Posted on 05/27/2003 6:33:59 PM PDT by travelnurse
U.S. Mulled Series Of Sanctions Against Israel WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Bush administration has prepared a list of sanctions against Israel should it refuse to comply with a plan for a Palestinian state by the end of the year.
U.S. government and congressional sources said the list was prepared by the State Department and relayed to the National Security Council in April amid the administration's effort to press Israel to agree to the so-called roadmap. The roadmap, drafted by Washington as well as the European Union, United Nations and Russia, calls for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian war and the establishment of an interim state in 2003.
The sources said the State Department's proposed list of sanctions included an examination of the use of U.S. weapons in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel has employed such platforms as the AH-64A Apache helicopter, the AH-1G Cobra helicopter and the F-16 fighter-jet in air attacks on Palestinian insurgents.
"It's hard to overestimate the anger within the administration toward Israel regarding the delays in the roadmap," a congressional source close to the administration said. "The White House doesn't regard the roadmap merely as foreign policy. It sees the roadmap as a major element toward the reelection of the president."
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2003/may/05_28_1.html
Of course they're not.
And now is not the time to become one.
It's important to bring world opinion to this point.
I agree. Israel is not exempt from our need to protect our national security. The number one job of the Federal Government is to protect the national security of the United States. If Israel insists on taking actions that jeopardize our national security then they should be punished or encouraged to change their actions.
Also, Israel is a secular state, not a Jewish state. It is not a theocracy. To oppose the secular government of Israel is not the same as dumping on the Jews.
Finally, we should never forget the USS Liberty or the actions of Jonathan Pollard.
Har.
We're going to be depressed and not vote. Instead we'll probably stay at home and clean our illegal assault weapons. And when Kerry, Edwards or Hillary wins in a squeaker, we'll all have a laugh and a beer over Rove's queer nation strategery.
Ah, where would we be without the obligatory loon spamming every thread mentioning Israel with the USS Liberty? Why, good folks from Stormfront might stop coming to FreeRepublic ;).
Stop making sense!
It's hard to imagine your actually voting for the anti-Christ .........you know, cause that one preacher guy you like said he might be, so it must be true, right?? It HAS to be against your religion to vote for the him for that reason alone....... LOL!
What a cop-out!
I see you don't understand nor do you appreciate American politics.
"The measures of the fair majority... ought always to be respected."
Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1792.
Actually, dubious source says "we were thinking of examining their use of hardware". Can't get more foggy than that, can we?
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