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Report: Bush may fault Israel on cluster bomb claim
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 28.01.07, 07:12
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1. Bush is no friend of Israel..........
Avraham ,   Netivot   (01.28.07)
He is becoming more like his father every day. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
2. Carter sold us a few SSSOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY
(01.28.07)
3. #1 He's the only friend of Israel right now
jp ,   usa   (01.28.07)
Let's see, Carter helped Iran become what it is today because he didn't back the shah, Clinton tried to give away great parts of the land to Arafat, Bush 41 with the help of Baker tried to to do the same, and Bush 43 is willing to stand side by side with Israel and it's crooked leaders. Now if you want to blame someone, try blaming the state department, and your gutless leaders who are planning at this moment to give the land away to a group of terrorists who at a drop of a hat will probably come in your house and try to do and your family great harm. Your leaders are no friend of Isreal themselves. But NEVER and I mean NEVER say my president is no friend of Israel. Perhaps you can find friends at the UN, or France, or Iran, or Syria, or Pakistan, or Afaganistan, of anywhere else in the Middle East that will come to your aid. He may not be perfect, but right now he's the only friend Israel has.
4. ISRAEL FORGOT 'GD' , RELYING ON ''FRIENDS''
TROUBLES WILL CONTNU ,   ..............DACON9   (01.28.07)
5. you must be insane people. and that is your problem
Simon Mohammed ,   Falls Church VA, USA   (01.28.07)
Whatever the one do for you, stand beside you, give up every thing for you, whatsoever, you will go after him/her/they and attack them. Who do you think you are and what do you want to be????????? you are sick, insane and will never acheive anything the way you think. you are so crazy in a healthy but improper way. sorry that is what i summarize up to now
6. TO #1-JUST SHUT UP!!!!!
AVRAHAM ,   JERUSALEM   (01.28.07)
THERE WAS NEVER BETTER PRESIDENT THAN GEORGE BUSH. HE IS A HOLY MAN IN MY BOOK. GET OUT OF ISRAEL IF YOU THINK THAT WAY.
7. #3 Bush will sacrafice Israel to win in Iraq!
Avraham ,   Netivot   (01.28.07)
8. avraham nr #1 from netivot you make me sick.
megi ,   london   (01.28.07)
i agree shut up. bush is the best.
9. I have two questions to ask.
Don Saliman ,   Nahal Oz, Israel   (01.28.07)
Why sell weapons to Israel or any other country,if it is forbidden to use that weapon? Why did Israel accept the weapons,when they can not use it?
10. I have a question
Jasmin ,   Haifa   (01.28.07)
Why did Israel have us-made cluster munitions to use in the first place -- since, as the article states, "Israel manufactures its own cluster munitions"?
11. It's time
(01.28.07)
Seams the time came that each USA president former or still feels guilty about the blind support for Israel and they feel that the blood of the died Palistinians are hangeing on their necks and hands and soon the world will isolate Israel till they change their colonial way of thinking and let the Palistinians to live like any people around the world .... if the USA will decide not to sell weapons to Israel this will be the end for Israel but they were digging their grave since along time and didn't think that this day will come .......
12. 60,000 dead CIVILIANS in Iraq and he criticizes Israel!
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (01.28.07)
60,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq since 2003 (Source Iraq Body Count Site) in Bush's war based on the lie about Weapons of Mass Destruction and he has the gall to criticize Israel for using weapons that WE PAID FOR in the defense of our country when it was attacked! President Bush should be impeached for lying to the American people and has caused the deaths of over 3,000 US Soldiers. President Bush forced Israel into a cease fire, forced us to leave our soldiers, Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser, in the hands of the terrorists and left the door open to the Third Lebanese War. President Bush's failure to let Israel complete the job against Hezbollah has resulted in Lebanon being in a state of turmoil and a potential civil war. President Bush, Senator Kerry in RIGHT by stating in Davos, Switzerland, that the USA has become a pariah nation. Do not forget that basically Israel is the only friend that the USA has. Just look at Europe, the Arab World, South America and Africa and listen to the chant of "Yankee Go Home" and "America the Bully" or even "America the Terrorist". In China and the Russian Federation the US is not exactly the top of the pops! Indeed President Bush, your failures are so evident that even a blind person can see them and now your are trying to cover them up by condemning our use of the weapons that you sold to us. What a Chutzpah!
