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Old 06-03-2009, 08:59 PM
 
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Great article (with good sourcing) on how these right wing pro-Likud groups are lining up to attack the President.

The entire World considers these settlements illegal......Obama had the nerve to ask Israel to stop.

Obama's "interference" in Israeli politics - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com


"....if Israel wants to be free of what it and some of its U.S. supporters call "interference" from the Obama administration, that’s very easy to achieve: Israel can stop asking for tens of billions of dollars of American taxpayer money, huge amounts of military and weapons supplies for its various wars, and unyielding American diplomatic protection at the U.N. But as long as Israel remains dependent on the U.S. in countless ways, then Obama not only has the right -- but he has the obligation -- to demand that Israel cease activities which harm U.S. interests."
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Old 06-03-2009, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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You kidding? It's business as usual for the neo-cons like Raum Emmanuel.
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Old 06-03-2009, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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You kidding? It's business as usual for the neo-cons like Raum Emmanuel.
That will most likely go right over everyones head.
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Old 06-03-2009, 09:14 PM
 
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That will most likely go right over everyones head.
I didn't bother to reply because it's absurd to think that Rahm would win out over Clinton and Obama's wishes to get this Middle East fiasco fixed.

Just because you can name a former Israeli in Obama's inner circle does not mean that they are going to sell out to the Neocons....LOL

The fact of the matter is (as Greenwald notes) the Neocons are now starting to attack Obama.....Rahm is a non-issue.
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Old 06-03-2009, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I didn't bother to reply because it's absurd to think that Rahm would win out over Clinton and Obama's wishes to get this Middle East fiasco fixed.

Just because you can name a former Israeli in Obama's inner circle does not mean that they are going to sell out to the Neocons....LOL
This liberal believes it to be the case (@1:10). But, that's ok, you go on believing that Raum is a "moderate"...bwahahahahahaha!!!!!


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Old 06-04-2009, 07:50 AM
 
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Israel does not have to worry about Obama as long as they control congress, which they do. Take it from former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"don't worry about American pressure, we the Jewish people control America."

Sharon to Peres: "We Control America" - Congressional Pandering to Israel proves him Right (by Mohamed Khodr) - Media Monitors Network
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Old 06-04-2009, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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I see that even smart people can make stupid statements. Even if the Jews do (which I doubt) control our Congress they really shouldn't rub it in our faces.

IMHO the Likud warmongers have terrorized Israel as well as the Palestinians. The problem is not Israel but is the Tyrants that have taken over their politics and are ruling by fear.
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Old 06-04-2009, 08:04 AM
 
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I see that even smart people can make stupid statements. Even if the Jews do (which I doubt) control our Congress they really shouldn't rub it in our faces.

IMHO the Likud warmongers have terrorized Israel as well as the Palestinians. The problem is not Israel but is the Tyrants that have taken over their politics and are ruling by fear.
"stupid statement". I think he believes it. He shouted it! It was not some off the cuff comment. This was a declaration.
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Old 06-04-2009, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Home, Home on the Front Range
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I think this quote from Jeffrey Goldberg about sums it up:

"An African-American President with Muslim roots stands before the Muslim world and defends the right of Jews to a nation of their own in their ancestral homeland, and then denounces in vociferous terms the evil of Holocaust denial, and right-wing Israelis go forth and complain that the President is unsympathetic to the housing needs of settlers. Incredible, just incredible."


An Absolutely Extraordinary Moment - Jeffrey Goldberg
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Old 06-04-2009, 10:26 AM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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That will most likely go right over everyones head.
Surely it will go over many since Rahm Emanuel is a Chicagoland Democrat so that reference to neo-con won't be seen by many as a joke.
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