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Obama urges Israel to open Gaza borders
FT ^ | Jan 22, 2009 | By Daniel Dombey

Posted on 01/22/2009 3:28:42 PM PST by Islander7

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To: Islander7

How is Yellow Stone doing?


61 posted on 01/22/2009 4:58:28 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Jeff Head; All
Never forget this part of his Berlin speech on the ObamaRama Tour of 2008...

People of Berlin -- and people of the world -- the scale of our challenge is great. The road ahead will be long. But I come before you to say that we are heirs to a struggle for freedom. We are a people of improbable hope. With an eye toward the future, with resolve in our hearts, let us remember this history, and answer our destiny, and remake the world once again.

He wants to be King of the World....

62 posted on 01/22/2009 4:59:41 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
“....People of Berlin — people of the world — this is our moment. This is our time...”

Can't believe I omitted that line

63 posted on 01/22/2009 5:01:42 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Islander7
President Barack Obama on Thursday called on Israel to open its borders with Gaza, in a powerful sign of his new administration’s break with Bush-era policy on the Middle East and the world as a whole.

A powerful sign. Yeah, right. Day two and he's already working on a legacy. The Zerobots are ooooohing and ahhhhing at his powerful diplomatic symbolism.

64 posted on 01/22/2009 5:12:53 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: Williams
It costs Israel nothing to agree to an effective international police force. It all hinges on that word - "effective".
65 posted on 01/22/2009 5:15:01 PM PST by secretagent
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To: secretagent

What’s wrong with that?

It has been tried at least a dozen times in a dozen different ways.

Hamas DOES NOT WANT PEACE.

Their sole purpose is to DESTROY Israel.


66 posted on 01/22/2009 5:16:34 PM PST by Islander7 (This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
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To: CindyDawg

How is Yellow Stone doing?

Can’t blow soon enough.


67 posted on 01/22/2009 5:17:37 PM PST by Islander7 (This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
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To: secretagent

You’re right and it cost Chamberlain nothing to agree to an “effective” peace settlement with Hitler. Except that Hitler was a mass murdering liar and the correct policy was to defeat him not to play games.

We can all sing songs and pretend there is nothing wrong with peace so long as it’s the real thing. Well, it isn’t because the other partners in this effort are not relaible.

Open the damn Gaza border with Egypt, that should make a hell of a lot more sense. Why does Israel have to open a border with a country that is attacking it? Oy.


68 posted on 01/22/2009 5:19:43 PM PST by Williams (It's The Policies, Stupid.)
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To: autumnraine
Not just ALL REPUBLICANS but EVERY AMERICAN. Every American is dancing in the street at the sheer genius that is Obama and now we will have ever lasting peace because Obama said to “Stop” and the fighting stopped.

And lo, Mobama saith to the sea, "Part!", and it opened up before him. And he joined with his brethren in crying unto the skies, "Can't we all just get along?"

69 posted on 01/22/2009 5:24:14 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: arasina

HAHA!


70 posted on 01/22/2009 5:30:34 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: Islander7

I hope Israel tells Obama to go shiite in his hat.


71 posted on 01/22/2009 5:34:54 PM PST by Per-Ling
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To: RinaseaofDs
The UN is not a credible monitoring agency. That means you have to find somebody credible, that doesn’t mind eventually getting shot at, or just plain shot (or bombed).

Ok, so put in a coalition of the willing, with the will and power to shoot back.

72 posted on 01/22/2009 5:35:06 PM PST by secretagent
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To: Islander7
He's talking when a wise man would listen. Obama doesn't listen.

I mean his ears work, but it's hard to be a listener for anyone. And for Obama, his inner ear rejects an awful lot. His hearing is like the mirror pool of ....

73 posted on 01/22/2009 5:38:12 PM PST by bvw
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To: Islander7

Well, like I said, Israel is on its own now.

They better take out Iran while they can, US-Israel relations are only going to go downhill from here on out.

What is so astounding is that so many idiots who call themselves Americans think that this dark skinned white boy actually knows what he’s doing. He doesn’t have the first freakin clue, Guantanamo and now this just just proof. With more stupidity to come I am sure, after all this is only day 2.

New bumpersticker time: “Obama: Stuck on Stupid”


74 posted on 01/22/2009 6:01:03 PM PST by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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To: Williams

“Opening the borders” just means letting humanitarian aid flow from Israel to Gaza, I presume. Israel wouldn’t need to allow any traffic from Gaza to Israel.

There seems to be debate within Israel as to how much to trust
Egypt to keep out Hamas weapons, so that border needs controlling as well. A job for the Coalition?


75 posted on 01/22/2009 6:03:42 PM PST by secretagent
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To: Islander7
Hamas DOES NOT WANT PEACE. Their sole purpose is to DESTROY Israel.

Nominally, yes, but their real purpose is to wield power. The trick is, how to undermine their power.

76 posted on 01/22/2009 6:10:51 PM PST by secretagent
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To: Islander7
America is committed to Israel’s security and we will always support Israel’s right to defend itself against legitimate threats

What does this weasel mean by "legitimate" threats? Are there "illegitimate" threats that Israel is not supposed to defend itself against?

Israel will have to go it's own way-- the liberals 'rats are fixing to screw them bigtime.

77 posted on 01/22/2009 6:19:38 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: secretagent

Opening borders means Israel remains the victim of a parasite.

Israel left gaza, as was demanded via terror. Israel should seal the border and let the UN or whoever airlift supplies into gaza.

Israel needs to disattach itself from this festering leech of a society.


78 posted on 01/22/2009 6:21:10 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: SaxxonWoods
Now Obama is going to learn that when it comes to extremist Islamists talk accomplishes nothing.

He knows that. Heck, he probably is one. He's just setting the stage...

79 posted on 01/22/2009 6:22:01 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Williams
Folks this is going to get bad fast.

Yes. Just like Lenin and Hitler, Obama will move with swiftness to consolidate control and push through his most malignant power grabs before the shine has worn off his new suit. The fact that he is an idiot will not slow him down.

80 posted on 01/22/2009 6:29:00 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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