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Former US official: Romney isn't Israel's savior
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 21.10.12, 23:17
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1. True, but.....
Vlad   (10.21.12)
Romney is not likely to disapprove of Mossad actions to stop Iran's program, nor is he likely to try to force Israel into concessions to the Palestinians.
2. "there's only one country in the world that
jerome ,   basalt,colorado   (10.21.12)
believes that an attack on iran is necessary-Israel" ISRAEL is the only country that is CORRECT!
3. Obama won't need to pander......
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (10.21.12)
As president, Miller claims, Romney will no longer need to pander to anyone, so such a move would not be in his interest. What a load of garbage. That will exactly describe Obama if he gets re-elected. Obama is nobodys savior. I am hoping Romney will move our embassy to Jerusalem but I know Obama never ever will. I would take Dr. Millers opinions with a grain of salt.
4. green light, schmeen light
E. G. Marsch ,   Nahariya, Israel   (10.22.12)
The Jews take matters in their own hands now. Have you heard about the state of Israel?
5. Romney is far better. Obama is not 'nuanced' nor deep.
bob k ,   orlando us   (10.22.12)
Miller is wrong about Obama's 'penchant for nuance' Obama is not a deep thinker at all, confused and simplistic yes. Obama's emotional connection to the region is to the Moslem world of his father. He visited, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iraq but not Israel. His approach to the 'peace process' was to blame only Israel and demand that Israel stop any building in east Jerusalem and in settlemnets. There were no demands made of the P.A.. despite the PA/s rejection, in effect, of the former PM Olmert's offer of east Jerusalem plus most of Judea and Samaria. in 2006-08. The PA also rejected former PM Barak's offer of peace in 2000 and launched a terror war against Israel. Romney is emotionally connected to Israel and while he is cautious he knows that Iran is a real threat to Israel and to America in the long run. Onama does not want to attack Iran under any circumstances.
6. WE CANT AFFORD ANOTHER OBAMA 4 YRS
...DACON9   (10.22.12)
SIMPLY PUT: This guy is telling you to continue voting for a failure who didnt support Israel and not even supported USA to world leadersbut apologized for everything and anything America did. This is a good conjob the way he put the issues..BUT WE ARE JEWS ..WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SMARTER THEN THAT. FALL FOR A CONJOB TWICE?
7. Bill Clinton
Joe Sombrero ,   USA   (10.22.12)
The only reason Bill Clinton is attached to Israel is all the Saudi Goverment Money his foundation and library gets and the Arab speaking fees. He is as hostile as Jimmy Carter towards Israel.
8. Israel won't have the USA to kick around anymore..
Edithann ,   USA   (10.22.12)
TATA
9. Forget USA: Time for Israel to Rise Up & Go It Alone!
B.E. ,   Whangarei, NZ   (10.22.12)
10. MIller is an Obama groupie.
Tsvi ,   New York   (10.22.12)
MIller is either out of touch or is trying to cover for Obama's anti Israel polices. Romney has so far shown that he will support Israel on Iran and if he wins, he will have to run again in 4 years so he will try and keep Jews happy. Don't believe the "experts" Obama is Israel's enemy.
11. Miler?
michael Pielet ,   israel   (10.22.12)
Miller, the ugly guy with the maps. What does he know, nothing!
12. MILLER SOUNDS LIKE A FOOL ON THE LEFT
ZIMBI ,   NJUSA   (10.22.12)
13. If the Dr. wasn't in bed with the likes of Obama...
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (10.22.12)
He would never underestimate and lie about what Romney is capable of doing with respect to Iran. Obama might as well be launching the weapons into Israel himself.....He has so much disdain for Netanyahu and Israelis in general.
14. Say what you will about Romney...
Amichai ,   Huntsville, US   (10.22.12)
but I doubt you'll EVER hear him say that Israel needs to start peace negotiations from the pre-1967 borders. It saddens me to see so many of my Jewish brothers & sisters blind to Obama's anti-Israel views simply because he's a democrat.
15. Miller's a known anti Israeli leftwinger
Russisn Jew ,   US   (10.22.12)
16. Hashem is Israel's saviour..
moriah ,   sacramento usa   (10.22.12)
whether the majority of Israelis want to stubbornly admit ..or not!
17. #7
saul ,   usa, usa   (10.22.12)
Give us a call when you start to make sense.
