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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:31 PM Original message |
AIPAC Head Testifies On Israel Aid |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Exactly which "critical U.S. foriegn policy goals" was he talking about.? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Israel is the national equivalent of a corporate welfare bum. |
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Prattvictory (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. They need the money |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. No more money until Israel returns to its own borders |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. seriously -- politics aside -- israel does not need U.S. aid. nt |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Israel is our first line of defense |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Our first line of defense? It must be happy hour were you are. |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The Cold War is over, move on. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. First line of defense? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. the goal is not mentioned |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. "economically"? How so... Israel has become a parasite on the American Tax Payers |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Hey, I don't use that sarcasm smilie either |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. You forgot the sarcasm tag. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Sadly, Floridablue was probably not being sarcastic. Oh wait, you're being sarcastic! |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Why sadly ? No, there was no sarcasm intended. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Israel is certainly not America's friend. Israel only cares about the settlements |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Our first line of DEFENSEagainst which nation likely to attack us? Our aid of Israel, no matter what |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. Needy |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Howard Kohr should be required to register as an agent of a foreign government |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. except that AIPAC isn't a lobby for a foreign country |
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JFKfanforever (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Like what? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Like J Street for example. Like exposing their tactics. |
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JFKfanforever (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Once their tactics are fully exposed, then what? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. They are still acting as agents for a foreign country |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. no, they're not. and no matter how many times you repeat that foolish |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. How is AIPAC anything other than a lobbying group for |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Charles Black, former McCain advisor, was a registered foreign agent for Angola's Savimbi |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Repetition does not render your opinions true, either, though. Neither do insults. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. If AIPAC'ers had to choose between the US and Israel, |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. They already chose Israel by giving aid and comfort to an espionage ring |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. The citizenship of the lobbyist is not the legal test. For whose interests |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. IBTIMTTC (In Before This Is Moved To The Cornfield) |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. If we stop giving aid to Israel, then we will have no more leverage with them. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Israel broke US law by using American-made white phosphorus shells on civilian areas |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. You are correct, but that's not my point. I am just saying that we need to try to keep some sort... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Indiana is arguing corruption. You are arguing need. Israel ignores us now. We can get that |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. We have leverage with Israel now? and it's scary now, anyway. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
31. Did Congress approve that 2007 memo that let Dummya commit the US for nine years after his term |
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