http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4320300cory777 (264 posts) Thu Mar-25-10 04:56 PM
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Nearly 300 Congress members declare commitment to 'unbreakable' U.S.-Israel bond
Source: Haaretz
By Natasha Mozgavaya, Haaretz Correspondent
Nearly 300 members of Congress have signed on to a declaration reaffirming their commitment to "the unbreakable bond that exists between and the State of Israel", in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The letter was sent in the wake of the severe recent tensions between Israel and the U.S. over the prior's decision to construct more than 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem, a project it announced during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the region.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took advantage of his trip to the United States this week to try to mend the rift with the Obama administration, but he was greeted with cold welcome by the White House. Netanyahu also met during his visit with members of Congress, who welcomed him with significantly more warmth.
Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1159159.html
Anyone care to speculate on where this thread heads right off the bat??
cali (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-25-10 04:58 PM
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1. sigh. that's fine, but how about the Congress exhibit some real friendship
toward Israel and stop funding them with billions of dollars.
So predictable.
ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-25-10 05:03 PM
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3. double sigh... uss liberty.. look it up. but hey they've been great since then..havent spied on us
or treated anyone badly or anything.
Ian David (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-25-10 05:04 PM
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4. The only place peddling the conspiracy kook book on the subject are the Neo-nazi sites.
Do you frequent those sites?
azurnoir (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-25-10 05:19 PM
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9. gee maybe you should check out the I/P forum here
or was your remark supposed to be false flaming
Who’s the mod in the I/P forum, Gator??
Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama 'dumped him for dinner'
Slo Joe and Wacky Tacky Baracky Israel...
I guess what I once read is true, there are truly evil liberals like Joe and Barry then there are the truly stupid primitives who follow them.