Netanyahu, In Political Bind, Comes Bearing Gift

I hope this book is written in English.

Our message is simple to Mr. Netanyahu, this president can’t be trusted, is very nieve and truly beleives he can charm anyone who meets him. 60% of the American people will be behind you when you reject the idea of a 2 state solution. It is obvious that the Muslims will never be satisfied until every Jewish person is gone and they will not be happy until they control Jerusalem. In the end Mr. Netanyahu, don’t agree to anything with this President as he cannot keep his word and has his own self serving agenda. Thye only person this President cares about is himself. He has even sold his own country out over and over so just think what he wants to do to yours.

What language do you think Mark Twain wrote in? LOL

“Thye only person this President cares about is himself.”
Not true at all, but it’s clear that all you care about is YOUR agenda, damn reality.

Every government including Hamas support a two state solution but Bibi does not because he wants to steal more Palestinian lands, bomb them, cut of necessities like food, water, medicine and electricity from them. Now who doesnt want peace here. Its Bibi for sure. He is even planning to go to war with Iran.
Bibi could even be worse than Ariel Sharon.

Fact is Israel is blatantly stealing more Palestinian lands and do not want to stop. Bibi is opposed to the two state solution because he doesn`t want to return those lands and allow the 5 million Paletinians who have been expelled from their homeland.

Norm:”Even Hamas and the Palestinians are in support of the two state solution. ”
This is not quite true. Hamas is not in support of the two state solution. Their clearly stated and still fully supported solution is the eradication of Israel. They have recently made some contradictory comments that suggest they may accept a two state solution if it is supported by a majority vote of Palestinians, but it is a stretch to call that ‘support’ and quite valid questions remain about the sincerity of their statements.

why is the US in the middle of this and always in a position of mediator? our very involvement is not helping the situation. for over 30 years the US has tried the “peace” processes to no avail (perhaps because of our unconditional support of Israel). why not leave the two parties alone? the more we extricate ourselves from the middle east the more secure we, the US, will be.

Netanyaho = Cheney.

Paul Wall:”why not leave the two parties alone?”
There is little doubt that withdrawal of US support (in particular the advance military armaments) would result in the annihilation of Israel and a likely nuclear exchange in the Middle East. Putting aside the moral implication of such a multiple genocide event, with the world’s reliance on oil, this would be Bad.

We’re due to be reminded once again why BO’s judgement is unparalleled, especially in his choice of associates. JB’s latest dinner chit chat should fill the bill.

jhw539, i think that Israel is quite capable of defending themselves. i seriously doubt a nuclear annihilation is realistic. you are concerned about the mere possibility “multiple genocide event” and its “moral implications” why there is a genocide raging in Darfur. if we are to be concerned about genocide let’s do something about it. i assure you in Sudan genocide is not a “possibility” but a reality and the moral implications of inaction is far from abstract. as for the issue of gas prices it is rather arrogant, selfish and narcissistic for that to be a concern of ours. should america do what is morally wrong just for cheap gas prices? apparently yes. but at what larger price(s)?

Brain:”you expect me to smile at you when you are stealing my lands?”
Only if you want to win. If the Palestinians had a man like Gandhi and the will, they would have been living in a free nation a generation ago. But at least they are keeping their honor I guess.

Paul Wall:”i think that Israel is quite capable of defending themselves. i seriously doubt a nuclear annihilation is realistic.”
It’s a nice little fantasy world you live in. Israel could not stand against the numbers they face down there without the advanced arms and billions of dollars of support the US offers. And I do not know why you doubt that they would use nuclear weapons as a last ditch effort for survival.
“you are concerned about the mere possibility “multiple genocide event” and its “moral implications” why there is a genocide raging in Darfur.”
And I’m not concerned about Darfur? I didn’t realize that I had to list all my grievances to avoid dismissal of valid arguments.
“as for the issue of gas prices it is rather arrogant, selfish and narcissistic for that to be a concern of ours.”
Don’t be a fool. ‘Gas prices’ mean the difference between life and death for millions, not just the few extra bucks it takes to drive down to a US bowling alley. Obviously, a tripling or quadrupling of oil prices is easily absorbed. But a few nukes in the Middle East would mean the worst case Peak Oil scenario in 24 hours. There is no question that the loss of the Middle East energy supply would result in mass starvation within 6 months.
“should america do what is morally wrong just for cheap gas prices?”
Morally wrong? ‘With us or against us’ moral absolutism in complex matters like this is as foolish against Israel as when Bush pointed it against the Palestinians.

Brian:”And do not think Iran is a push over like Iraq because…”
I do not think Iran is a pushover, however it should be noted that Iran was unable to ‘push over’ Iraq throughout the 8 year Iran-Iraq war.
I think our current experience should drive home that, in reality, Iraq is not really a pushover either.

