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2006-07-26 Home Front: Politix
Democrats decry Maliki's comments on Israel
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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11124 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 He should've followed Jordan's and Egypt's example.

Or said nothing at all. Now that would've been an improvement.
Posted by Hupuse Snamp6542 2006-07-26 00:37||   2006-07-26 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 This from the party that put Carter and Moore in the convention skybox. Maliki's playing to his crowd, just as the Donks play to theirs. Hard to tell them apart at times. Most times. Pretty much all the time.
Posted by Champ Angeger5024 2006-07-26 01:28||   2006-07-26 01:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Maliki's playing to his crowd...

Except that, oops, America is seen as Israel's biggest backer. And, oh yeah, Israel's response is seen as part of the wider war on terror. Soooo...if Israel is the aggressor, then that means...no, wait, that's not it...
Posted by Hupuse Snamp6542 2006-07-26 01:45||   2006-07-26 01:45|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL. The complexity of the world obviously exceeds your limited capacity to comprehend.
Posted by cruiser 2006-07-26 01:56||   2006-07-26 01:56|| Front Page Top

#5 The Sunnis and moderate Muslims have got to understand that any defeat = destruction of Israel does NOT mean the Radical Iranians = Radic Shia view Sunnis as equals or in benevolent compassionate friendly co-existence, or that Sunnis Islam will escape post-Israel persecution, repression, or even genocide by Radical Iran. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR, SUNNIS AND MODERS, YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-07-26 03:14||   2006-07-26 03:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Harry was on the radio this morning. All he wants to know is, "Does al-Maliki support Hezbollah or not? Yes or no?"

Harry - do you support President Bush? Yes or no?

Whadda fool. Up for re-election, is he?
Posted by Bobby 2006-07-26 06:31||   2006-07-26 06:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Once again the dems put politics above the good of the country. It's definitely in the country's interest that the government of Iraq succeed, but not in the dems interest. They could give a sh*t about the USA, and seem to have only one thought morning noon and night: How do I play this so I can keep my ass in power?

As to Maliki's comments, you have to admit he's asshat as a politician. Best thing would have been to keep his mouth shut, especially considering he was about to address a joint session of Congress.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-26 08:27||   2006-07-26 08:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Stupid of Maliki to comment when his own laundry is at the brink of civil war. I trust someone pointed that out to his ass.
Posted by wxjames 2006-07-26 10:22||   2006-07-26 10:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Until Arab/Muslim peoples in the area accept Israel's right to exist where it is, we're gonna be fighting this war with Arabs/Muslims. That elephant in the room needs to be named.
Uncomfortable to say, but nonetheless true.

As long as every country in the area buys into the notion that Jews deserve to die and that the state of Israel must be eliminated, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine will be minefields and others will be drawn into the fight. And since our Western peers are so reluctant to ever fight for anything, Americans, Israelis and a handful of other friends will be the only ones making sure that Jews aren't finally exterminated by the greater Muslim community, whose hatred of Israel and support of Islamic militants is well represented in Maliki's comments.

Maliki is not courageous-he's just clever. His silence about his hatred for Israel would have made no one safe. He, like his brethren, is playing a double game and we would be fools to believe he has anything in mind other than elimination of Jews and their state, Israel.

Europe's unhealthy guilt is steering the course of events; if there were more support for the state of Israel from that "international community" and its servant force of journalists, Arab and Muslim states would feel greater pressure to accept Israel. Unfortunately, the gargantuan guilt that Europe bears for the Holocaust is not as great as their wish to "win" Arab/Muslim approval for purely financial reasons.

In the war on terror, those who openly fight against hatred of Jews are among the heroic. Most of the time it's Pubs with that courage; this time, it was 2 Dems.
Posted by Jules in the Hinterlands 2006-07-26 12:37||   2006-07-26 12:37|| Front Page Top

#10 maliki's foreign minister has stated that Hez b allah shouldn't have crossed the border.

Give the Dems some credit. They may have bad motives but it may have come out right anyway.
Posted by mhw 2006-07-26 22:09||   2006-07-26 22:09|| Front Page Top

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