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U.S. Designates Israel as Country That Tends 'To Promote, Produce, or Protect' Terrorists

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jamesfirecat6/30/2011 10:59:05 am PDT

re: #44 Buck

No you would not be correct. If I want to say anything like that, I would.

It is my belief (and this is further evidence towards that belief) that Obama is making a shift in where the US stands in the region. No I am not saying he is standing with the Palestinians, that is silly. Or that he is an anti Semite, or hates Israel. However, I think this is more evidence that he is trying to move the US policy to the middle, to be more of a “neutral player” in the Israeli-Palestinian theater.

If you want to be in the middle, or think of yourself as neutral that is fine. In fact it plays well to the American sense of fairness. It sounds good to say “we are not taking sides and only want to help both sides.

However America long ago decided that it was not going to be neutral. To many of the Jews, including myself it is as simple as “you are either with us or against us” you can’t be both, you can’t be neutral. We have seen the effect of neutral in the past, and we didn’t like it.

re: #44 Buck

No you would not be correct. If I want to say anything like that, I would.

It is my belief (and this is further evidence towards that belief) that Obama is making a shift in where the US stands in the region. No I am not saying he is standing with the Palestinians, that is silly. Or that he is an anti Semite, or hates Israel. However, I think this is more evidence that he is trying to move the US policy to the middle, to be more of a “neutral player” in the Israeli-Palestinian theater.

If you want to be in the middle, or think of yourself as neutral that is fine. In fact it plays well to the American sense of fairness. It sounds good to say “we are not taking sides and only want to help both sides.

However America long ago decided that it was not going to be neutral. To many of the Jews, including myself it is as simple as “you are either with us or against us” you can’t be both, you can’t be neutral. We have seen the effect of neutral in the past, and we didn’t like it.

Also Buck nothing personal but the phrase “you are either with us or against us” will always rub me the wrong way. Because to me it begs the question “How much do we have to be with you to not be your enemy? Do I need to support you even when you make bad choices?”