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To: tabsternager
So you’re not claiming, then, that there has not been a blockade by Israel on the Gaza strip as collective punishment, which is in violation of international law.

Of course not, I recognize Israel's right to close their border to anyone they choose.

Of course unlike tabsternager, I don't worship at the altar of the UN.

And unlike tabsternager , I'm consistant, I recognize America's right to close our border, Egypt's, even the Saudi's right to build a wall.

You, on the other hand, don't, your standards differ.

While you rant and rage about Israel's refusal to open her border to terrorists, you note on your home page.

I'm a social as well as fiscal conservative who's not happy with Pres. Bush. The illegal immigration issue was the last straw for me as a Republican. I'm now an independent.

I acknowledge GWB could have done more to open our souther border, but isn't it a bit rash to leave the GOP because they're not allowing enough illegals in?

Should that be an illusion to not closing the border as Israel does, then the obvious question is whether you're lying there or here.

Double standards are so diffucult to manage.

103 posted on 04/23/2008 7:44:57 AM PDT by SJackson (before we work on problems, have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation, Michelle O.)
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To: SJackson

Or as I put it, some people just didn’t have any raising by their mothers and fathers.


106 posted on 04/23/2008 8:23:49 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA ("Typical 'bitter' 'White Male" whose vote the Dems now deseperately want so bad - HA!)
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To: SJackson

“Of course unlike tabsternager, I don’t worship at the altar of the UN.”

Actually, I’d love for the U.S. to pull out of the UN and, unlike you, heed the founders’ warning about entangling alliances. Also, unlike you, I don’t worship at the alter of the state of Israel either.

Israel should be able to shut its borders and live within secure borders. Unfortunately, the problem is that Israel has never actually defined its borders, as all other nations have (which is largely for security reasons, btw).

Another problem is that Israel occupies and controls land that Palestinians have lived on for generations, which is the main reason for the blowback of terrorism against Israeli citizens. And, unlike you, I think a two-state solution is a far better choice than either ethnic cleansing or occupation.


108 posted on 04/23/2008 9:48:18 AM PDT by tabsternager
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