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Mike

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Caroline Glick, Senior Contributing Editor of the Jerusalem Post said the Israeli people consider President Obama "a hostile president overall," on "Mornings on the Mall" on WMAL-FM in Washington DC.
Appearing with Brian Wilson and myself Wednesday morning, Glick said the Israeli people "can't figure out what he's doing here," when asked about the mood in Jerusalem as the President's plane touched down for the first time in his presidency.
"Essentially his goal is to empower the un-electable, incredibly radical left in Israel to put pressure on the Israeli government for whatever concessions he wants it to make to the PLO," said Glick in evaluating the reasons why Obama will be meeting with university students and members of the Palestinian Government during his visit.
When asked about how the installment of Chuck Hagel as the Secretary of Defense was received by the Israeli people, Glick said, "It's a hostile act."
Brace yourselfs, for NBC's Andrea Mitchell - on MSNBC no less - actually criticized Barack Obama Wednesday.

During a News Nation segment about the President's trip to Israel, Mitchell said his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "one of the worst" she can remember going all the way back to her years covering Ronald Reagan



Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/03/20/andrea-mitchell-obama-and-netanyahu-have-one-worst-relationships-i-ca#ixzz2O7c1YjtV
 

gmacbeef

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I'm not sure how to say Stupid F'ing moron in , Japanese, Chinese, Russian,Korean, French, African,Spanish, ETC., ETC, ETC., But I bet they also think that about the 51% that voted for him as well.
 
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Anonymous

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I think its kind of refreshing that we finally have a President that won't kiss Israels arse every time they want something... Just like legislators in Congress- Israel is going to have to learn you have to have give and take and compromise in negotiations-- and you can't always get everything you want...
 

Whitewing

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Oldtimer said:
I think its kind of refreshing that we finally have a President that won't kiss Israels arse every time they want something... Just like legislators in Congress- Israel is going to have to learn you have to have give and take and compromise in negotiations-- and you can't always get everything you want...

I gotta go with OT on this one.

One of our staunchest allies in the region, and espeically the one that most identifies with our values, needs a good bitch-slappin' every now and again. It's time they learn, like our once co-equal congress, that the US now has a King and it's his way or the highway.
 

loomixguy

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Oldtimer said:
I think its kind of refreshing that we finally have a President that won't kiss Israels arse every time they want something... Just like legislators in Congress- Israel is going to have to learn you have to have give and take and compromise in negotiations-- and you can't always get everything you want...

And, now, just like KooKooKatchoo, Old Dumbass is an admitted Anti-Semite! Who'd a thunk it?

FYI, OD, Israel is the best friend and ally we have, AND, they are the first line of defense should things go wrong in the Middle East. Rather than Dear Leader giving his Muslim brothers in Egypt $250 million and planes, it all should have went to Tel Aviv. What you understand about world politics and conflict wouldn't even fill a thimble.
 

Tam

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Did you hear that they caught Obama on video claiming to Netanyahu the trip to Israel was a good way to get away for Congress. Yep jump on a jet and fly half way around the world to avoid doing your damn job and seeing to it a BUDGET IS PASSED AND LIVED WITHIN. That should help out the US national debt. :roll:
 
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The main expression of Congressional support for Israel has been foreign aid. Since 1985, it has provided nearly $3 billion in grants annually to Israel, with Israel being the largest annual recipient of American aid from 1976 to 2004 and the largest cumulative recipient of aid since World War II.

The U.S. provides Israel $8.5 million in military aid each day

Even excluding all of these extra costs, America's $84.8 billion in aid to Israel from fiscal years 1949 through 1998, and the interest the U.S. paid to borrow this money, has cost U.S. taxpayers $134.8 billion, not adjusted for inflation. Or, put another way, the nearly $14,630 every one of 5.8 million Israelis received from the U.S. government by Oct. 31, 1997 has cost American taxpayers $23,240 per Israeli.


