[vance]

>>>Ever since 9/11, I've had the feeling I'm in Ann Lewis/Sidney Blumenthal Land when reading these Israel threads.

This is Conservative website. Not many Ann Lewis or Sidney Bluementhal fans here. Unless of course this is just another of your attempts to slime Jewish Republicans and or Republicans who support Israel. Is it?

[LarryLied]

Remember when a topic was posted on FR and everyoe would run off to research it? Now whenever there is a thread on Israel posted which is the slighest bit negative, the first few comments are "prove it!", "source isn't credible", "old news", "this is antisemitic"...yadda...yadda...yadda.

I don't know what the case is but it sense to me Israel might have encouraged Hamas at one time. Most countries do play their opposition off each other. It would be surprising if Israel had not.

Be more enlightening if people tried to get at the truth rather than engage in knee-jerk Ann Lewis/Sidney Blumenthal type defenses.