Elizabeth Warren to skip Netanyahu speech

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39. Welcome to DU, PedXing!

Good to have you with us! I feel the same way. Frankly, in my opinion anyway, we wouldn't even have that big a constant worry about Iran if Saddam Hussein were still alive. He kept them busy. Kept them contained. Kept them occupied. There was ongoing, seemingly never-ending war between those two next-door neighbors, Iraq and Iran. They were far more concerned about the threat AT their border than to be able to make much time to bother with Israel. NOW, unfortunately, all those distractions and obstacles have been "thoughtfully" cleared away by bush/cheney, and the way is all clear and open for them to start making whatever mischief they want. Guess the bushies didn't think about that. Especially when they weren't thinking, PERIOD. Except with their "little heads," maybe. Had to go swagger around over there and prove who was Mas Macho. And they wound up proving NOTHING except how big a colossal and catastrophic mess they could make.

I still don't get how turning down the heat regarding the Iranians would somehow be harmful to Israel? I don't get that. How can that not be at least mildly beneficial not only to Israel but to that whole area, if you're able to cool things down over there, even by just a few degrees? How can that NOT be a good thing? And how could that NOT be helpful to Israel?