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McCain wants Bill Clinton for Mideast peace role
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Published: 09.11.11, 11:47
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1. AAH DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT
BILLY LIAR ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (11.09.11)
Woman .Netanyahu is not the only liar.
2. WHY ??
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (11.09.11)
Tony Blair ,Ashton and others are not enough? there are enough useless idiots already ,too many in fact.
3. BILLY SOLD OUT JERUSALEM & HEBRON!
BUTSeriously   (11.09.11)
Billy the kid also accounts a 3-state as a 2-state. Send Bill to Egypt 00instead and lets see him negotiate a 2-state for the Copts who are facing extinction.
4. God bevere !!!.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (11.09.11)
Shall Israel follow those leftist Peacejerks again, and repeat the same mistake. Those leftist idiots never learn and will never understand. Arn.Sweden.
5. #1 Billy Liar - LOL!!!
Devorah   (11.09.11)
6. times have changed but Clinton is the most experienced
zionist forever   (11.09.11)
Its been nearly twelve years now since Clinton had anything to say on this subject and with the death of Arafat and Abbas soon to be retiring from politics the playing field has changed drastically. At the same time though if the US is going to be involved in all this better Clinton who understands at least some of the facts rather than Obama who is a total space cadet and an idealist. As far as Israel is concerned better a mediator who is an EX president rather than a serving one because ex presidents don't have the muscle to pressure Israel into concessions. We shouldn't rush into giving Clinton some sort of role to play in all this but we should not rule anything out. Just don't let Barak talk to Clinton or Clinton will try hold him to the commitments he made at Camp David like Abbas is trying to tell Bibi he must honor a secret Fatah prisoner release deal he made with Olmert.
7. Billy...Monica did what she could, for you
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (11.09.11)
so PLEASE leave us alone...!
8. Been there, tried him, he did not succeed.
rebecca ,   Modiin   (11.09.11)
Apart from the absolute American Arrogance ( I think Bibi is far smarter than most American presidents) why redo an experiment that has already failed?
9. Bill Clinton could be our priminster,his
Eric..... ,   Israel....   (11.09.11)
better than any one that we have.He is a good friend and a good man.I would vote for him.
10. McCain is wrong
Brod ,   USA   (11.09.11)
Bill Clinton has been pocketing millions of dollars from the Wahhabhist Saudis since leaving office. He is no different to Jimmy Carter. The Wahhabhists are holding his balls. When he was President, he didn't lift a finger to stop the genocide of 800,000 Judeo-Christian Tutsis by the Papist Hutus in Rwanda. These are among Bill's major defects. Ergo, he is not qualified to play peace maker in the Middle East.
11. Mac Cain,a name a failure!!!! Old chicken talking...
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (11.09.11)
Ma Cain had it wrong all the way and on e it retired a man shoul do pensioner jobs...those "old chikens" in the like of Flinksone and Cains shaould just do some gardening.... They were bad at work,and worse now out of work;some men just never give up working and bullshetting around... Clinton the "Flingstones " lied and will lie all his life,no matter what;has a president he was crap,full of talk talk a talk...
12. Bad idea
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.09.11)
Apart from the fact that Bill Clinton tends to think with his small head, do let us keep in mind that the most frequent visitor to the White House during the Clinton presidency was none other than Yasser Arafat (may his name be cursed throughout eternity). Doesn't that say it all? Do you think Hillary came by her Arabist sentiments by accident?
13. Fear "upsetting" Clinton?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.09.11)
Oh, sure. I'm certain that Prime Minister Netanyahu is "terrified" of an unemployed former president who nailed an intern thirty years his junior. How frightening. Try disgusting. Bill Clinton is a national embarrassment. He has absolutely no currency whatsoever. And no clout at all.
14. Yea Right
Joe Sombrero ,   USA   (11.09.11)
Let me get this straight. Bill Clinton the man who gets paid money to build his library from the Saudi Arabians, the man whose foundation gets money from Saudi Arabia. This is the man who basically sent his political team to get Ehud Barak elected in 1999. Bill Clinton the ex-president who railroaded a agreement between Barak and Arafat, and had never had a good word to say about Israel and Netanyahu. Don't make me laugh he is basically a agent for Saudi Arabia, He also lied about moving the American Embassy to Israel to Jerusalem
15. bill will stiull be poodle of obama. must wait until electio
ralph   (11.09.11)
election and hopefully a republican will be president. obama is bad for america not juts israel.
16. @10: Then do tell us: Who is qualified??
lcmest ,   Tlv   (11.09.11)
17. Yea, sure
Robert ,   NY USA   (11.09.11)
The Christians and Muslims negociating on how to steal Jerusalem. If you look on a map, with their eyes, you can clearly see how short on land, capitals, and resources they are.
