tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post4045619539119370428..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Pallin' around with terrorists?Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-64461959844709534942009-01-10T19:50:00.000-05:002009-01-10T19:50:00.000-05:00The Israel apologists make false analogies. They l...The Israel apologists make false analogies. They like to say, what if Canada or Mexico shot rockets into the USA, we wouldn't just let it go on ... OK, we wouldn't, but the analogy is false for two BIG reasons:<BR/><BR/>1. The USA is not goading Canada or Mexico by illegally settling on their land, or at least disputed land, as well as causing other trouble for them about access, water, etc.<BR/><BR/>2. Canada and Mexico are literal national States, but Gaza is not! Israel claims some jurisdiction (well, they didn't just plumb give it back to Egypt, right?) so it is more like Guam. Imagine if we bombed Guam because of separatists there, even if they lobbed rockets at us.<BR/><BR/>Finally, Israel was (essentially) created by UN mandate. As such, they are like a ward of the UN and should follow all it's dictates and resolutions, instead of being even more defiant than typical nation states.<BR/><BR/>PS: Read <A HREF="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/" REL="nofollow">Glenn Greenwald</A> on this, he rocks (as as a Jew, has to put up with all that Likudnik neocon trash about being a self-hating Jew, same as US citizens opposing Bush Iraq or torture "hates America" etc. No, they just don't like policies they consider untenable, you should be able to believe that intent even if you don't agree with that opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-10610591789605518762009-01-10T13:23:00.000-05:002009-01-10T13:23:00.000-05:00puke.that is all.puke.<BR/>that is all.Nathan Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09557332435976506418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-58118439319393330382009-01-10T11:03:00.000-05:002009-01-10T11:03:00.000-05:00Marty Peretz? There's a he-man for you. A guy who'...Marty Peretz? There's a he-man for you. A guy who's seen as much military action as fly-boy Bush, and drunk-twit Cheney. The cheering of mindless, mass-murder of innocent men, women, and children, supported by gutless wimps has certainly reached an apex over the last 8 years (not coincidentally, a period of massive decline in credibiity and strength for the United States thanks to those very same stay-at-home moms of the Repubican Party)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-85477978657208628602009-01-10T00:18:00.000-05:002009-01-10T00:18:00.000-05:00A captive constituency is a great thing to have. E...A captive constituency is a great thing to have. Even Hamas call centers for Obama can't change that. Any kind of mid east policy, up to and including abject appeasement will be legitimized by that 78% approval in the PR apparatus for at least the next four years.Skid Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145265225126470899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-2306967611056886492009-01-09T23:10:00.000-05:002009-01-09T23:10:00.000-05:00David is right. A survey before the election showe...David is right. A survey before the election showed that US "Jews" were more closely aligned to liberalism than the interests of Isreal, so they won't turn on The One for pallin' around with Hamas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-76696337813186674032009-01-09T11:34:00.000-05:002009-01-09T11:34:00.000-05:00Given the Jekyll/Hyde aspect of most Palestinian p...Given the Jekyll/Hyde aspect of most Palestinian political parties, maybe Obama thinks he can reason with the hospital-builders and isolate the Jew-killers.<BR/><BR/>Bets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-57238262458144931642009-01-09T10:54:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:54:00.000-05:00Interesting post.Great blog! I'm looking to blog r...Interesting post.<BR/><BR/>Great blog! I'm looking to blog roll you if you're willing to in return.<BR/><BR/>Christopher Hamilton<BR/><A HREF="http://www.therightwingopinion.com" REL="nofollow">The Right Opinion, for the Right Wing</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-87682978821247407932009-01-09T10:49:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:49:00.000-05:00"... and if they should ever come to believe that ..."... and if they should ever come to believe that they've been bamboozled, and Israel betrayed, by Obama..."<BR/><BR/>But they won't.<BR/><BR/>That 78% support, in the face of all Obama's dubious contacts and the big difference between McCain and Obama, shows that Jews are not open to any other offers or viewpoints. They have chosen their side, and that is that.David Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01454705154817049520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-39123617644782212152009-01-09T09:59:00.000-05:002009-01-09T09:59:00.000-05:00Joan, you read my mind.Besides, didn't some guy at...Joan, you read my mind.<BR/><BR/>Besides, didn't some guy at Hezbollah write some neat little human interest pieces in Obama's church bulletin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-1385778183106990112009-01-09T09:04:00.000-05:002009-01-09T09:04:00.000-05:00Is it anti-Semitism to hate a self-hater?I think i...<I>Is it anti-Semitism to hate a self-hater?</I><BR/><BR/>I think it's <BR/>enabling the hate<BR/>at any rate...<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, Mr. Reynold's comment to his link here states, <I>I’d wait for more than one iffy Guardian story as evidence that he’s “pallin’ around with terrorists.”</I><BR/><BR/>Can we cite Bill Ayers as a second witness to the fact?Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.com