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I'm a Kerry-hater. I tried to coin the term al-Qerry (which failed to get off the ground). I am a strong conservative and I view al-Qerry as worse than al-Qennedy, worse than the algore. But I have to call it the way I see it and this:

"I know how disheartened Palestinians are by the Israeli government's decision to build the barrier off of the Green Line -- cutting deep into Palestinian areas," Kerry told the AAI audience in a video link-up.

... does not contradict support for the barrier. When he sympathized with the Pali's over the Israeli government's decision to build the barrier off of the Green Line, that's much different than sympathizing with an argument it is wrong to build the barrier at all.

Sure alQerry emphasized the negative aspect of the fence in front of the Arab audience and doesn't emphasize those negatives in front of the Jewish audience. All pols do that. But in this case, I don't think you can say that he flopped from being against the fence to being for the fence.

I'm for the fence. And I agree with Bush (and alQerry). The Israeli's should carefully consider the route.

alQerry is a life-time flip-flopper and leftist, but I don't think this case can be used as evidence against him.

"We don't need another barrier to peace, 'he continued'. Provacative and counter productive measures only harm Isreal's security over the long term, increase the hardships to the Palestinian people, and make the process of negotiating an eventual settlement that much harder."

Sounds like a flip flop statement to me! You can't tell the Israel's that you fully understand why a wall is built and then turn around and tell the Palestinians that the wall is counter productive.

"I'm for the fence. And I agree with Bush (and alQerry). The Israeli's should carefully consider the route."

I totally disagree with you here. Respectfully of course. The route of the fence IN FACT should be dictated by Israel. Because it is in Israel. There is no Palestine. Only cities that are occupied by Palestinians that given the chance would not hesitate to kill Jews.

The Palestinians threw their lot in with the Arab world that lost five wars in trying to destroy Israel. Israel's sworn enemies have terrorists living in Israel working to destroy it.

Anyone that supports Hamas, Hezbollah and Fatah are fair game as far as I am concerned. They are terrorists, not unlike other terrorist groups that exist in countries for the sole purpose of destroying governments.

Isarel should build the fence and take all property in the process. If this causes hardship to Palestinians, tough S*. They made their beds. Now lay in it.