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| FMR Congressman Wexler: Obama and Netanyahu actually agree |
| 2011-05-22 |
| rantburg exclusive About noon today 5-20, former Congressman Robert Wexler (now Prez of the S. D. Abraham Middle East Center) gave a talk in Potomac praising Obama's 5-19 speech (and also saying nice things about Netanyahu. Wexler said that Obama's phrase "the 1967 borders with mutually agreed swaps of land" is similar to the phrase Netanyahu used on 5-18 before the Knesset "we accept an independent Palentinian state in much of Judea and Samaria but not insofar as the Etzion and Ariel bloc". Wexler also said that Obama's phrase "Israel as a Jewish State" is the same thing as saying "Palestianian refugees will be allowed in a future Palestinian state, not in Israel" (this latter phrase is in the 2004 letter from W to Sharon which was endorsed by both houses of Congress - Wexler takes partial credit for the endorsement). The audience (Beth Sholom of Potomac) was somewhat skeptical but gave wexler a thank you. Wexler's talking points are similar to those of other pro Israel Democrats - for example the op ed by Matthew Levitt in the NY Daily News which I have used as the 'source'. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #6 gr(o)mgoru, I hope not. http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/05/clarices_pieces_obama_and_the.html |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2011-05-22 13:44 |
| #5 IMO, you underestimate the sheer perfora recti capacity of some of my relatives, Mike. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-05-22 13:14 |
| #4 Gimme an example of anything (except whacking Osama---in even here the followup was screwed) O & Co did in office which wasn't a mistake. I agree. But most of his mistakes are not viewed as such by his leftist base. This mistake will cost him in the polls in 2012. |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2011-05-22 13:10 |
| #3 Bambi and his circle of advisers have made a serious mistake Gimme an example of anything (except wacking Osama---in even here the followup was screwed) O & Co did in office which wasn't a mistake. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-05-22 13:02 |
| #2 Bambi and his The 1967 boarders were clearly indefensible. Bambi argued that any land swaps would mean trading pre-1967 Israeli land for post-1967 Paleostianian (well Jordanian, Syrian, and Egyptian) land. If there have been any lessons learned from fighting two world wars in the 20th century, it is that weakness invites aggression. Israel cannot afford vulnerable boarders. The Paleostianians must hate their kids to condemn them to 60+ years of poverty and no opportunity. |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2011-05-22 12:38 |
| #1 Really? How about moving our embassy to Jerusalem as a sign of that? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-05-22 11:04 |