Not anti-Semitic - but do think its time Israel stood on its own 2 feet without the US taxpayers picking up the bill...Especially during this budget cutting time in the US- we shouldn't be borrowing money to give to Israel... I don't agree with us giving money to Egypt (or any other foreign country) but that $250 million is peanuts compared to the $3 Billion a year Congress gives to Israel-- or the $100 Billion we've given to Israel since WWII...
 

hypocritexposer

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The PEW poll of international attitudes toward President Obama last spring showed some more dismal results. President Obama's standing in Pakistan may have been a chilly 7% but he was little better thought of in these Muslim-majority lands:

Lebanon: 39% Egypt 29% Tunisia 28% Turkey 24% Jordan 22%

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/world_opinion_getting_it_wrong.html#ixzz2O8lpT6Jo
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March 13, 2013
U.S. Leadership Earning Lower Marks Worldwide

Forty-one percent median approval lowest of Obama's presidency
by Julie Ray
http://www.gallup.com/poll/161201/leadership-earning-lower-marks-worldwide.aspx
 

Tam

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hypocritexposer said:
The PEW poll of international attitudes toward President Obama last spring showed some more dismal results. President Obama's standing in Pakistan may have been a chilly 7% but he was little better thought of in these Muslim-majority lands:

Lebanon: 39% Egypt 29% Tunisia 28% Turkey 24% Jordan 22%

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/world_opinion_getting_it_wrong.html#ixzz2O8lpT6Jo
Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook



March 13, 2013
U.S. Leadership Earning Lower Marks Worldwide

Forty-one percent median approval lowest of Obama's presidency
by Julie Ray
http://www.gallup.com/poll/161201/leadership-earning-lower-marks-worldwide.aspx

Weren't we told once Obama took office everyone would magically love the US as Obama was a WORLD UNITING LEADER? :?

Seems his Foreign Policies of bowing and kissing the feet of foreign leaders is working out about as well as his cutting the deficit and balancing the US budget. NOT :roll:
 

Mike

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Egypt gets the most U.S. foreign aid of any country except for Israel. (This doesn't include the money spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.) The amount varies each year and there are many different funding streams, but U.S. foreign assistance to Egypt has averaged just over $2 billion every year since 1979, when Egypt struck a peace treaty with Israel following the Camp David Peace Accords, according to a Congressional Research Service report from 2009.

That average includes both military and economic assistance, though the latter has been in decline since 1998, according to CRS.

What about military aid - how much is it, and what does it buy?

According to the State Department, U.S. military aid to Egypt totals over $1.3 billion annually in a stream of funding known as Foreign Military Financing.

U.S. officials have long argued that the funding promotes strong ties between the two countries' militaries, which in turn has all sorts of benefits. For example, U.S. Navy warships get "expedited processing" through the Suez Canal.
 

okfarmer

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Oldtimer said:
I think its kind of refreshing that we finally have a President that won't kiss Israels arse every time they want something... Just like legislators in Congress- Israel is going to have to learn you have to have give and take and compromise in negotiations-- and you can't always get everything you want...


:lol: Oh my.... oh your killing me..... stop it........ stop it......... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Oh really you got to stop it..... :lol: :lol: :lol: it hurts.....


It it hilarious how you can think this BS up and expect anyone to follow it.......
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You should have been a used cars salesman..... it's entertaining for sure..
 
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Anonymous

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Mike said:
Egypt gets the most U.S. foreign aid of any country except for Israel. (This doesn't include the money spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.) The amount varies each year and there are many different funding streams, but U.S. foreign assistance to Egypt has averaged just over $2 billion every year since 1979, when Egypt struck a peace treaty with Israel following the Camp David Peace Accords, according to a Congressional Research Service report from 2009.

That average includes both military and economic assistance, though the latter has been in decline since 1998, according to CRS.

What about military aid - how much is it, and what does it buy?

According to the State Department, U.S. military aid to Egypt totals over $1.3 billion annually in a stream of funding known as Foreign Military Financing.

