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Obama to give Israel $70M for Iron Dome
Yitzhak Benhorin, AP
Published: 27.07.12, 18:08
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61. To: No. 60
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.28.12)
Well, since you feel THAT way: 1. Don't ever wear jeans. 2. Do not innoculate your children against polio. 3. Do not carry a cell phone. Would you REALLY like me to continue? The list is very, very long, and you probably won't care for much of it. Too many things you'd have to give up. Geez -- hope you never need a pacemaker or chemotherapy ..... You're the pathetic thing.
62. We remember the US arms embargo!!!
Tom W ,   USA   (07.28.12)
Listen up you believers in American "messianism:" As soon as Israel was born the British "Sir John Glubb pasha" unleashed the Arab Legion to finish off the Holocaust surviving Jews, including those who were previously languishing in British concentration camps in Cyprus. In these fateful hours President Truman imposed total arms embargo on Israel. It was Stalin who ordered the Czech to provide arms to fend off the Brits and the colluding Americans. Weren't for Stalin's help Israel wouldn't exists today. The US maintained an arms embargo between 1947-1962. In the '67 war Pres Johnson reinstated the arms embargo, so did Nixon until Israel threatened him with the use of nukes. This is the true face of America. Americans back stabbed the Vietnamese, the Hungarians in '56, now the Poles and seemingly Israel. Everything that coming from America is based on the expediency of the ruling elite's fleeting whims. I quoted hard, historical facts you can check with Google.
63. To No 61. Even if your claims were accurate....
Robert ,   Australia   (07.29.12)
.....which they are not, they only represent a pinprick in terms of human achievement. Compared to the inventors of atomic bombs, napalm, the bunker buster, agent orange and cluster bombs, jeans and cell phones do little for the benefit of mankind.
64. #62 Tom W
Moshe of Rockville ,   Rockville,MD USA   (07.29.12)
Regarding your statement that Stalin "ordered the Czechs to provide arms..." to Israel,the opposite is true.After the Communist coup d'etat in Feb.1948, military support for Israel soon fell apart.Stalin required all foreign communist parties to be in lockstep with the Soviet Union to prove their loyalty.As a result, Czechoslovakian Communists ended weapon sales to Israel. Americans hardly back stabbed the Vietnamese.When we had 500,000 troops in country,their military was "effective." When we left,they fell apart.We lost over 45,000 dead and tens of thousands wounded. We DID NOT back stab the Vietnamese. We could have helped the Hungarians in '56,but it would have turned nuclear very quickly.The winners would have achieved a desolate, radioactive land. You are wrong when you believe that "expediency of the ruling elite's fleeting whims" is behind America's contributions to others. I don't kow who are included within the "elite."You obviously have no understanding of the democratic processes of the government - local,state and federal.
65. $97 Million is peanuts
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (07.29.12)
He spends far more than that runnng around and campaining
66. Israel will develop & perfect the Iron Dome
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.29.12)
which will allow the USA to copy it and replace. their own innefective Patriot system, whch looked better than it worked, when needed
67. #66 BEN JABO
Moshe of Rockville ,   Rockville,MD USA   (07.29.12)
The Aegis system has certain option,including short range tactical capability,although it is a ground-based system which intercepts incoming missiles from space.The Patriot has had problems, but the Israeli Arrow and the US Hawk are better,but not the greatest around.
68. #64. Moshe: Yes or No
Tom W ,   USA   (07.29.12)
Did Truman imposed an armament boycott on Israel.? Yes or No. Did the Czech arms delivery - on Stalin's orders - saved Israel? Yes or No. Was an arms embargo in force by the USA between 1947-1962? Yes or No. Did Johnson and Nixon reinstated the embargo on Israel? Yes or No. (Nixon relented in the end for fear of nuke war.)
69. #67 Moshe
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (07.29.12)
You're confirming what I had already said, the Patriot system didn't do what is was supposed to If you really want an idea of what Israeli weapons amount to, it's easy to find out..GOOGLE "Breitbart Israeli Weapons Systems" Israel & the USA have had extensive military cooperation & development, which the USA has been putting to good use on their own behalf I wish I could post the list, however this site allocated a maximum of 4,000 characters & spaces. Breitbart is about double that Let me know how you make out
70. #62 Robert - why do you insist
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (07.29.12)
on showing how dense you are Without your computer, with its software and electronics that are developed in Israel, you wouldn't be able to continue your sub-moronic postings I hadn't realized that bunker busters, agent orange & cluster bombs didn't contribute anything than death an destruction, which most certainly don't benenfit mankind
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