Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumHow Obama 'beat' Romney to Israel ... with a White House signing ceremony
The Romney and Obama campaigns both say their guy is the better friend of Israel, which may explain the White House signing of a security cooperation act just before Romney visits.<snip>
"In what might be called a preemptive strike, President Obama chose to hold a White House ceremony signing into law the US-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act on Friday two days before Republican challenger Mitt Romney visits the Jewish state.
Governor Romney will sit down with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders on Sunday, as part of his efforts to juxtapose his own high regard for Israel with what he says has been Mr. Obamas shabby treatment of Americas closest Middle East ally.
Romneys objective: to cut into the whopping 78 percent of the Jewish vote that Mr. Obama won in 2008, while firming up his own luke-warm support among some evangelical Christians who have questioned his passion for Israel.
But by highlighting his administrations commitment to Israels security only hours before Romney arrives in Jerusalem, Obama is signaling that he plans to cede no ground when it comes to Israel and the debate over how his administration has treated it."
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King_David
(14,851 posts)LeChaim.
King_David
(14,851 posts)Thank you for posting this.
Violet_Crumble
(35,984 posts)I mean, when you get people questioning someone's 'passion' for another country, things are really getting creepy-weird...
King_David
(14,851 posts)Violet_Crumble
(35,984 posts)You don't? That wouldn't surprise me...
holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)... should support her allies?
Or is it only CERTAIN allies you don't think America should support?
Violet_Crumble
(35,984 posts)And what do you mean by CERTAIN? Oh, it's yet another lame attempt to make out that people single out Israel, and this one's even lamer than normal standards. Try reading what I said really slowly, placing a particular emphasis on the word 'any'. If yr still struggling, go ask someone to explain to you what 'any' in the context of that sentence means! Here's what I said 'I have a problem with blind and unquestioning 'passion' for any country...'. 'Any' and 'certain' are so different in so many different ways that it's hard to believe you missed spotting a difference.
btw, you still refusing to answer questions you've been asked? because if so, it's really lame to pop up in other threads firing off weird 'questions'. Just sayin'...
Here's a link to the thread where you made the comment about culture that I asked which culture you were talking about in response to a post about extremist Muslims...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=14487
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I wish more people would realize just how supportive he has been.