13. The real face of Israel
(01.28.07)
Cluster bombs are forbiden internationaly but Israel used it even against civilians .... this is the real ugly face of Israel ... they speake about human rights and use such bombs .... time for Israel to be punished ....
14. #5 simon mohammed
jerome ,   basalt, co   (01.28.07)
sounds to me like you are describing the Palistinians.
15. the real face of the Arabs that Israeli deals with
# 13 ,   basalt, co   (01.28.07)
SUICIDEBOMBERS, HOMICIDIALMANIACS UNDER THE GUISE OF ISLAMIC RELIGON, TEACHING THERE CHILDREN HATE, LIES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JEWS, EXTORTION IN THERE OWN SOCIETY AND PATHETIC GOVERNMENT, MURDERS ARE TREATED LIKE HEROS AND ON AND ON. WHO SHOULD BE PUNISH FOR ABUSE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS?!?!?!?!?!?!?
16. If firing Katyusha rocket is legitamate, so be cluster bombs
KMR ,   Middle East   (01.28.07)
Mullah Nasarallah the father of this baby.....sorry for helpless Lebanese...
17. the only mistake was not using more of them - sooner
(01.28.07)
18. #12 the deads on IRAK ARE MORE,donĀ“t reduce the cifres
Darek ,   Egypt   (01.28.07)
19. My numbers are based on those on the Iraq Body Count site
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (01.28.07)
You are probably right but the numbers of civilians reported killed by military intervention in Iraq since 2003 Min 54982 Max 60659 according to the site. These numbers are bad enough. The Americans just will not realize that they are fighting a war that they cannot win even if their intentions are good and not for oil's sake! Please check it our. It is horrific!
20. If bush was our friend he would ban kadima/
jason white ,   afula,israel   (01.28.07)
labor?ma gil? hara-dim parties from the U.S. Finally remember #3 that the state dept. is NO friend to the U.S. govt or its allies. And the n.y.times is good for toilet paper.
21. Israel continues to defy UN resoloutions
Jerry ,   Canada   (01.28.07)
Is there a nation who defies UN resoloutions more than Israel?? I think not........and the sad part is that if they did abide by them, then there would truly be peace in the middle east.
22. A MUST See
Reality Check ,   BaGolan   (01.28.07)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RN_LxmkTSX4
23. #3 responds to #21
jp ,   usa   (01.28.07)
I totally agree with you. If you read what I said, you would see that I criticize our state dept. It is not Israeli friendly. The problem is that when we get new presidents, we do not get new regular employees at the state dept. We have people who have been in there for 25 years or more and are out to get their own shelfish partisan agenda through. Whether it be through bad advice to the president, leaks to the press, or worse yet, letting the enemy know what is going to happen before it does. A prime example of this is when Sandy Berger warned OBL that we were going to bomb a few clay houses in the area where we knew he was. However, that being said President Bush is still the only friend Israel has.
24. #23 really responds to #20
jp ,   usa   (01.28.07)
25. #23
Jerry ,   Canada   (01.28.07)
Is it any wonder why the U.S. is probably the only friend that Israel has left.........they continue to dance to their own drum beat when the whole world is disgusted with their policies towards the Palestinians.
26. Bush could not give Israel enough in more than 6 years
(01.28.07)
So, what do you expect from him in the poor 23 months to go.
27. #10 because us-made cluster munitions are legal
(01.28.07)
28. debate
(01.29.07)
using cluster bombs in populated areas is banned by international law even if there is military posts within those areas, this may be attributed to the compartively low precision of these bombs. Warning civilians before bombing does not relieve from resoponsibility, as a great number of bomblets usually fail to detonate on the initial impact, and act as potentially exploding land mines. Warning is no more than showy but useless execuse in this case.
29. #15.......what do you Begin??
Jerry ,   Canada   (01.29.07)
Is he not a murderer and terrorist. Does the Kind David hotel bombing ring a bell??
30. Cluster%&$#
M ,   USA   (01.29.07)
Reagan came down on Israel for the same thing in '82. I guess his actions did not deter this from happening again. As Kissinger said, America does not have friends only interests. Soon, it will not be in America's interest to support Israel any longer based on US public and world opinion, unless Israel gets rid of its illegal settlements and draws permanent borders. Until then, G-D and the rest of the civilized world will not be sympathetic to Israel's aspirations.
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