U.S. officials have long argued that the funding promotes strong ties between the two countries' militaries, which in turn has all sorts of benefits. For example, U.S. Navy warships get "expedited processing" through the Suez Canal.

Sounds like payola to keep Egypt our buddies and from again attacking Israel... More money we pay out because Israel won't/can't take care of themselves....

Tuesday, 08 January 2013 13:48
Rand Paul in Israel: End All Foreign Aid Gradually
Written by Michael Tennant


On his first trip to Israel, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Monday that all U.S. foreign aid should be gradually eliminated, including the roughly $3 billion sent annually to the country he was visiting.
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First, he said, was the practical matter of whether the United States could afford to keep doling out aid when it is already running trillion-dollar annual deficits.

Although Paul stated “that the United States is and always will be a friend of Israel” (in the words of the Jerusalem Post), he expressed concern that “it will be harder to be a friend of Israel if we are out of money. It will be harder to defend Israel if we destroy our country in the process. I think there will be significant repercussions to running massive deficits ... you destroy your currency by spending money you don’t have.”

Paul added that he finds borrowing from foreign countries to fund foreign aid particularly irrational.

“To me it has always been about whether it makes sense for me to borrow money from China to give to Pakistan,”
he explained.

Paul proposed gradually reducing all U.S. foreign aid, with Israel being among the last recipients of such aid to feel the pinch.
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The second reason ending foreign aid would be beneficial, Paul said, is that making Israel self-sufficient would give it a free hand to make its own policy without having to seek permission from Washington. According to the Post:

Paul asked whether “our aid hampers Israel’s ability to make its own decisions as it sees fit,” and whether “our money sometimes clouds the sovereignty of Israel.”

The senator … said he was often asked what Israel should do about the settlements, Gaza and Iran.

“Well, America should and does have an opinion on these things,” he said. “But ultimately these are decisions you have to make. I don’t think you need to call me on the phone and get permission to stop missiles raining down from Gaza.”

Paul said the U.S. aid has led many in Israel to think “they have to call people in America for permission to defend itself.”

A third reason to end foreign aid is that it is creating an arms race in the Middle East that could come back to haunt Israel,
Paul averred.

“I’m concerned that some of the weaponry that we are currently giving to Egypt may one day be used against Israel,” he said.
 

Mike

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OT wrote:
More money we pay out because Israel won't/can't take care of themselves....

You stupid, stupid man. Do you not remember the 1967 Arab-Israeli War 6 DAY WAR when Israel kicked Egypt's and Syria's butts and took their land back?

Do you not remember that Israel invaded and bombed & decimated Iraq's nuclear research site?

Israel can't take care of themselves?

Surely you're joking? Tell us you are....................Please.

For a small country they will pack quite a wallop. They are probably the most sophisticated fighting machine for it's size in the world. :roll:

If we hadn't been begging them to hold off, they would have busted Iran's butt months ago..................but they are hesitant to fight ALL the Muslim nations at once. And so would we.................. :lol: :lol: :lol:

The War of Independence (1947-49)

The war was fought along the entire, long border of the country: against Lebanon and Syria in the north; Iraq and Transjordan - renamed Jordan during the war - in the east; Egypt, assisted by contingents from the Sudan - in the south; and Palestinians and volunteers from Arab countries in the interior of the country.

It was the bloodiest of Israel's wars. It cost 6,373 killed in action (from pre-state days until 20 July 1949) almost 1% of the yishuv (the Jewish community) - although that figure includes quite a number of new immigrants and some foreign volunteers.

In the First Phase (29 November 1947 - 1 April 1948), it was the Palestinian Arabs who took the offensive, with the help of volunteers from neighboring countries; the yishuv had little success in limiting the war - it suffered severe casualties and disruption of passage along most of the major highways.

