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2010-03-14 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

ADL 'shocked,' 'stunned' at White House's 'public dressing down of Israel'

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Posted by Fred 2010-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 As Instapundit notes, "ANOTHER 'RUBE' SELF-IDENTIFIES."

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-14 00:19|| 2010-03-14 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Not to fear. Jews still will be a reliable voting bloc for the Dems in 2010 and in 2012 for The One.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-03-14 01:25|| 2010-03-14 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 All part of USA self-distruction process which been going on for decades now.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-03-14 03:21|| 2010-03-14 03:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Until most recently g(r)omsky, I seem to recall a 60 year uninterupted period of unquestionable political support, intelligence sharing, and military alliance extended your little sliver of rock. All criticims are not attacks, like yours, they are oftentimes simply observations.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-14 04:07|| 2010-03-14 04:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Besoker,
There are a couple of Interesting postings at Debka.com. Taking them with a grain of salt (as usual) one still wonders if the US foreign policy as "reinnovated" by B.O. has not taken a 180 degree turn and has decided to sacrifice Israel to the Arab world in order to secure other unrelated US interests in the ME.
While I believe the US is free to define and pursue it's interests as it sees fit, I sometimes wonder if B.O. does see the way Iranian increasing strategic power will eventually undermine the US from projecting power to advance pure US interests in the region.
Furthermore, I also believe when critical Israeli survival intereswts are at stake (and I do think that they are at stake now) Israel has the right to act to protect itself even if this contradicts US interests in the region (as they are defined by B.O.).
Regarding the "sliver of rock" - just don't forget that there may be a few hundred warheads stashed on the "sliver" exactly for such a time when we believe our best US friends (no cinicism meant here) have abandoned us.
Please dont make us use them !!!!!!!!
It is my firm belief that if we cannot stop the Iranians from getting Nukes now we will have to use Nukes on them pretty soon.

I also believe that Gromgoru did not mean any disrespect in his post (I think he really cares about the US and so do I, and he is just expressing criticism about what he believes to be a regression in the role of the US as the leader of the free world - a concern which I share).

Posted by Elder of Zion 2010-03-14 08:28|| 2010-03-14 08:28|| Front Page Top

#6 there was a lot of stupidity and arrogance on both sides

Israel should not have embarrassed Biden (who is perfectly capable of embarrassing himself) by making their announcement of 1600 housing units while he was in-country. This is the kind of thing we would expect of the PRC. Bibi is catching hell from critics in Israel for allowing this.

The US should not have denounced the housing units with the same phrase "we condemn" that is used to denounce suicide bomb attacks.

Posted by lord garth 2010-03-14 08:35|| 2010-03-14 08:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Concur totally EofZ. On some things, one must take Barry at his word.

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
- The Audacity Of Hope

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-14 08:44|| 2010-03-14 08:44|| Front Page Top

#8 an ugly direction it is my friend

Posted by Elder of Zion 2010-03-14 08:59|| 2010-03-14 08:59|| Front Page Top

#9 any chance to stab an ally will be taken as an opportunity by this loser

Posted by Frank G 2010-03-14 10:06|| 2010-03-14 10:06|| Front Page Top

#10 I was talking about New Deal, turning Eastern Europe over to Stalin, shafting South Vietnam, Shafting the Shah, support for Palestinian Statehood, Shafting Turkey (by supporting elected government against the military), shafting the Brits, shafting Israel in Lebanon (both Reagan & Bush). And that's just of the top of my head Besoeker.

p.s. how about Amnesty for illegals (Bush as well as Dems)?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-03-14 15:40|| 2010-03-14 15:40|| Front Page Top

#11 If you're paying the freight, ie, US taxes, then you've a right to bitch. If you're receiving foreign aid, bitching among fellow aid recipients is allowed. But not to me please.

p.s. How about the KDH bombing and the USS Liberty.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-14 16:59|| 2010-03-14 16:59|| Front Page Top

#12 Agreed Besoeker.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-03-14 17:03|| 2010-03-14 17:03|| Front Page Top

#13 Not to fear. Jews still will be a reliable voting bloc for the Dems in 2010 and in 2012 for The One.

Not so, Blondie. Jews abandoned the first Obama, one James Earl Carter, Jr., in 1980 and will abandon Obama II in due course.

Like Carter the man's running out of reliable voting blocs and soon will be left with only afr-americans and some diehard college town white libs.

Posted by lex 2010-03-14 17:07|| 2010-03-14 17:07|| Front Page Top

#14 I dunno, Lex, a number of my colleagues and employees at the U are urban Jewish, and they're still with the Bamster. Might change by 2012, but I dunno.

Posted by Steve White 2010-03-14 18:08|| 2010-03-14 18:08|| Front Page Top

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