolve its status through negotiations.
Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion that the president has the exclusive power to recognize foreign nations, and that the power to determine what a passport says is part of this power.
"Recognition is a matter on which the nation must speak with one voice. That voice is the president's," Kennedy wrote.
"Jerusalem" is not a country. It has no embassy. It has no flag. To pretend otherwise is dangerous foolishness which gives credence to the barbarism of malevolent terrorists.
Israel is a Real Country. Israel says Jerusalem is their capital. Ergo, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Period, the end.
Unless, of course, you believe in the mythical country of "Palestine." And if you think people who've started and lost 4 wars still have some sort of legitimate right to disband the state of Israel via protracted and duplicious "negotiations." In which case you might be a Democrat. Or a loon like Jimmy Carter.
But because we respect our Constitution, the only way to fix our foreign policy
is to elect a president who's not afraid to stand up to Palestinian thugs. End
the charade. Recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, move our embassy
there, and tell the "poor, pitiful" Palestinians to go pound sand. They lost.
Their Arab brothers lost. So let the Arabs pick up the pieces of the mess
they created and relentlessly perpetuate. It's not our job to fix their
wounded pride. Although, if they stop trying to destroy things and start
working to build themselves up, they just might find that we're the best
friends they never knew they had.
Posted at 11:43 by Chris Wysocki
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