In the Second Phase (1 April - 15 May) the Haganah took the initiative, and in six weeks was able to turn the tables - capturing, inter alia, the Arab sections of Tiberias, Haifa and later also Safed and Acre, temporarily opening the road to Jerusalem and gaining control of much of the territory alotted to the Jewish State under the UN Resolution.

The Third Phase (15 May - 19 July), considered the critical one, opened with the simultaneous, coordinated assault on the fledgling state by five regular Arab armies from neighboring countries, with an overwhelming superiority of heavy equipment - armor, artillery and airforce.
On 31 May the Haganah was renamed the "Israel Defence Forces". The IDF suffered initial setbacks, including the loss of the Etzion Bloc in Judea, the area of Mishmar Hayarden in the north and Yad Mordehai in the south, but after three weeks was able to halt the offensive, to stabilize the front and even initiate some local offensive operations.

The Fourth Phase (19 July 1948 - 20 July, 1949) was characterized by Israeli initiatives: Operation Yoav, in October, cleared the road to the Negev, culminating in the capture of Be'er Sheva; Operation Hiram, at the end of October, resulted in the capture of the Upper Galilee; Operation Horev in December 1948 and Operation Uvda in March 1949, completed the capture of the Negev, which had been alotted to the Jewish State by the United Nations.

Simultaneously, the Arab countries signed Armistice Agreements: first came Egypt - 24 February 1949; followed by Lebanon - 23 March; Jordan - 3 April; and Syria - 20 July. Only Iraq did not sign an armistice agreement with Israel. It preferred to withdraw its troops and hand over its sector to the Arab Legion of Jordan.

In the end Israel not only ejected the invading Arab forces - it also captured and held some 5,000 km2 over and above the areas allocated to it by the United Nations.

In the middle of the War of Independence, the IDF was born, not on 15 May, but two weeks later; for two more weeks Ben-Gurion negotiated with the "dissident" armed organizations, the Etzel and Lehi, convincing them to disband voluntarily before he disbanded them in the Order of the Establishment of the IDF on 31 May 1948. That order provided for only one armed force, subordinate to the constitutional government. There was complete continuity between the Haganah and the IDF: Ya'acov Dori, the Chief of Staff; the members of the General Staff; the commanders from brigade-level downwards - all were automatically confirmed in their appointments.

At the end of the war the IDF had over 100,000 full-time men and women in uniform, as compared to the mere handful of full-time soldiers at its beginning. In addition to 12 brigades, mostly infantry, it had several regiments of artillery. The first armored regiments were equipped with light armored vehicles, some captured, some "requisitioned" from the departing British troops; and a few tanks - two Cromwells "bought" from the withdrawing British and some reconstituted from American scrap.
The Navy consisted at first of reconverted illegal immigrant vessels. There were the elements of an Air Force - Spitfires and Messerschmidts, acquired mainly in Czechoslovakia, in addition to the light civilian planes which the Haganah had used for reconnaissance and communications purposes. Some World War II US war surplus bombers were bought as scrap. These carried out their first "strategic attack" on Cairo, en route to Israel, even before reaching their homebase. Armed with a Baedeker tourist guide, one of them bombed and strafed Abdeen Palace: rudimentary, to be sure, but entirely unexpected and, therefore, psychologically effective.

As soon as the armistice agreements were signed and the immediate danger had passed, the IDF - except for a small nucleus - was not only demobilized, but effectively disbanded. The new state had urgent tasks which required all its resources, above all that of absorbing the flood of new immigrants, who at last were able to come "home". An attempt to keep the demobilized soldiers in some sort of reserve framework failed. However, for the time being there was little inclination on the Arab side to renew full-scale fighting. Not that they had come to face reality and recognized Israel - far from it; but they did realize that to fight against Israel required thorough preparation.

