Sunday, May 03, 2009

A Post-Pesach Dayenu: Enough!


The Jewish Press. By: Larry Domnitch.

Had President Obama only been a member of Jeremiah Wright's church for twenty years - dayenu.

Had he only befriended Bill Ayers - dayenu.

Had he only befriended Rashid Khalidi - dayenu.

Had he only mentioned America's past "mistakes" during a campaign speech in Germany - dayenu.

Had he only appointed Janet Napolitano director of Homeland Security - dayenu.

Had he only appointed Eric Holder attorney general - dayenu.

Had he only recommended Chas Freeman as chief of the National Intelligence Council - dayenu.

Had he only ordered the closing Guantanamo Bay - dayenu.

Had he only apportioned $920 million to Gaza - dayenu.

Had he only had funds cut from the military budget - dayenu.

Had he only announced he will end much of America's missile program - dayenu.

Had he only apologized for America to every nation he recently visited in Europe - dayenu.

Had he only called America "arrogant" before other nations - dayenu.

Had he only bowed down to the Saudi king - dayenu.

Had he only declared friendship to the mullahs of Iran - dayenu.

Had he only announced in Prague his intention to destroy America's nuclear weapons - dayenu.

Had he called for yet more talks with North Korean dictator Kim Yong - dayenu.

Had he only called for more talks with the nuclear-ambitious mad dictator Ahmadinejad - dayenu.

Had he only embraced Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez - dayenu.

Had he only accepted an America-hating book from Chavez - dayenu.

Had he only given the Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega an audience and credibility - dayenu.

Had he only released classified documents potentially harmful to America's security - dayenu.

Had he only expressed approval of an investigation of former Bush officials whose objectives were to protect Americans - dayenu.

Dayenu, Mr. President. Enough is enough.

Larry Domnitch is the author of " The Cantonists: The Jewish Children's Army of the Tsar" (Devora Publishing).

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