Hillary Clinton - supreme commander of Israel?

Jpost ^ | 4-8-10 | EARL COX

[Tigen]

Supporters of Israel were probably not surprised at the scolding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after Vice President Joseph Biden's March visit to Israel. Media reports said that Clinton chewed Netanyahu out over the decision to build new homes in the area that the Palestinians claim belongs to them and their future state, and she stressed that American officials saw this as "a major insult."

A State Department spokesman related that Clinton told Netanyahu "she could not understand how this could happen, particularly in light of the United States' strong commitment to Israel's security." Which, being interpreted, means that since the US gives Israel a little military aid, it therefore has the right to control the government of Israel.

Perhaps, at this point, we ought to examine just how committed the US really is to Israel's security. The US certainly has partnered with Israel in military equipment and aircraft. But the US has never sent a single soldier to fight for Israel in any of its wars with its neighbors since Israel declared independence in 1948. During this time, however, it has sent US troops to Korea, Vietnam, Kosovo, Serbia, Afghanistan and Iraq. And ever since the Oslo Accords, the US has been pressuring Israel to surrender "land for peace" to her Arab enemies.

[thethirddegree]

The Clintons are another piece of political trash that history will not favor.

[SJackson]

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[Quix]

This from the bwitch who loved to kissy poo with Arafart?

What a surprise, NOT.

[onedoug]

I stand with Israel!

[Christian_Capitalist]

The U.S. should not infringe on Israel’s sovereignty. Howsomever, when ever we give money, etc to another country it should be understood that it is either strings free or not. If not, then requests for certain actions will be made. If those requests are ignored then monies, etc should be pulled. I believe that we should be assisting Israel with very, very few strings.

“Foreign aid is the greatest obstacle to economic freedom in Israel.” -- the Jerusalem Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies

I'm of the opinion that there are better forms of "assistance" (joint military R&D, joint training exercises, etc.), than dependency-creating Foreign Aid.

Fact is, Welfare Dependency is never a good thing, either amongst Men or Nations.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Not for dependency. Give them a hand up so they can build better planes, tanks, mouse traps, whatever.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Mm. Well, as long as we’re not just writing a welfare check (which is all Foreign Aid is), sure I’m in favor of the USA doing joint research and joint training with an advanced, militarily-competent country like Israel. As we already have, for example on the Arrow missile system.

[dervish]

thanks for posting.

Never heard of the author. He’s good.