Comments on: Nader on Obama’s Perplexing Stance on Israel

By: Obama's Foreign Policy Stance

Obama's Foreign Policy Stance — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:16:31 +0000

[...]The most striking thing about the Democratic tradition is that it presided over the beginnings of the three great conflicts that defined the 20th century: Woodrow Wilson and World War I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and World War II, and Harry S. Truman and the Cold War. (At this level of analysis, we will treat the episodes of the Cold War such as Korea, Vietnam or Grenada as simply subsets of one conflict.) This is most emphatically not to say that had Republicans won the presidency in 1916, 1940 or 1948, U.S. involvement in those wars could have been avoided.[...]

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:06:27 +0000

He probably feels like he has to lay on the Israel support extra thick because of his ties to the muslim world. He feels he has to prove himself even more because of that. He wants to distance himself from that side, because it has absolutely no political benefit for him. Being a staunch pro-Israel supporter, on the other hand, means much money, many votes and a lot of political support from lobbies and groups.

By: Dinocrat

Dinocrat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:45:55 +0000

Check your facts. Jews were living in Israel long before 1900. Remember Jesus? That guy was Jewish!

By: Dinocrat

Dinocrat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:31:25 +0000

Are you for real? Jerusalem IS the capital of Israel. Whether or not it should be divided the way it was before the war in 1967 is a different matter, but this is one thing Obama does get right.

By: Mawm

Mawm — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:05:20 +0000

Jews had been emmigrating to what would be Israel since 1900. The british did all they could to limit Jews from emmigrating to Israel. THey got so fed up they put it to the UN to decide in 1947. The Jews accepted partition, but the arabs would have none of it.
Jews wanted to live in peace with the arabs in what everyone knows is the Jewish ancestral homeland. Arabs would rather destroy Jews than live together in peace.

John, what is your solution now? Would you like to see the destruction of Israel? If you don’t, what should the two side do, if not partition the country?

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:59:12 +0000

Why is this far-left-wing anti-semitic garbage being posted here? The graphics/music are meant to dehumanize jews, and some of the statements like Israel’s “blockade” of Gaza are like some marxist fantasy pre-internet, before the time people could easily see that gaza has a border with Egypt and that the Egyptian blockade is real, a real near-total blockade.

The undivided Jerusalem statement by Obama was a real blunder and should be attacked. But it was stupid, not indicative of Obama’s core beliefs, but how he will say anything to pander, even more than what the pander-ees need to hear.

By: John

John — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:53:43 +0000

You would have shot me dead if you had the weapons to do it. And if I had shot YOU dead instead, I would have blamed you for attacking me first- and then claimed your house as my own.

There’s your reference to the 6-days war. I wonder how people manage to do mental gymnastics to make the attackers of Israel the bad guys here. Look, it’s very simple: land was taken away from non-Jews and given to Jews. The non-Jews tried to fight back and were pulverized. Now, you use their fighting back as an excuse to say “screw ‘em, we tried to reason with them and allow them to keep a percentage of the land they had in the first place.”

And they had a “deal on the table in 1999.” Gee, that’s super. That deal would have given them roughly half their original land back. I hoped they would take it. But the Evil Palestinians, loving violence and refusing to be rational, continue to illogically fight to get back all their land. No other people in the world would do such a thing- ummm, except ALL OF THEM.

But I get it- the Palestinians refusing to accept a payment of one-half what was stolen from them are evil for doing so. Makes sense- to somebody.

By: mr. natural

mr. natural — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:48:03 +0000

That’s the twin teleprompter screens, arranged about 45 degrees to the left and right of his podium.

Obama’s getting lazy. He doesn’t even bother reading his lines to the middle of the audience anymore. It’s not exactly rocket science, remembering a single well rehearsed line long enough to speak that single line off-axis, but he doesn’t even try anymore.

By: John

John — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:46:05 +0000

Wow, I have no argument against such a well-thought out, consise rebuttal.

Except, I love the way people are so willing to ignore the fact that Israel was created by European Powers to give the Jews a homeland- outside of Europe. The land for the homeland was taken away from non-Jews who had nothing to do with the German persecution of the Jews, but who were made to pay for it regardless. (A much more just solution would have been to carve out a piece of GERMANY and given THAT to the Jews, who clearly needed a homeland.)

But again, why am I bothering to explain something to someone who calls me a “fucking idiot” and thinks he’s made some kind of point?

You, sir, are a fucking moron. And a coward to boot. I hope your mommy is proud.

By: mr. natural

mr. natural — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:42:55 +0000

Works for me. He’ll lose, but we don’t have to feel slimy voting for him.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:41:14 +0000

John,
You are a[EDITED OUT]idiot.

By: yttik

yttik — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:01 +0000

We don’t even get cake. It’s “let them eat arugula!” Bitter greens for bitter small town people clinging to their guns and religion. I am The One I have been waiting for, come to bring you the arugula!

By: pasmalltowngirl

pasmalltowngirl — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:59:09 +0000

It is now Obama 53% – McCain 47% . I just cast my vote…..Come on PUMA’S…cast your vote !!!!

NOBAMA

By: Xkat

Xkat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:36:38 +0000

To all PUMAs, GOPers and Indies 4 McCain: Let’s get over to CNN and PUMArize this CNN poll about best commander-n-chief so far the OBamabots have managed to out-poll the McCaniacs 55%-45%: http://www.cnn.com/

By: educatedwhitewoman

educatedwhitewoman — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:25:18 +0000

Well, let’s make you the leader of a tiny country that is the receipient of frequent, devastating suicide bombings and missile attacks. Sit on your hands, hope for the best, and see how long you or your country continues to exist.