Palestine Think Tank

Dear Mr. Barack Obama 

We take the opportunity to congratulate you for being elected for the presidency of the presently mightiest military power and thus most influential political post in the world. 

We are sure that a man of your caliber and intelligence who was able to overcome the doubt to achieve a big victory in spite of the old inherent prejudice against electing an Afro-American to lead the American people during at least the coming four years. 

Mr. President Elect, we are sure that you are aware that your emulator to the post, as is evident, requested the outgoing president not to openly extend support to him in the presidential election campaign, though they belong to the same political party, because he was afraid that Mr. Bush's reputation would smear his and strongly affect his chances of winning the post as a Republican candidate; which had actually strongly contributed to his failure, which is simply a result of the foolish, both internal and international, policy the outgoing regime had followed, which caused unprecedented global tragedies, especially as a result its directly waged wars – as is the case against Iraq and Afghanistan – and threat to wage other wars, and indirectly by supporting the rogue states, the outstanding example of which is the Zionist state of Israel, with its continuous wars against the indigenous Arab population of Palestine, and other Arab states especially during the 2006 war against Lebanon, and Israel's role in the devastating war against Iraq. Also its continuous pressure on your nation to wage a war against the far away Iran on the pretence of developing atomic energy, forgetting that it is indeed Israel that is the only state in the region with an atomic bombs arsenal. We are sure that one of the main causes of the failure of your competitor, Mr. McCain, who against the will of the vast majority of the American people, declared that the occupation of Iraq should be eternal. We are sure that you are aware that these wars destroyed Iraq as a people and as a land, as well as its contribution to the destruction of the American economy, and its contribution to the present financial crisis. 

Dear Mr. President Elect, we may convince ourselves to understand what drove you to give that unlimited support to the Zionist state of Israel during your election campaign, which is now in the past, and expect that a man of your caliber and intelligence would understand where the interest of his nation on the international arena stands, it is not with the Zionist state of Israel which had always been liability to your nation rather than an asset. Just only from the point of the support you received from the Jewish/American/Israelis in term of votes, which was one out of four in your favor!!! 

Dear Mr. President Elect, your slogan during your election campaign centered on CHANGE, and your biggest achievement should be your policy and plan towards the Zionist state of Israel, which stole the land, the fortunes, past and future of the indigenous population of Palestine, and it is trying to complete the colonization of the 22% unoccupied in 1948, and uproot those Palestinians still living in their homes and on their lands. The six-decades-old Palestinian tragedy should end by allowing the uprooted Palestinians to practice their Right of Return to their land and homes as per UN Resolution 194 and to live in a democratic secular state in historic Palestine. Before you initiated your election campaign you denounced the colonization of the occupied West Bank and other Zionist atrocities; so now being elected to the presidency of the United States with the big support of all freedom loving peoples of the world especially, contrary to Zionist forces, by Arabs and Americans of Arab origin, it is high time to practice the change you promised. 

It was unfortunate that while we were closing this letter addressed to you, we received the following news release:

“Chief of Staff
Obama’s key White House position will go to Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois. While Emanuel knows his way around the corridors of Washington, qualifying him in the traditional sense, this alone doesn’t mean he’s the guy you want drawing up Obama’s policy papers day after day.”

Mr. President Elect, we are afraid you should worry that with an ultra Zionist handling the secrets of the White House, there shall be a foreign state sharing with you your decision-making and the secrets of your great nation.

It seems that our worries are justified, namely the outgoing regime’s international policy of double standards shall continue, that is you shall proceed with the policy that resulted in the loss of your competitor the race to the White House, and probably continue with the policy of waging wars just to serve a foreign entity. News came also today that the Zionist entity is pushing your new regime to wage a new war against Iran. The lessons Americans should have learned from the chain of wars the administration that preceded yours had always ended with tragedies not only for the countries they attacked, but also to the United States of America too. 

Sincerely
Adib S. Kawar
An uprooted Palestinian Arab