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Old 03-09-2020, 03:03 PM
 
Location: Clyde Hill, WA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iYNRd-p5As

Full transcript now available:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings...cy-conference/


The speech is 32 minutes, so I don't suppose many will want to watch the whole thing, but it's worth looking at some of the highlights:

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...allow me to bring greetings from another friend of mine — (applause) — and a man I believe is the greatest friend of the Jewish people and the State of Israel ever to sit in the Oval Office of the White House. I bring greetings from the 45th President of the United States of America, President Donald Trump! (Applause.)
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As President Trump declared in his historic visit to Jerusalem, as evidenced again here today, the bond between our two peoples is “woven together in the fabric of our hearts.” And so it shall always be.
Under this President, if the world knows nothing else, the world knows this: America stands with Israel. (Applause.)
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We stand with Israel today for the same reasons the American people have always stood with Israel. We stand with Israel because her cause is our cause, her values are our values, her fight is our fight. We stand with Israel because we believe in right over wrong, in good over evil, in liberty over tyranny.
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The days are over when the Jewish people were powerless to face threats of annihilation. And today, the United States stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in defense of our common civilization and against common threats.
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Old 03-09-2020, 03:05 PM
 
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We cannot separate our interests from Israel’s, the only democracy in the Mid East.
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Old 03-09-2020, 03:13 PM
 
Location: Clyde Hill, WA
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The conference this year was largely snubbed by Democrats, but Cory Booker (D,NJ) did give a nice speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0MIYHIQgsI

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Today, we are united in our firm purpose, unequivocally and resolutely. We believe in the state of Israel. We believe in the unshakeable bond between our countries. We believe that Israel is our indispensable ally in an increasingly dangerous region...We will stand with our ally in their defense and fully support them...
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Old 03-10-2020, 01:12 AM
 
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We cannot separate our interests from Israel’s, the only democracy in the Mid East.
Israel is the only country worth supporting in the ME.
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Old 03-10-2020, 01:26 AM
 
Location: SE Asia
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Israel is the only country worth supporting in the ME.
Why? What makes them worthy of the level of support we render to them alreadY?

If any country is "worthy" it is Jordan. They have certainly stabbed us in the back less times, killed less US citizens and to the best of my knowledge we have never caught them selling US military secrets or hardware to China or the USSR. Just saying.
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Old 03-10-2020, 03:25 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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Israel is the only country worth supporting in the ME.
How do you figure that?

The country offers nothing and is of no strategic value and to refer to Israel as a democracy is amusing given the level of government corruption.

They're effectively a corrupt money pit.
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Old 03-11-2020, 10:57 AM
 
Location: The Ranch in Olam Haba
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How do you figure that?

The country offers nothing and is of no strategic value and to refer to Israel as a democracy is amusing given the level of government corruption.

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The US currently has two listening stations and a early missile warning radar station in Israel. It's the only country in the entire Middle East that they can do that in as it spans nearly the entire eastern Mediterranean.
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