Obama Advisor Samantha Power Calls for Invasion of Israel

In 2002 Samantha Power made the above statement, calling for a U.S. military invasion of Israel.
In January 2009 President Obama appointed Samantha Power to the National Security Council, as director for multilateral affairs.

A transcript of the above interview is below:

INTERVIEWER: "Let me give you a thought experiment here, and it is the following: without addressing the Palestine -- Israel problem, let's say you were an advisor to the President of the United States, how would you respond to current events there? Would you advise him to put a structure in place to monitor that situation, at least if one party or another [starts] looking like they might be moving toward genocide?"

POWER: "What we don't need is some kind of early warning mechanism there, what we need is a willingness to put something on the line in helping the situation. Putting something on the line might mean alienating a domestic constituency of tremendous political and financial import; it may more crucially mean sacrificing — or investing, I think, more than sacrificing — billions of dollars, not in servicing Israel's military, but actually investing in the new state of Palestine, in investing the billions of dollars it would probably take, also, to support what will have to be a mammoth protection force, not of the old Rwanda kind, but a meaningful military presence. Because it seems to me at this stage (and this is true of actual genocides as well, and not just major human rights abuses, which were seen there), you have to go in as if you're serious, you have to put something on the line.
Unfortunately, imposition of a solution on unwilling parties is dreadful. It's a terrible thing to do, it's fundamentally undemocratic. But, sadly, we don't just have a democracy here either, we have a liberal democracy. There are certain sets of principles that guide our policy, or that are meant to, anyway. It's essential that some set of principles becomes the benchmark, rather than a deference to [leaders] who are fundamentally politically destined to destroy the lives of their own people. And by that I mean what Tom Freidman has called "Sharafat." I do think in that sense, both political leaders have been dreadfully irresponsible. And, unfortunately, it does require external intervention."

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[gonecrazytoo1]

is this woman a freaking QUACK???? Is she serious? And she works for Obama??? Get all these freaks out of office!!! Before it's too late and they do some real damage!

[deadrepublicantv]

What a sick bitch!

[AgouraMo]

@ArianWhite: Reading leaflets that come in a brown bag with a swastika is hardly research. We give Islamic countries twice the monetary aide than Israel and they hate our guts. Israel is the only democracy in a part of the world that is run solely on dictatorships. Tell me when Israel did NOT support the U.S.? Tell me when Islamic countries supported us?Palestine is what the Romans named the conquered lands of Judea. There are no Palestinians...they are primarily Jordanians.

[ArianWhite]

You Protestants need to get off your high, self-righteous horse and realize that love for the Pharisee is NOT what you are called to do. "If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me...Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him."

We have no need to be loyal to the Jews.

[ArianWhite]

Ask any prospective politician seeking public office how "obligated" he is to the cause of Israel. He knows all too well that if he does not toe a "pro-Israel" line, he will see his opponents war chest filled to overflow and he will NOT get elected. THAT'S how powerful they are.

I am an Orthodox Christian - the ancient Christian Church - and NOT a Protestant, which you apparently are. We have NO obligation to Jews. They were against everything Jesus stood for and he condemned them.

[ArianWhite]

@AmericaLoudNClear In 1948, Palestine was NOT "their land". Read a history book. Palestine had Jews living there but it wasn't until 1948 until the Zionists had gained enough support using bribery, and other forms of manipulation to get them in a position to wrest control of the Holy Land for themselves and dump thousands of Palestinians into the streets.

We pay Israel, on average, 2 billion dollars of aid per year - more than ANYONE else. And we are HATED for it.

[AmericaLoudNClear]

@ArianWhite

Nobody went to fight anyones wars. Israel DID fight for their land in 1948, and in 1967, and still, whahh, cry, complain. Who in the fuck said you had an 'obligation?'

(Israel, 2003, the mad jewess)-look it up. We never went to Iraq for Israel. We didnt go to Egypt for Israel, we didnt go into Libya for Israel-Israel warned us AGAINST these actions.

You have been mislead.

You are not a Christian as well. NO Christian I know dumps on Jews-left wing Jews-yes, but not ALL.

[ArianWhite]

@ugha323a Cut that off as well. I'm not a Jew nor am I an Arab. I have no dog in their fight. If the Jews want that friggin' piece of land, then let them fight and die for it with THEIR Jewish blood - not Christian blood. Screw you if you think we have some OBLIGATION to be Jew lovers! I don't love them OR hate them. I want my people and our money to be free of any obligation to either side, understand?

(And screw you if you don't.)

[ugha323a]

@psychosophie10

Israel was named Israel over 5k years ago jackass.

[ugha323a]

@anothergerman88

Germans are causing a financial holocaust, we need to rid ourselves of you German sewer rats. You are the CANCER of the earth.

[ugha323a]

@ArianWhite

And what about Egypt who rcvs 2.3 billion annually since 1979??

You ARE a Jew hater.

Whos kidding who?

Stop being a COWARD and admit it. Nobody gives a shit

[ryanhitmanfury]

IF the Obama Administration ever ends Samantha Power should be put on trial for this interview alone then put in the Electric Chair and broadcast it live around the whole world.