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| Olmert lands in US for meeting with Bush |
| 2006-11-13 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Olmert landed in the United States early Sunday afternoon for his meeting with US President George W. Bush. White House and Israeli officials characterized the meeting as a "work session," Israel Radio reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 FOTSGreg, US aid is 5% of Israel's annual budget. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-11-13 21:59 |
| #5 "Mr Prime Minister, welcome to America. So sorry about your country." "Thank you, Mr President - what?" "Ah, yes. You prob'ly haven't heard yet. We've, actually, the Democrats, have decided to send our foreign aid scheduled for Israel to the Palestinians instead in a show of, ah, solidarity with them and the UN." "Can I use your phone?" "Sure, why?" "I need to call home..." |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-11-13 17:42 |
| #4 I don't think it was ever about the Jewish vote, 3dc. This is one area where President Bush has acted on his convictions (except where that might interfere with his priorities in the War on Terror) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-13 14:34 |
| #3 Or how to be exposed as a loser and stay on as a leader. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-11-13 08:22 |
| #2 He's going to show him how to retreat and lose. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-11-13 06:49 |
| #1 I thought Bush asked him to stay away until things were worked out? BTW... with %87 of US Jews voting democratic what leverage does he have with Bush other than begging? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-11-13 00:23 |