18. Icmest #16
Brod ,   USA   (11.09.11)
The Land of Israel-Judea and Samaria belongs to Israel since ancient time. It is GOD-GIVEN and GOD-RESTORED to the Nation of Israel. Read your Bible. The Islamist-Jihadists are usurpers and occupiers. While ancient invaders had come and gone into the dustbin of history, Israel remains to this day and has returned to its Ancient Land of Israel because of GOD'S Covenant with Israel. Read Genesis, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Israel has all the rights to defend its land against Islamist-Jihadist usurpers and occupiers.
19. No "cleverness" from the most arrogant US president ever!
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (11.09.11)
20. This concerns the "frog" zarkosy!
Moragh USA   (11.09.11)
The 'e' of course concerns the remark from the "frog" Zarkosy to Clinton re. Israel. The writer was horrified and said mostly that the EU & Co. would turn a deaf ear to the Zarkozy remark. They probably did. I now see quite clearly what those yearly meetings are all about! I certainly realize that since France has been taken over by muslims with their hundreds of babies being born by the scores, that it really is just a "matter of time". I remember reading 'somewhere' about Zarkozy's second wife Carla Bruni being a prostitute. Now I wonder from where on the streets of Paris Zarkozy picked that one up! Mr. zarkozy, I hope in future you will keep a very low profile and your lips tightly zipped together, especially against a decent man such as Israel's President. Tell me..... are you capable, in character, of respecti ng somebody as decent as President Netanyahu?
21. Yeah, US Nuclear Technology Straight To North Korea
David H ,   Marietta USA   (11.09.11)
Deep and abiding concern after the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993. This is JUST the guy we need to negotiate the dismantling of the State of Israel. And it is time for senile John McCain to retire.
22. 'Oy Gevalt '!
Roland Seener ,   London England   (11.09.11)
23. I have a much better idea
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (11.09.11)
It's real simple - nobody gets involved at all. The foreigners merely interfere in an area that they have no clue and nothing to offer. Once the Arabs realize that they can only get anything by actually showing up and NEGOTIATE with us is there going ever been a process to support. Time to end ALL foreign interference in the matter - they have made it worse not better.
24. WHAT! Bill Clinton??? McCain must be an idiot!!!
Harry Wright ,   UK   (11.09.11)
Two Clinton's on the stage at the same time??? Isn't one more than enough??? This suggestion is preposterous.
25. Sarah B #12
Jordan Ariel ,   Philadelphia USA   (11.09.11)
Your post made me smile. I say strikingly similar things about Arafat and have celebrated every November 11th and will continue to do so. I call it "Jewish Holiday" after the Joke about Arafat asking a fortune teller when he will die. She said he will die on a Jewish Holiday. He asked which one. She said Any day you die will be a Jewish holiday. And didnt clinton just come out and re-place the blame on Israel? (after formerly placing it on Arafat) McCain you are out of your league.
26. When will this malignant troll finally
Gideon Reader   (11.09.11)
leave the stage. Wwith absolutely NO tip of the chapeau to anything McCain experienced in a war long long ago and far, far away, he has been mediocre to poor legislator with no particular stand out legislation or entres that even marginally support the core viewpoints of his party. I will not even mention the Keating five/Lincoln Savings and Loan debacle. Morally and politically John McCain has NOT been a reliable sage, partner of representative. In fact, supported BY facts, the opposite is true. worse. He refuses to leave the stage after having stated his dialog, making an annoying apparition. Go John. You have served. Not well. But you served.
27. #16 question
Shmuel ,   Anaheim, CA, USA   (11.09.11)
The answer to your question is that nobody is qualified to mediate in the Israeli-Arab conflict. This is NOT because there are no qualified individuals, but because the Arabs don't want any resolution that does not include the annihilation of Israel. A peace between Israel and the Arabs will come only when both sides, not only Israel, want it. Until then (will the messiah come first?) everybody is just treading water and pretending that the Arabs want peace.
28. CLINTON AND CREDIBILITY
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (11.09.11)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha .A ah did not inhale ,aah did not have sex with that woman .Yes folks ,that's what one calls credibility. Ha ha ha ha ha .
29. r freaken nuts McCain?
(11.09.11)
the only Israelis that trust Bill Clinton anymore are the useful idiot liberals.
30. smartest guy in room? Dementia setting in?
Bernard Ross ,   st anns bay, jamaica   (11.09.11)
if clinton is smartest guy in his room then his room is in deep doo doo. McCain displays gross ignorance of situation.
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