Religion and politics yes it is practiced in the middle east by all the groups of people. It is only here in the US that the overwhelming population is naive enough to think that we have it right by refusing to believe that God and or religion have no room in running a society.Before we are democrats or republicans we are a people set apart through-out history. That has not been because of a political ideology but because of a people who understood that faith and believing that through hope and hard work dreams could come true.When we start trusting men to guide us in our lives, we will become like those poor mislead suicide bombers that follow a path that could care less about you or anyone else, they are off to a land of pleasure and sex. A mighty strong incentive to one who is mislead on the truths known and ignored by many a man.

tavo – “When we start trusting men to guide us in our lives, we will become like those poor mislead suicide bombers that follow a path that could care less about you or anyone else, they are off to a land of pleasure and sex.”
the suicice bombars are following an extreme radical religous agenda making your complete statement backwards.

jhw539—you brought up the issue of morality, not i, sir/ma’am. that our lives will have to change because of higher gas taxes is obvious and i hardly need that pointed out. it is inevitable and perhaps it is time for our nation to take alternative fuels seriously.
i only mentioned Darfur because you mentioned a concern for “posible” genocides and i was merely pointing out that there is one in full progress and no interest in ending it at all.
Israel is a nuclear power. it has a strong military. if we are paying for all of it (or even most of it) then we are hardly an impartial negotiator in the middle east debacle but simply israeli partisans. since we are financing Israeli’s armed forces perhaps we should expect some conditions like sincere, serious peace negotiations.
choosing one party over another in the middle east has serious consequences for the US as we have already seen and perhaps shall see again.

Iran and Israel can agree on only one thing:
Both favor a one-state ‘solution’.

what did Obama give Netanyahu? Bibi gave Barak a book. Did Barak give Bibi an iPod featuring his sermons? Or maybe some DVDs that are for the wrong region? Or a signed copy of the Koran? Why doesn’t the article tell us what Barak gave Bibi?

Dewde,
“it’s worse than that”
I was being very, very generous in my assessment…and it’s not getting any better…afterall, our own President has claimed he has visited “57 states” and apparently thinks “Austrian” is a language. While he chastises Americans for not being not being able to say anything other than “merci beaucoup” when visiting France, he refers to “Cinco de Mayo” as “Cinco de Cuatro” (“five of four”).
But, “he won” so he is free to chastise/criticize us at home and apologize for us during speeches abroad.

tjp612:
I’m not that worried over momentary word lapses by Obama or anyone else, as long a their track record seems to be one of some kind of competence.
Not understanding the difference between Shia & Sunni would seem like a more egregious error, as was sometimes demonstrated by previous government officials.
I disagree with your comment that Obama apologizes for the US…..while doing an amazing amount of great things for a long time, there is also a darker more sordid side to US policy, no harm in admitting we are not gods and we make mistakes.

on faux pas, seem I remember Bush saying something about the ‘Grecians’
old ‘W’ has a funny long list of ‘hits’:
“I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn’t here.” —at the President’s Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
“I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what’s moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.” —Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003
“The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.” —Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003
“I couldn’t imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.” —at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2001
“I’m also not very analytical. You know I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.” —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003
“After all, a week ago, there were—Yasser Arafat was boarded up in his building in Ramallah, a building full of, evidently, German peace protestors and all kinds of people. They’re now out. He’s now free to show leadership, to lead the world.”—Washington, D.C., May 2, 2002 (Thanks to M. Bateman.)

Give “The O” some time….he’ll give Bush a run for his money….

Book exchanges are nice, but the President declared at AIPAC “we will never allow Iran to have nuclear weapons?”
And just how is the President going to guarantee that claim, as Iran begins to cross the red lines established by the Israeli govt, amassing enough enriched uranium to make a bomb, and more to come?

What language do you think Mark Twain wrote in? LOL
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EdDoc80, What language can you read in? In some historical accounts, the Ottomans (Turkish/Muslim occupiers) are credited with maintaining Jerusalem well. It’s an incendiary excerpt from Twain, so quite naturally, it raises questions.

60% of Americans could not find Israel on a map.
Posted by: tjp612 | May 18, 2009 12:42:16 PM
I think that the essence of the problem is the fact that 100% of Israelis cannot find Palestine on a map.

I guess it is still appropriate to use Twain’s work to make fun of the American press of today.

Dewde- Darker side to US policy…I think of Obama, oil, and the energy grid.

How does Ha’aretz know this was the excerpt Netanyahu wanted Obama to see?
I think it was this one:
“A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds… a silent mournful expanse…. a desolation…. we never saw a human being on the whole route…. hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country”