Posted on 05/21/2007 11:32:28 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
If he becomes president, Rep. Duncan Hunter says he will continue to hold the position that Israel should surrender "not one inch" of disputed territory to the Arabs in exchange for pledges of peace.
Addressing a Christian Zionist meeting in Alexandria, Va., Sunday evening, the California Republican recalled a visit with his father to the Golan Heights, where they viewed a narrow valley where a small number of Israeli tanks had held off more than 1,400 Soviet-built Syrian tanks during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Hunter, a Vietnam veteran and former chairman and current ranking minority member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he had vowed then that he would always support what he called that "postage stamp of a country."
He and other speakers at the event spoke about the dangers they said were posed to Israel and the United States by Islamic terrorists and by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pursuit of nuclear capability.
Christian and Jewish supporters of Israel attending the meeting heard criticism both of Democratic lawmakers' push to withdraw troops from Iraq and President Bush's policy of supporting the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Sunday's program, entitled a Night to Honor Israel, was sponsored by The Jerusalem Connection International under the auspices of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), an organization founded last year by San Antonio, Texas, pastor John Hagee.
CUFI will host a national summit in Washington D.C., in July, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich among those scheduled to speak.
Hunter is one of 10 Republicans vying for their party's 2008 presidential nomination. Seven of the 10, Hunter among them, are currently polling in the low single digits.
Look at what we did this weekend on the Immigration bill.
Mr. Hunter needs a groundswell. I have been in contact with radio talk shows to encourage them to have him on at least as much as Rudy.
I’m also forwarding his on-line video’s to friends and family.
He does need a better on-line video blitz.
Hunter understands that Israel is our best friend in the region, and is always pulling for them:
John Hawkins: Missile defense shield.
Duncan Hunter: Yes, and I’ve been a strong supporter of that. I’ve put in the initial money for missile defense when it first started, I supported it strongly then, and I supported missile defense for ISRAEL (emphasis mine), very strongly. Incidentally, under my watch, we’ve actually deployed missile defense. We have our first missiles that are now deployed in Alaska and the west coast which had limited capability to intercept incoming ballistic missiles.
http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=114155
TO REITERATE: “..and I supported missile defense for Israel, very strongly. ..”
“Israel Should Give Up ‘Not One Inch’ of Land, GOP Presidential Candidate Says (Duncan Hunter)”
(Some of) the Paulettes aren’t going to like that.
>Once again, Rep. Hunter calls it right! God blesses those who bless Israel.
>Don’t forget the MONEY. Duncan Hunter is going to need lots and lots of money if we want to puxh him over the top.<
YES! http://gohunter08 Thank you!
I have been impressed by Rep. Hunter in the two debates.
This is the man we need to lead the fight against terrorism. There will be no doubts about how we fight and they’ll know it.
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