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Report: Biden torpedoed Pollard's pardon
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 01.10.11, 23:32
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61. OBAMA AND BIDEN =GOOD COP
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (10.02.11)
Bad cop .Obama ,Biden ,Hillary = three antisemites.
62. I LOVE Joe Biden
(10.02.11)
63.  Biden is a real American .
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64. THIS IS OBAMA'S VOICE- NOT BIDEN'S!
Gingit ,   Tel Aviv   (10.02.11)
Since when did Biden have such a strong voice. If Obama wanted to free Pollard he would have. Up until this moment he's been strongly against it - even when Pollard's parents were dying. This is Biden being the scape goat. Obama knows who he himself is - it's about time the American Jews also understand that. Obama is definitely not pro-Israel nor pro-Jewish - he's not even an American!
65. Leapin' Lizards!
Cameron ,   USA   (10.02.11)
Despite having come to loathe Obama's lackeys, one of them truly made the correct call on Israel's paid sneak. Joe, for once, ya done good.
66. Joe let him go!
Ralph ,   Caesarea   (10.02.11)
Bidden should be the next target of AIPAC....
67. Simply Vote Republican in 2 Years
Dave Lev ,   Los AngelesUSA   (10.02.11)
Obama and Biden are planting the seeds for the Presidential election in less than 2 years. They need Jewish gelt for the campaign..and if elected (thanks to Jewish votes in the key blue and swing states), will forget the Jews and continuing to pressure Israel to acquiesce to the Pals demands ( and Arab oil kingdoms), Virtually every Republican candidate has come out strongly for Israel, and against the Muslim radicals and their: goal of destroying Israel, and spreading the caliphate. And where have you been Biden? Pollard's sentence violated his constitutional rights to a fair punishment. LIfe w/o parole..thats what you are really saying Biden? Speaking of Biden..he wanted out of Afghan..and Iraq divided into 3 parts. And what has been Obamas response to his VP? But when it comes to Jewish affairs, Obama is suddenly an untermenchen to his VP? Biden is a loudmouth simpleton...and not in the ranks of a Cheney. Obama, a community organizer andprotestor of gays ( see recent criticism of the Republicans), wont let a Jewish patriot free after 25 years who did nothing harmful to US interests. Pollard was upset that the US did not adhere to certain promises to Israel...and, believing another Holocaust was in the making...gave classified info to operatives. There is an expression, you commit the crime, you do the time. But there is another that trumps it..."an eye for an eye". In this case US justice has taken the entire face. Obama needs our votes to win. The US Arabs love him...that should tell us something.
68. Good question for Republican candidates
Steve Klein   (10.02.11)
We know Jonathan Pollard has gotten a sentence far exceeding anything a spy for a U.S. ally would have (and has) gotten historically. Isn't twenty five years enough? Joe Biden gave President Hussein Obama the advice he wanted to hear because Obama is not a freind of the Jews or Israel. Remember how Biden responded when he learned Jews would build in Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem, March 2010? Biden said: "I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in east Jerusalem. Ask the Republican candidates this question. Congressman Allen West has called for Pollard's release. Will Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, etc., follow West? Why would American Jews support Obama-Biden?
69. He betrayed his country. Reverse the situation and?
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (10.02.11)
You would let an Israeli who spied on Israel for the USA go? "You does the crime. You does the time." Pollard knew exactly what he was getting into. Treason is treason and he is damn lucky he wasn't executed! Its an American affair and we have no right to interfere and the reverse would also apply!
70. No he didn't
Eitan Haber   (10.02.11)
No he didn't. Just a calculated comment to make the candidate Obama look like he is good for the jews in 2012. When does the President of the United States defer to his has been VP on a matter of such magnitude. When has Biden spoke like this about any other matter the last 3 years? Wag the Dog.
71. oh, biden
alexb ,   canada   (10.02.11)
That's how he thinks to increase support among Jews, with statements like this?
72. Score one for Biden
esnuffnstl ,   USA   (10.02.11)
Pollard should rot in prison for what he did and any American who thinks differently should get a reality check on where their allegiance lies.