In the meantime they found what was considered a perfect tool to show their own people that the war was not over yet and at the same time both to harrass Israel and embarrass her. Palestinian fedayun (suicide troops) infiltrated across the long and ill-protected border - and it should be recalled that no place in Israel was far from the border: infiltrations for the purpose of stealing farm equipment were followed by the laying of mines, the killing of individuals, and wholesale massacres. The fedayun were trained, equipped and paid for by Egyptian Intelligence, although they operated mainly from bases in Jordan, so that Jordan would bear the brunt of Israel's retaliation, which inevitably followed. And each time Israel retaliated, the Security Council condemned it; condemnation of an Arab government had long since become an impossibility, because of the Soviet veto.

The infiltrations - however painful, militarily and diplomatically - were no more than a diversion from the main concern of the IDF: preparations for the second round.

Yigael Yadin, who had taken over from Ya'akov Dori as Chief of the General Staff, devoted his energy to organizing the reserves and streamlining the command structure - elements of which remain in effect to this day. At the same time, particular attention was paid to the development of armor. Israel's numerical inferiority to its neighbors and potential enemies; its realization that because of the lack of strategic depth it was bound to transfer fighting as soon as possible to enemy territory and its proven advantage at swift, often improvised manoeuvers - all pointed to the need for armor. The newly found alliance with France at the time of the Suez crisis provided the unique opportunity to equip a major part of the IDF with French-made tanks. This "miracle" occurred at a moment of desperation, when no other country, East or West, was willing to supply Israel with arms, whereas countries from both East and West rushed to offer their wares to the Arabs. Particularly worrisome was the Czech- Egyptian arms deal, which threatened Israel with a whole range of state-of-the-art Russian hardware.
 
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Mike said:
OT wrote:
More money we pay out because Israel won't/can't take care of themselves....

You stupid, stupid man. Do you not remember the 1967 Arab-Israeli War 6 DAY WAR when Israel kicked Egypt's and Syria's butts and took their land back?

Do you not remember that Israel invaded and bombed & decimated Iraq's nuclear research site?

Israel can't take care of themselves?

Surely you're joking? Tell us you are....................Please.

For a small country they will pack quite a wallop. They are probably the most sophisticated fighting machine for it's size in the world. :roll:

If we hadn't been begging them to hold off, they would have busted Iran's butt months ago..................but they are hesitant to fight ALL the Muslim nations at once. And so would we.................. :lol: :lol: :lol:


So they shouldn't need our taxpayers to borrow money to give to them then...

They need to start taking care of themselves in all ways- economically and militarily....

Those Billions $ we borrow to give them ( and all the other countries of the world ) could be better spent in our own country and doing away with our national debt...
Just like you aren't going to stop the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds from killing each other in Iraq-- you're not going to stop Palestinians and Israelis from killing each other...
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
OT wrote:
More money we pay out because Israel won't/can't take care of themselves....

You stupid, stupid man. Do you not remember the 1967 Arab-Israeli War 6 DAY WAR when Israel kicked Egypt's and Syria's butts and took their land back?

Do you not remember that Israel invaded and bombed & decimated Iraq's nuclear research site?

Israel can't take care of themselves?

Surely you're joking? Tell us you are....................Please.

For a small country they will pack quite a wallop. They are probably the most sophisticated fighting machine for it's size in the world. :roll:

If we hadn't been begging them to hold off, they would have busted Iran's butt months ago..................but they are hesitant to fight ALL the Muslim nations at once. And so would we.................. :lol: :lol: :lol:


So they shouldn't need our taxpayers to borrow money to give to them then...

They need to start taking care of themselves in all ways- economically and militarily....

Those Billions $ we borrow to give them ( and all the other countries of the world ) could be better spent in our own country and doing away with our national debt...
Just like you aren't going to stop the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds from killing each other in Iraq-- you're not going to stop Palestinians and Israelis from killing each other...

What you don't understand is that if the Muslims laid down there arms against Israel, there would be peace. If Israel laid their arms down, the Muslims would annihilate them.

They have no choice but to defend themselves. And do a good job at it.

I couldn't imagine living in a country that takes rocket fire almost every day and the world condemns them for retaliating.

They have very few natural resources and buy a lot of goods from the U.S.
They're a good ally.


