APA YANG BOLEH KITA HARAPKAN DENGAN OBAMA...

(Before he announced his vice presidential pick on Saturday, US Sen. Barack Obama said he wanted someone to spar with but who ultimately would be loyal enough to create a comfortable working relationship.

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., talks with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., prior to the start of the first Democratic presidential primary debate of the 2008 election. No one knew then that he had picked Sen. Joe Biden, 65, but his description fit Biden's relationship with the US Jewish community to a tee.

Biden's longstanding relationship with the Jewish community should reassure Jews who still feel anxious about Obama, who has deep ties to the Chicago Jewish community but who has been on the national stage barely four years, said Cameron Kerry, brother of US Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.

"I've seen the enormous respect he commands in the pro-Israel community," said Cameron Kerry, a convert to Judaism and a senior adviser to his brother's 2004 presidential campaign."He has a well-established record, he knows the issues, and he can talk the talk. He's may be the best goyische surrogate I've seen in the Jewish community," Kerry said of the vice presidential candidate.

One of Biden's sons married a Jew family, but his keen interest in the region dates back to his first visit as a US senator, not long before the Yom Kippur. He met Israel's then-prime minister, Golda Meir. ) - Petikan dari Jewishpost.

Begitu banyak respon tentang harapan terhadap Presiden AS yang ke-44 Barack Obama agar dapat membuat perubahan dalam dasar luar AS terutama dalam kempen memerangi keganasan dan pandangan AS terhadap negara-negara umat Islam.

Apatah lagi Obama mempunyai latarbelakang tiga alam iaitu Anglo-American, Kenya-Afrika dan Indonesia. Maka harapan menggunung oleh sesetengah pihak terhadap sikapnya dengan isu dunia kini terutama isu Israel-Palestin.

Tetapi apabila beliau telah memilih Senator Joe Biden sebagai Naib Presiden, maka sewajarnya umat Islam berhati-hati dengan Obama. Jika Bush sewaktu mula dilantik menjadi Presiden AS, secara terang Bush menyatakan beliau ingin menjadi "Presiden Perang", Obama pula kita tidak nampak sikapnya dalam hal ini.

Mengapa beliau melantik Joe Biden yang diketahui seorang penyokong kuat Yahudi. Oleh itu, secara mudahnya dapat kita simpulkan bahawa, akhirnya Obama tunduk jua dengan pelobi-pelobi Yahudi di AS yang semua tahu mereka inilah yang sebenarnya menguasai politik AS.

Jadi, walaupun warna kulit Presiden AS telah bertukar tetapi kita yakin dasar luar AS tetap sama seperti zaman Bush.

"Tidak akan redha Yahudi dan Nasrani sehingga kamu mengikut/tunduk kepada jejak langkah mereka....." al Baqarah : 120