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Early withdrawal from Iraq disastrous for Israel, Cheney says
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 12.03.07, 22:47
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31. Cheney?!
Michael Steiner   (03.13.07)
Who the hell invited Cheney to speak there!?! His support is lower than that of Bush. I think even Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is more favored by the American people. "Who?!" you say. Exactly.
32. URGENT NOTICE TO U.S. JEWS
avi   (03.13.07)
The rats quit the ship SO SHOULD YOU Halliburton Will Move HQ to Dubai Learn from history, USA today = Weimar Germany. You still can leave with your goods. Remember our sepharadic brothers. Don’t wait being accused at gunpoint for 9/11 or anything !
33. #28 AY Lamb
Tracy W   (03.13.07)
I just want to take issue with your assertion that there is Islam-bashing in the US and that America is a land of exclusion. After what happened on 9-11 and with all the hatred coming out of Islamic countries and even from US Muslims, American criticism of Islam's violence has been moderate. If anything, Muslims have had it easier than any other previous immigrant group. The country is now going out of its way trying to accommodate multicultural customs and beliefs. And let's not forget that right after 9-11, the President kept repeating that Islam is a religion of peace. The US isn't perfect, it has a lot of dark chapters in its history, and contrary to common belief, it hasn't been kind to Jews. But of all the countries in the world, the US is one of the most welcoming to immigrants and those of non-Christian religions.
34. It's only a matter of time
Tracy W   (03.13.07)
but Iraq will have to split into at least three independent countries: Sunny, Shiite and Kurdish. The ethnic cleansing has already been underway for quite a while. Waiting for the country to stabilize is absurd. If anything, the Sunnis and the Shiites are becoming even more hateful and violent toward each other by the day, and neither of them likes the Kurds. Iraq, like other Arab countries, was created along artificial lines, and it's unfortunate that it will take so many wars and so many years for things to sort themselves out.
35. No. 19 Erik
NYC Girl   (03.13.07)
As it happens, this country does not keep records regarding the religious affiliations of their military personnel, but I can tell you that one of the first soldiers to be killed in Iraq was a Jewish marine. But having said that, I think the racism implicit in your question is offensive and your assumption that Jews aren't serving in Iraq is just downright false. In fact, last year, there were widely circulated photos of a Passover seder held for American military personnel being celebrated in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces. And if the proof that your assumptions are wrong disturbs you, then it's just too f--king bad.
36. Moshe Feiglin is the man
Rick S   (03.13.07)
37. #35 NYC Girl - Very good answer!
Tracy W   (03.13.07)
38. to 7
(03.13.07)
What a copmarison ....lol .... some cents against milliards and lifes , and why you say always Muslims , this shows how ignorant and brainwashed you are .... we are Moslems , Christians and Jewish and i am not Moslem for example .... sudy your enemy if you concider us your enemies .
39. 36, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Good one!!
(03.13.07)
40. Dick Cheney is a Dangerous Man!
Mark ,   USA   (03.13.07)
41. Dick Cheney Loves Dick Cheney
Mark ,   USA   (03.13.07)
Halliburton needs to be called Helliburton
42. Israel is not a friend of the USA
new_york_loner ,   Rochester, NY   (03.13.07)
Cheney told the audience of de facto Israeli agents, “Friends owe it to friends to be as candid as possible". Too bad the Israelis don't feel the same way. Or maybe the paranoid Israelis do not consider their main benefactor to be a "friend". What did the Israeli spy agencies know about the 9-11 hijackers in the weeks and months prior to the US "wake up call"? Did they let the attack go forward, knowing that Israel would be the major beneficiary of the sneak attack? Israel has reaped huge rewards as result of the 9-11 attacks. When Ariel Sharon leaked information, on Israeli radio in December of 2002, to the effexct that there were no WMD in Iraq, why didn't our "friends" candidly inform the American public of this? The Israelis helped to dupe the American public. No, with "friends" like the Jewish State, who needs "enemies"?
43. #32 urgent notice
ay_lamb ,   USA   (03.13.07)
it is similar to Wiemar republic around 1928. Evangelicals have captured to Republican party but the Republican party appears to be spurning their influence and starting to act more like a political party rather than a club. Evangelicals have one redeeming quality over early Nazis. Evangelicals are generally wealthy in the private sector. Once Nazi's entered the German Government they had no where else to go they were forced to stay there, change laws to stay there and dominate unopposed. It isn't to late in America there is just a little time for this country to repair, evangelicals weren't driven to coalesce power in Government because of a bad economy it was more a result of a single event catalyst. This War in GWOT has brought great prosperity to certain segments of the population no doubt but not only should things change for the good of America but actually for the good of the world because I am te3lling you there is a definite to expand this wealth and power are a difficult aphrodisiac to surrender. Border security and economic viability should be the center aim of all elected officials. Vast wealth for 10% of the population while the other 90% decline is not healthy and leads to one inevitable thing expansion via aggression.
44. to cathy #6-may the god of isreal bless you and your family.
mira ,   beer sheva israel   (03.13.07)
45. #42
(03.13.07)
Maybe the reason you're a "loner" is because you sound like some sort of paranoid conspiracy theorist, and most people find that kind of belief system really creepy.
