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Top US general to visit Israel amid strategy spats
Reuters
Published: 29.03.14, 11:00
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1. Yaalon ,pay attention .
Moneytime ,   Tel-Aviv, Israel   (03.29.14)
Your turn to be given a dressing down and not by a diplomat. You asked for it , and now you will get it.In contrast to your uncouth way of shooting your mouth off, Dempsey will deliver his message behind closed doors and not in the presence of reporters.
2. Oi vey Israel--BIBI the masochist & YAALON the sadist..\high time to take AWAY the war_machines
(03.29.14)
3. Is there going to be a duel ? Pick your weapons !
barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (03.29.14)
4. 1 pay attention
CJK   (03.29.14)
there is nothing obama, kerry or dempsey can do to israel. keep well in mind that the unga resolution on the ukraine passed with only 100+ votes out of 193. that means that the obama regime could muster barely half the votes for a major unga vote.
5. Behind closed doors
Cauvery ,   Antwerp, Belgium   (03.29.14)
What is the US government problem with something which was said behind closed doors ? This Big Brother's thought police looks suitable to a well organized dictatorship, not a confident world power. The article sugests, but does not make it clear, that Gen. Dempsey is coming to bully DM Yaalon. I believe both army men will get along very fine.
6. I wish I had same access to planes when my exes threw feat..
Miron ,   USA   (03.29.14)
7. General Dempsey: Please read John McTernon's book
Rivkah   (03.29.14)
"As America Has Done to Israel" on your way to Israel so you will understand Elohim Yahovah and His Son Yahoshua do not tolerate the mistreatment of His beloved restored nation of Israel without horrific judgments.
8. Sending in another 'tin soldier' wont help obama
BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!   (03.29.14)
this general is a lame as obama the lame duck. Nothing obama touches lately survives. He's death to any program that guarantees either Israel's security or even her borders won by war in 67. This too is doomed to failure due to one reason only obama's hatred of Israel and preference for all things muslim. Man, he is on the wrong side of history. KEEP BUILDING!! that obama understands.
9. General Dempsey: A visitor or an asylum seeker ?
Gabe ,   Canada   (03.29.14)
10. Even Dempsey can't stand President Twinkletoes
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.29.14)
11. the carrot or the stick?
tom ,   toronto, canada   (03.29.14)
neither a chief of staff nor a defence minister meet for social reasons, and dempsey will not be taking the opportunity for speech making or press interviews. so it's likely that he is coming to deliver a personal message for yaalon, to get him "on side" with the kerry/obama "piece" plan to throw israel under the bus. what remains to be seen is whether he comes bearing a carrot or a stick.
12. the BhO govt.is crumbling on the international level
Philippe ,   Raanana   (03.29.14)
so they send Dempsey to teach a lesson in oblivion to the tiny Israel.So grotesque from bhO-Kerry and the bastards democrat. you american guys have lost your soul, your guts, your genitalia; you are so sensitive that you can't stand Yaalon calling a spade by its name ; simly a spade, exactly like your BhO-Kerry is a losers team, failures and verbiage all over the mideast and now in Ukraina.
13. I don't care who they send
Robert ,   lost in farmington   (03.29.14)
I don't care who they send , once again the truth is the truth. Ya'alon needs to stand strong. This administration is just horrible across the boards , the last six years has been a nightmare. In the way of jobs , healthcare and foreign affairs and the list goes on , and now that starting the childish visa games.
14. URGING BETTER COMMUNICATIONS
joyce fraser ,   USA   (03.29.14)
between two old friends. In other words, and from a diplomatic viewpoint: It's a matter of how things are said and/or communicated, regarding such intimations within atmospheres and contexts of private and personal relations.
15. an exception to the rule
arik ,   usa   (03.29.14)
Yaalon or any other Israeli official can say anything they want about the US government without fear of serious consequences. The reason is simple--Israels know that vis-a-vis America the normal rules don't apply to them. They are shielded from the consequences of their actions. America will say publicly that so and so's comments or actions are not constructive, but everyone knows that what counts is action--not words. Last time I checked, we are still paying out billions of dollars to Israel and protecting Israel in the UN. I have the impression that Yaalon could take a dump on the White House lawn and nothing would change. Maspik im ha'teken cafoul!
16. Dempsey to displace IDF with US, NATO troops in West Bank
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.29.14)
10 not mine.
17. Obama replacing erdogan as the world's leading buffoon
bernard ross   (03.29.14)
Obama acts like the worlds policeman and lecturer. Putin sent him whimpering and there is nothing he will do. the US needs to act with more respect to Israel and Israel needs to operate more independently.
18. #16 Not mine
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.29.14)
19. # 13 I take exception
BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!   (03.29.14)
Not ALL we Americans voted for 'back seat' barry and now, most of his naive supporters are mad as hell and refuse to pay for obama's hellish 'health care.' bill. The upcoming mid term elections will bring reality and gravitas to BAthHouse Barry, the party's over. KEEP BUILDING !!!!
20. Dempsey to ask IDF help with Ukraine since US, NATO impotent
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.30.14)
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