For the past week President Obama’s speech in which he urged Israel to reel back it’s borders to the 1967 footprint has stirred the emotions of the politically conscious. Since then I have watched the reactions of conservatives on twitter and through this observation I have come to the conclusion that his actions only further empower the Neo-Con agenda.

Now I typically don’t weigh in on the Israel vs. Palestine debate. I don’t honestly know enough about it to declare a position one way or the other. What I do observe though, is needless aggression on both sides of the borders in question. That’s why I am approaching this topic from the “Marketeer’s” view point. Put simply; Who is ultimately to gain in this instance of tactless foreign policy?

I would first like to point out the pure absurdity that our President might actually have any authority over the actions of other sovereign nations. Where does he get off thinking that by the mere mention of “what should happen” that either Israel or Palestine will concede in it’s more than half-century long drama? It strikes me as strategy of pointless derision. Coming from the mind set that, when looking at politics, there is no public action without well though out consequences (or in other words an agenda); and that the maintenance of the status-quo is achieved through the oscillation of control within the left-right paradigm; I see it for more than just face value.

It is no secret President Obama is suffering from obscenely sagging approval ratings. Now as the 2012 election cycle nears I am uber sensitive to the inevitable political positioning of establishment backed candidates vying for the Republican nomination. If November 2010 was any indication the pendulum is swinging back to the right, and this swing will be visible, even decisive in the 2012 Presidential race.

Viewing the response through the Marketeer’s lens, this action further bolsters the “Pro-Israeli Militarism” sentiment which is strong in the establishment favored Neo-Con camp. It builds fervor for more interventionalist foreign policy, just when a sensible foreign policy is building momentum. Namely the idea that we shouldn’t be financing any other nation but our own. That we should focus our ludicrously overblown budget on the overwhelming amount of domestic concerns. And that our actions in the backing and/or threatening of other nations only hinders how our country is perceived throughout the world, ultimately resulting in acts of aggression aimed at the U.S.

Moving forward into the 2012 elections expect to see strong interventionalist rhetoric from the dominant Neo-Con nominees, in boisterous support of more military funding and involvement being granted to Israel. Also expect to see the non-interventionalist views, unique to the increasingly popular nominee Ron Paul, attacked on every front by the conservative media.

I am certain this post will not win me any fans among the unwavering Israel supports, because I am not always 100% behind their actions (while I am not always against them either). So let me just address the obvious rebuttal; ‘Aren’t you concerned Israel will be “Wiped off the map” ‘ as the common wording of Hamas threats go? Well let me remind you that the land that Israel sits on is just as sacred to the people of the Muslim faith as it is to the Jewish and Christian population. That makes the use of nuclear weapons against the state of Israel highly unlikely. Further tensions will only see the close range military offensives and sloppy rocket lobbing or suicide bombing which has plagued the region for decades. Isn’t it time both Israel and Palestine stopped getting our money to back their endless volley of bullying, and learned to play nice? I know it’s not nearly as simple as that, but do we really want to finance the conflict of others while we teeter on the brink of bankruptcy at home? I know I said I wouldn’t weigh in in the conflict, so I will now gladly eat the egg on my face. But I hope this at least got some readers to look at the situation from a fresh perspective. That’s all I ever aim to do.