46. #42 loner is lonly and wants someone to respond, Pathetic
Cindy Silver ,   Florida   (03.13.07)
47. Nothing Loner Said is a conspiracy.
(03.13.07)
The FBI has held over 60 israelis after the 9/11 attacks. Their were men caught who were seen celebrating the World Trade Center burning these men turned out to be Mossad. Many Israelis left America after 9/11 and not slowley the guy who owned the company were the mossad agents worked fled that very evening leaving a half eaten sandwich on his desk. The only conspiracy is the story of the dudes in caves pulling of the most sophisticated attack in human history that is crazy. All you got to look at to see 9/11 isnt what bush and co say is to look at the pentagon. How the heck did a boeing 747 manage to evade the pentagons defenses what they can stop missles but not jumbo jets. Something else happened that day and sadly we will never know what truly happened. Bye the way the mossad guys lived within 5 miles of all the hijackers and some of them were in germany when the hijackers were there. So to say that it is a conspiracy or stupid or crazy dosnt hold any weight in light of the facts. This is from the FBI not some loner this is their own words.
48. #47 Mr. Loner, I say again PATHETIC
(03.13.07)
bleeding liberal left wing moron
49. jumbo jet?
JS ,   USA   (03.13.07)
No 747 was flown into the penatgon. It was a 757.
50. dic chaney has blood on his hands
george ,   usa   (03.13.07)
& all those who support, defend his oil rich arabs. you were sworn in dic to preserve, protect & defend the constitution of the us not the very same people who attack the US.
51. to #26 us soldier
george ,   usa   (03.13.07)
the people who attack the us were not IRAQIs but saudis, osama & alqueda. why don't you wake up to that fact! do not justify the war bec of WMDs. 911 was about the ATTACK ON THE US BY ALQUEDA not WMDs! this administration& chaney told lies on top of lies on top of lies to justify the war! we support the soldier BUT ATTACKING/INVADING A COUNTRY THAT DID NOT ATTACK US DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. KNOW WHO YOUR ENEMY IS -ALQUEDA/TALIBAN/OSAMA & GO AFTER THEM! if the chaney & W wants to protect the US, then why did they let osama go! why are they distracting the people who the real enemy is? THE REAL ENEMY IS OSAMA & ALQUEDA NOT IRAQ!
52. # 51
rocky ,   rocky mountain high   (03.13.07)
Well now we know who and what you are and that certainly is someone who is a coward. How you can have the balls to talk to someone who is putting his life on the line each day speaks volumes about you. I served in Viet Nam and got spit on when I came home because I served and was proud to do it. Would that you and I could meet somewhere and I could show you in one swift move just what I think of you and all of your jane fonda clones. Trust me, you would never disrespect another American Soldier again. It' s fanatics like you who are the real enemy.
53. to rocky
george ,   usa   (03.14.07)
typical name calling! what are the facts 1. iraq or iraqis did not attack on us 2. who is the enemy iraq or osama? 3. what has 911 got do to with iraq the problem with you is just bec somebody expose the truth, you will start labeling people coward, fanatics, & leftist? what about the soldiers in walter reed hospitals who did not receive adequate treatment? W cut the VA funding! am I talking about the soldiers! I am against the people who sent them there based on lies! I am against the people who cannot identify who the real enemy is! do not be gullible accepting everything W or dic is saying!
54. #51
JS ,   USA   (03.14.07)
Dude if you had your way we would have been attacked numerous times since 9/11 and would be fighting jihadist on the streets of NY and LA. If the iraq war is nothing more than a killing field, thats fine by me. I dont ever want to see people jumping out of a burning building again.
55. #26 US soldier baghdad-green zone
ay_lamb ,   USA   (03.14.07)
Come on now bragging about that!! Hello get real you think anyone is that dumb? How many Evangelical strings did your mommy have to pull to get you that CUSH job. Did you shake the hand of Dick? Did you W a hug? How many times you eat Taco Bell with Patraeus (betrayas) Maximius? Did you exchange sour dough and Spinach dip recipes? Ha give me a break. and 44 you might want to stop with the proselytizing better read the news about about the Shas initiative yeah!! and george don't sweat it you know what is right you just keep thinking we are all counting on you they want to Lobotomize you with their right-wing rhetoric dont you become and automaton, you are a hero.
56. #55--Get therapy.
(03.14.07)
57. To AY_Lamb--Somethings not quite with your stories
lt. col.nevers ,   Baghdad-green zone   (03.14.07)
I have read and re-read all 4 of your talk backs and I've got to say that your are perhaps the biggest hypocrite that I've read about in a long time. Your hatred for your commander and chief and evangelicals puts you right in the same vein as radical terrorists. Your so called service in the military is questionable at best. Thanks to you putting your e-mail address for all to see, that is being ckecked out as we speak. You are a sad excuse of a human being. Should you actually be returning here in Sept., I can guarantee you will be assinged to my platoon. And if we find out you are actually a girly man, we will expose that for all to see.
58. Thank you 49
(03.14.07)
You just helped my case abuot the huge airplane manuvering past the most sophisticated air defense in the world striking the most secure building in the world.
59. 58
JS ,   USA   (03.14.07)
No I didn't you idiot. If you cant even get the type of aircraft used in the attack correct how in the world is anyone supposed to believe the rest of your hogwash. Like come on some guy didn't finish his sandwhich and you think Mossad was behind 9/11. Besdies the 757 is smaller than a 747.
60. Look here smart guy ask your self this question.
(03.14.07)
How dose a 757 fly into the pentagon? If you think i guy who could barely fly a sessna could fly one of those perfectly into the most secure building in the most powerful country in the world then i dont care if you call me an idiot its clear what you are. All information collected on teh Mossad guys (which israel says were Mossad) is classified. All we know is that they were happy and celebrating the attacks. They tried to blame palestinians for the attacks and the guy who owned their front ran like a sissy after the attacks. Put 2 and 2 together man. I didnt make anything up those are all facts. You can check them yourself. Hogwash is what you get on the news dip.
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