[nickcarraway]

In other words, Obama is in line with Nixon. Not just on that, either.

[freedumb2003]

The Nixon era was a very strange time. Foreign policy was out the door and Kissinger assembled a coherent policy from a large set of small parts. Any mis-step could have resulted in the end of the world.

When looking back at giants it no surprise pygmies wish to reduce those giants’ stature.

The WOT is a problem, but compared to the Cold War it is an annoyance (not that 3K is a small issue — but we humans could have destroyed the entire planet)

[SJackson]

Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

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[Flick Lives]

The State News Media is so desperate, they now resort to using Pres. Nixon as a character witness for Obama’s actions.

[SoFloFreeper]

The AP is pretty blatant in its worship of Obamugabe.

[jjotto]

Jerusalem wasn’t officially made the capital of the State of Israel until 1980, and no US president has ever recognized it as such.

[what's up]

Nixon was dealing with an India which was leaning toward communism. We were allies with Pakistan at the time and he had to be careful not to antagonize the Muslim world unneccessarily or India could have gone to the dark side.

[justiceseeker93]

The entire purpose of this AP article is to make the 'Rats look good and the GOP look bad in regard to the US relationship with Israel.

Notice the praise of Obama, who is now coming to Israel "about six months after telling Democratic Party officials to reinstate language from previous convention platforms stating Jerusalem is Israel's capital." Of course, this Frommer isn't mentioning who might have been involved in dropping the language from their original platform in the first place.

Left out of the article entirely is the very salient fact that Nixon, despite his flaws, helped Israel most significantly with military aid during the Yom Kippur War a year after Kissinger made the comment about Jerusalem. To this day, Nixon is remembered as a hero among the Israelis, because actions - especially during a time of need - speak louder than words.