Posted on 02/06/2005 10:59:52 AM PST by Nachum
Oh for the days of George Schultz and Reagan.
Why can't Israel just say "NO"?
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.
Seems as if the administration suffers from multiple personality disorder.
When she says hard decisions, I think she means which missiles to arm their jets with.
Death To all islamofascist terrorists!
I was not aware that the security of Israel was not our business.
But, No Arab state in Eretz Yisrael. EVER!
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
Also for the flow of Oil and lives of thousands of americans living in Israel.
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.
Who're you trying to kid?
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.
Please, We are not raising them and our mideast policy is no driven by Israel.
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