Can we trust Obama to be a strong supporter of Israel?  This is a good question, no matter how you look at it.  Maybe Obama is Christian, and perhaps he never got sucked into Islam, but he certainly has Islamic sympathies.  Like many liberals here and in the EU, Obama has convinced himself that the Palestinians are somehow the victims of Israeli hostility and that a peaceful co-existence can be possible only if Israel continues to make concessions to the Arabs.

This “can’t we all just get along” belief may be nothing more than naivety, true, and I have a hard time believing that Mr. Obama has any ill-will toward Israel–I simply believe he has an inexperienced view of the Middle-East crisis and a too-liberal perspective on the hard facts about Islamism.

Nevertheless, speaking to Haaretz Obama spoke in no uncertain terms about his support for Israel in the years ahead.  So, once again, we are faced with the oratorical and rhetorical skills, left wondering about reality.  After all, what can we base our judgments of Obama on?  He is a rookie Senator.  He has practically no foreign affairs credentials.  Through what lens can we view this man, now poised to take leadership of the country?

This is the fear I feel when imagining an Obama presidency.  I don’t know what to expect, and beyond the Rhetoric of Hope, nobody else does either, not even his rabid supporters…

Kain's major subjects of focus at NeoConstant are international strategy; support of Israel; the failure of the international community to stop genocide; the spread of American power and democracy; historical analysis; and current events both domestically and abroad. He writes here, Newsvine and his blog, IndiePundit.