73. THANKS Biden....
Harold ,   USA   (10.02.11)
You just helped us UN - re - elect Obama
74. Pollard the whore.
Philip . ,   Afula, Israel   (10.02.11)
He did it for money and will learn that you reap what you sow.Joe Biden got it right.
75. Calm down, Joe is simply doing his job,as best he can.
Dan the Jafa ,   Auckland,New Zealand   (10.02.11)
He is tasked to buy the votes of american jews for Obama. American jews hate being reminded of their jewishness or potential association with Israel. Pollard is their bane because his Beylis Case has allowed antisemites question their loyalty. Never mind antisemites do not give rat's hindquarters about jewish political orientation (unless they want to get re-elected), it is jewish guts they are concerned with. Hence, if Biden wants to bring american jews back into the fold, Pollard has to rot in jail.
76. 55 Brod - What does that Make Reagan?
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (10.02.11)
What has religion to do with it? Why did Reagan choose to pardon Abrams and not Pollard? You remember Abrams? The guy who sold arms to the Ayatollahs to finance the Central American drug lords. Why didn't Reagan pardon both? He had the same information as exists today. Nothing new is part of the record.
77. American spies
Anshel ,   Toronto, Canada   (10.02.11)
What about the American spies all over the world, stealing secrets from their homelands, US spies in various diplomatic posts as CIA agents, shouldn't they also rot in jail for betraying their countries or obtaining secrets by illegal means? Someone should remind Joe that what is good for the goose, it is good for the gander. 25 years is enough to pay the price! Had Pollard spied for the old Soviet Union or China, he would had been out or exchanged within a year. Double standard!
78. With so much spin, why bother reporting it?
tom ,   tel aviv   (10.02.11)
79. Only God and zionists Know the story behind this story.
Salma ,   Palestine   (10.02.11)
80. Let Pollard go!
Madeleine ,   Rehovot Israel   (10.02.11)
Joe Biden is a disgusting piece of humanity, or rather, apology for humanity. There is absolutely no reason to keep Pollard in jail any longer. It's bad enough our own government abandoned him, but the Americans seem to keep him in jail out of pure spite. His sentence far exceeded his crime. There are American spies in Israel and I seem to recall reading something quite recently about one of them being caught, but heard no more about it.
81. Classic "good cop, bad cop" ploy
Sandy ,   Israel   (10.02.11)
82. Well you lost my Vote.
Mark ,   US   (10.02.11)
Biden knows its all a cover up and he don't want the world to know that the wrong person has been in prison. Because of Biden Obama does not get my vote and the rest of the Jewish votes.
83. That was good for a grin, Brod #55
Cameron ,   USA   (10.02.11)
84. It's not up to you Biden
Cynthia ,   USA   (10.02.11)
And you'll be out of office in 2012. Better start your application for social security benefits before they run out.
85. to 45
john Darren ,   cairns-Australia   (10.02.11)
Obama is not a nice man.
86. A CYNICAL PLOY TO SAVE OBAMA
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (10.02.11)
From looking even worse ,if that is possible. Obama does not want Pollard to be pardoned.
87. Falling in Obama's trap
tiki ,   belgium   (10.02.11)
I hope US Jewry is more clever this time around. Obama/Biden 'was bad, 'is bad & will stay bad for US & Israel and therefore dangerous for the whole world. He is a 'clueless president, with a 'pro muslim tendency and a 'seventies vision. Bad combination!
88. POLLARD IS A TRAITOR WHO BROKE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (10.02.11)
Pollard broke the law but has been punished far too harshly ,even a ten year sentence would have been over the top .These cruel heartless words from Joe Biden and President Obama says more about them and their hardened hearts than it does about poor Mr .Pollard.
89. #9, #36, #52 please explain
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (10.02.11)
Pollard did far more than his time. Explain why Pollard got life but Schwartz who spied for Saudi Arabia (remember 9/11?) did not get anything?
90. No. 46 Joel
NYC Girl   (10.02.11)
You;'re absolutely right. In fact, Joe Biden has one of the most consistently pro-Israel records in the Senate, which makes it hard to believe he doesn't know the truth about Pollard's inordinately harsh sentence...when Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen were given a comparative slap on the wrist for selling out this country to the Soviet Union.
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