18. Romney isnt Israel's savior
Sam ,   Texas   (10.22.12)
duh......I already knew that from the Torah
19. THE IDF IS NOT A RAG TAG 3 WORLD ARMY
ADAM ,   CHICAGO   (10.22.12)
ISRAELI LEADERS WILL DO WHAT IT IT TAKES TO KEEP ISRAEL ALIVE WITH OR WITHOUT ANY ONE DICTATING A JEWS FATE THIS IS NOT 1940 EUROPE . IRAN WILL SEE A SUPRISE ITS CALLED DEATH FROM ABOVE.
20. Oursourcer in Chief
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (10.22.12)
Romney will learn how to take orders. Romney promised during the Republican Debates to outsource US foreign policy to Netanyahu. That will include the Commander-in-Chief role. Netanyahu will have to stay fluent in English until he appoints more Hebrew speaking US Generals and Admirals.
21. @ bob k #5 re Obama's not visitinng Israel whilst in office
Mikey ,   SomeWhere OverHere   (10.22.12)
You stated " Obama's emotional connection to the region is to the Moslem world of his father. He visited, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iraq but not Israel." Well, during his first term in office, GW Bush never visited Israel, but was in Muslim-majority Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Indonesia, Iraq, and Turkey. The second term he was in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq again, Albania, Joprdan again, Indonesia again/ In his final year of his second term he visited Israel, but he also visited Abbas and the Palestinian Authority officials. What's your point?
22. Miller comments
DEB ,   Wash DC   (10.22.12)
Miller doesn't have any idea what he is talking about. If he has worked at the US State Dept that long, he is bound to be a liberal just like all the rest. His comments are unworthy of serious consideration. He is undoubtedly on the take for Obama to help him stem loss of Jewish support.
23. How much $?
Alan Eigenstein ,   Edgewater, NJ   (10.22.12)
How much did the Obama campaign pay Miller? I'm guessing it's too much. Common sense trumps experts.
24. Miller is a leftist like Obama.
Sam ,   Canada   (10.22.12)
The Jewish leftist advisers like Miller advise Obama that settlements are the problem and Israel should be stuffed into the 1967 borders. They ignore the fact that there cannot be peace because Palestinians reject a Jewish Israel. Many leftists prefer living in their make believe world where Palestinians accept a Jewish Israel and the problem is that Israel doesn't want to make peace. Hopefully, Romney has his feet on the ground.
25. Miller is a leftist like Obama.
Sam ,   Canada   (10.22.12)
The Jewish leftist advisers like Miller advise Obama that settlements are the problem and Israel should be stuffed into the 1967 borders. They ignore the fact that there cannot be peace because Palestinians reject a Jewish Israel. Many leftists prefer living in their make believe world where Palestinians accept a Jewish Israel and the problem is that Israel doesn't want to make peace. Hopefully, Romney has his feet on the ground.
26. Forget Miller. Like Indyk he is an Obama boot licker
Marco ,   Spain   (10.22.12)
27. Friends of Israel?
Shalom ,   U.S.A.   (10.22.12)
This fellow Miller is just as a good friend of Israel as Obama.
28. attittude, not change
peter ,   mobile, usa   (10.22.12)
The only thing needed is the recognition that Israel gives as much as it gets from the USA. Money isn't the most important commodity in this relationship.
29. Israeli response to Muslim threat
Syd Chaden ,   Palermo Calif USA   (10.22.12)
The tit-for-tat response to attacks on Israel will not work. What would Israel do, if Syrian chemical weapons, mounted on Libyan rockets, were to be fired into Israel? The Muslim attackers all claim that their attacks are in response to their religion. They are incited and eulogized by the Mullahs. Israel should recognize that the religious fervor that drives the attackers must be responded to. Israel should place explosives around the Al Aksa Mosque, and announce that the next attack on Israel will result in destruction of the Mosque. Enough of sitting by while synagogues and churches are destroyed, and Christians and Jews are killed, in the name of Islam. Tell the Mullahs that the decision to preserve or destroy the Mosque is theirs. Either stop the attacks, or cause the destruction of the Mosque. Announcing that policy, or even the destruction of the Mosque, will not worsen the situation, because it cannot be worsened. Muslims are already committed to the destruction of Israel, and death to the Jews, and are doing their best to make that happen. "Worse" means allowing that to continue.
30. Yeshua of Nazareth is the saviour of Israel, but Romney
Rivkah   (10.22.12)
may be a deliverer of the USA from the afflictions of God's people and the economic ruin and destruction of BHO's administration.
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