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Rice Says 'Hard Decisions' Await Israel
Yahoo News ^ | 2-06-205 | ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer

Posted on 02/06/2005 10:59:52 AM PST by Nachum

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Hard decidions, uh huh.

Oh for the days of George Schultz and Reagan.

1 posted on 02/06/2005 10:59:53 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Why can't Israel just say "NO"?


2 posted on 02/06/2005 11:23:26 AM PST by montag813
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To: montag813

It isn't in Israel's interest to say "no" to the United States, particularly when no specific demands are being made of us. So long as the PA takes no concrete action against Hamas, Islamic Jihad, et al the Bush administration is unlikely to make such demands.

Yes, I know about the arrests of PFLP officials. The PFLP is tiny and an irritant to the PA. It's window dressing and removes an internal threat to Abbas. It's something he could do safely with little or no risk to himself.


3 posted on 02/06/2005 11:34:17 AM PST by anotherview (Part of the Palestinians' "Zionist enemy" and proud of it.)
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To: Nachum

Seems as if the administration suffers from multiple personality disorder.


4 posted on 02/06/2005 11:37:35 AM PST by bushfamfan
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To: Nachum

When she says hard decisions, I think she means which missiles to arm their jets with.


5 posted on 02/06/2005 11:40:50 AM PST by rabidralph (Congratulations, Pres. Bush and VP Cheney!)
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To: anotherview
I agree. The U.S. will not pressure Israel until the PA cracks down on the terrorist which is very improbable.
6 posted on 02/06/2005 11:43:41 AM PST by sanchez810
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To: F15Eagle

Death To all islamofascist terrorists!


9 posted on 02/06/2005 12:41:15 PM PST by blackie
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To: tanglewood

I was not aware that the security of Israel was not our business.


10 posted on 02/06/2005 1:58:34 PM PST by sanchez810
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
11 posted on 02/06/2005 2:00:26 PM PST by SJackson ( Bush is as free as a bird, He is only accountable to history and God, Ra'anan Gissin)
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To: Nachum
Gaza? Yes. The Philistia of old, with as much of the Sinai as Egypt will give them. (None.)

But, No Arab state in Eretz Yisrael. EVER!

12 posted on 02/06/2005 2:22:05 PM PST by onedoug
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CXonversely, why exactly IS the security of Israel our business?

We subsidize them to the tune of about 4 billion a year

If the Israelis don't like Rice making statements like that they could tell us to keep our money couldn't they?

Small chance of that happening though

13 posted on 02/06/2005 3:42:01 PM PST by Qatar-6
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To: Qatar-6

Also for the flow of Oil and lives of thousands of americans living in Israel.


14 posted on 02/06/2005 4:22:09 PM PST by sanchez810
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To: tanglewood

AMEN, tanglewood! We need to let Israel take care of its own problems in their own way. Dividing Jerusalem will be the downfall of the world as we know it. We will suffer greatly when that happens. It's called the judgement of God.


15 posted on 02/06/2005 5:09:02 PM PST by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: tanglewood
I'm sorry. Maybe you were looking for Liberty Post?


16 posted on 02/06/2005 5:56:48 PM PST by rdb3 (The wife asked how I slept last night. I said, "How do I know? I was asleep!")
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To: tanglewood

Who're you trying to kid?


17 posted on 02/06/2005 7:03:15 PM PST by A Jovial Cad
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I fail to see how our support of Israel helps the "flow of oil"

As for the "lives of thousands of Americans living in Israel".

#1. The majority of those Americans are in fact dual citizens who are choosing of their own volition to live in the State of Israel. Many serve or have served in the Israeli military

#2. The Israeli military is more than competent enough for the tasks they face. Except for Patriot Missiles in 1991/2003 Israel has never needed American soldiers to defend her territory (or take someone else's for that matter)

What Israel gets from us is money (a lot), equipment (to a lesser extent than in the past due to a burdgeoning Israeli defense industry that sells to among other people - Red China) and unquestioning diplomatic backing.

If secretary Rice's comments signal a change to the latter then that's good news.

18 posted on 02/06/2005 7:32:57 PM PST by Qatar-6
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To: tanglewood

Please, We are not raising them and our mideast policy is no driven by Israel.


20 posted on 02/06/2005 7:58:05 PM PST by sanchez810
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