Posted on 07/02/2009 9:57:22 AM PDT by jacobny
The American embassy held its annual party celebrating the birth of the United States. Israeli leaders from the military and political classes were in attendance along with the American staff of the embassy.
From both the right and left the participants sat together and were entertained by American music, food and fireworks.
Prime Minister of the Jewish state, Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the gathering.
transcript of the PM’s remarks: http://bibireport.blogspot.com/2009/07/greetings-by-pm-netanyahu-fourth-of.html
“The United States was a defender of freedom in the 20th century as it confronted and defeated history’s greatest tyrannies, and above all else, the Nazi tyranny. And over the last 233 years, the United States has been freedom’s greatest champion, all the while insisting that freedom is not something that only a privileged few countries can enjoy, but the birthright of every nation and every people. It’s not surprising therefore that our own birth of freedom would resonate so powerfully with the American people. After all, this was the reemergence of the Jews as a free and independent nation in our ancestral homeland, in the original Promised Land, the original Zion. This was why it took President Harry S. Truman only eleven minutes to recognize the newly born Jewish state, and this is why every American president since then, has expressed the deep friendship between our two countries, a friendship anchored not in transitory interests, but in eternal values and timeless ideals. And these common ideals of liberty and democracy, are the foundation of the deep and enduring bond between the United States and Israel”......
We should invite all Isreali diplomats to our embassies 4th of July parties and tell the mullahs to “Bite Me”.
Sorry Bibi but that championship has been suspended for the next 3 1/2 years at least.
It’s not fair, Isreal gets Bibi and we get bupkis.
Netanyahu is in a rotten position with Osama in office.
Was...but that ended January 20th.
but,but, where are the Irany guys?
“The United States was a defender of freedom in the 20th century as it confronted and defeated history’s greatest tyrannies, and above all else, the Nazi tyranny.”
Obama speech:
“I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.”
Netanyahu speech:
And over the last 233 years, the United States has been freedom’s greatest champion, all the while insisting that freedom is not something that only a privileged few countries can enjoy, but the birthright of every nation and every people. It’s not surprising therefore that our own birth of freedom would resonate so powerfully with the American people. After all, this was the reemergence of the Jews as a free and independent nation in our ancestral homeland, in the original Promised Land, the original Zion.
Obama speech:
“...my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.”
Netanyahu speech:
This was why it took President Harry S. Truman only eleven minutes to recognize the newly born Jewish state, and this is why every American president since then, has expressed the deep friendship between our two countries, a friendship anchored not in transitory interests, but in eternal values and timeless ideals.
Obama speech:
“It was Islam - at places like Al-Azhar University - that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.”
Netanyahu speech:
And these common ideals of liberty and democracy, are the foundation of the deep and enduring bond between the United States and Israel”......
Obama speech: “...there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That is why the U.S. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it.”
Obama speech: “America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.”
Can you imagine the leader of ANY Arab or Muslim nation giving such an address? No. Because “freedom” is an alien, even threatening concept to those cultures. Yet Obama throws Israel under the bus, and embraces the Muslims. It is just tragic for this nation.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that the pres__ent is.
Guess who’ll be coming to dinner with the Obamas soon?
McKinney held in Israel, to be returned to U.S.
CNN | July 2, 2009 | unattributed
Posted on 07/02/2009 11:30:27 AM PDT by smokingfrog
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