You're a very stupid man, Dick. I hate it for you.........................
 

loomixguy

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OldDumbass said:
Sounds like payola to keep Egypt our buddies and from again attacking Israel... More money we pay out because Israel won't/can't take care of themselves....

You would be the resident expert on payola, OD. Pretty easy to see you've never met or been around any Israeli's. You cannot have a better friend, or a worse enemy. Israel has been doing the United States' dirty work for a long, long time. Rest assured, the Israeli military is more than ready to take care of bidness, if they get the nod from the US, but now they cannot be blamed if they strike first to defend themselves.

Mike is right, OD. You are a very stupid man....AND an Anti-Semite. They are God's chosen people.
 

Steve

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Oldtimer said:
I think its kind of refreshing that we finally have a President that won't kiss Israels arse every time they want something... Just like legislators in Congress- Israel is going to have to learn you have to have give and take and compromise in negotiations-- and you can't always get everything you want...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_process_in_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict

not sure how many times Israel should give in to please you but history shows they have given in on "every negotiation" only to be attacked later thus ending that agreement...
 

Whitewing

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Oldtimer said:
Not anti-Semitic

I'll not ask you to prove a negative but based on the smart-ass, bigoted remarks you make here to Catholics, I can only imagine what you have to say about Jews in private.

The night you phoned me and the conversation turned to Reader I recall you saying you two kept in touch and then, oddly, you added, "she's Jewish you know"......as though it was some sort of badge of honor that you'd even be conversing with one.

Who cares if she's Jewish? Her religious beliefs and/or heritage never entered my mind.

Sadly, this is what happens when a man loses all credibility OT. No one believes a farkin' word you say.
 

Mike

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Snip>
Over the past decade, Gaza militants have fired thousands of rockets and mortar shells at Israel.
Obama began his 48 hour visit on Wednesday. After a warm welcome at the airport, he viewed an Iron Dome battery that was transported to the airport for his arrival.
The U.S. has invested more than $275 million into the missile defense system and plans to spend another $211 million on it this year. U.S. and Israeli officials credit the Iron Dome with preventing numerous rocket attacks from neighboring Gaza.
During his visit, Obama reiterated Israel's right to live in security and defend itself.
Code Red sirens wailed in Sderot shortly after the 7 a.m. rocket attack, forcing the town residents who were on their way to work or school to run to bomb shelters.
Yossi Haziza, a Sderot resident in whose courtyard the first rocket exploded, was looking at the walls of his home sprayed with shrapnel and shattered windows.
"I wish this was merely damage to property but my eight year old daughter and my wife are terrified," Haziza said. "We just want to live in peace. We don't want to keep having to run to bomb shelters."
 
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Whitewing said:
Oldtimer said:
Not anti-Semitic

I'll not ask you to prove a negative but based on the smart-ass, bigoted remarks you make here to Catholics, I can only imagine what you have to say about Jews in private.

The night you phoned me and the conversation turned to Reader I recall you saying you two kept in touch and then, oddly, you added, "she's Jewish you know"......as though it was some sort of badge of honor that you'd even be conversing with one.

Who cares if she's Jewish? Her religious beliefs and/or heritage never entered my mind.

Actually I have had very little contact with Jewish folks- as there are only a handful in the county... The administrative assistant I worked with for years was Jewish and a fine lady... One of my best friends...

As far as Reader being Jewish- the reason I hated to see her stalked, threatened, and have to leave was that she added a differing perspective to the board-- especially about the mid east where she had/does spend so much time...That is one reason I still like conversing with her and seeing the world and especially that area from her eyes view...And that is the reason I brought up to you the fact she was Jewish and had the mid east experience...

And coincidentally- I gather she seems to think Obama has a better answer/direction for Israel than Netanyahu and his warmongering ideas... Just like I do- I get the feeling that she believes Israel has to be willing to give some if they ever want anything resembling a lasting peace...
 
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