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2016-03-22 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2016-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 OTOH, "The Donuuuld" is quoted as saying that ISRAEL can pay more for its own defense or security, rhetoric which among other close US ally JAPAN worried.

* MANILA TIMES > WHAT IFF CHINA ATTACKS [PH = EDCA] BASES USED BY THE AMERICANS?

PH at high risk of Chinese military attack irregardless iff any US-vs-China mil confrontation, shooting war takes place in the South China Sea, East China Sea, Taiwan, andor the Koreas.

WILL 2016 POTUS CANDIDATE TRUMP = POST-JAN. 2017 POTUS TRUMP = POTUS TEDDY ROSSEVELT = REPEAT "T.R."S RECORD OF OVERSEAS MIL SUCCESS, OR IN ALTERN RESTORATION OF US MILPOL CREDIBILITY???

[GLADYS KNIGHT'S "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" Ballad here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-03-22 01:38|| 2016-03-22 01:38|| Front Page Top

#2 If "neutral" means no more American "Peace Plans", I'm all for it.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-22 04:59|| 2016-03-22 04:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Gutting the pro-PLO State Department and policies would be a shift to neutrality.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-22 09:26|| 2016-03-22 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 this article was from before the Trump speech

Turns out the Trump speech at AIPAC was a blockbuster success.

Posted by lord garth 2016-03-22 09:39|| 2016-03-22 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Good points and good to know, lord garth. Thank you.

From The Times of Israel:

Donald Trump's AIPAC speech

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-22 09:59|| 2016-03-22 09:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Hillary Clinton's AIPAC speech

Bernie Sanders turned down his invitation to speak at AIPAC. Excerpts from the speech he made elsewhere.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-22 09:59|| 2016-03-22 09:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Later in the speech, he seemed to say he would enforce the deal rigorously, not “dismantle” it.

"I know some people, here in New York, who are good at enforcing. In fact, you could call them professional enforcers."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-22 10:02|| 2016-03-22 10:02|| Front Page Top

#8 From the Beest's speech - It would be a serious mistake for the United States to abandon our responsibilities, or cede the mantle of leadership for global peace and security to anyone else.

Too late, sweetheart, your predecessor has already accomplished those goals.

Posted by Bobby 2016-03-22 13:11|| 2016-03-22 13:11|| Front Page Top

#9 cede the mantle of leadership for global peace and security to anyone else

"Mind own business" - Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-22 13:16|| 2016-03-22 13:16|| Front Page Top

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