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Jerusalem — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued an unprecedented statement clarifying President Barack Obama’s demands for Israel to stop expanding Jewish communities in areas it acquired following the 1967 Six-Day War, including Jerusalem.

Israeli Government Press Director Daniel Seamen reacted to this Obama administration statement by saying: “I have to admire the residents of Iroquois territory for assuming that they have a right to determine where Jews should live in Jerusalem.”

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ORIGINAL: MarsBonfire

"Good" meaning the suffering and death of possible thousands...

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

They must have gotten their check for this year's foreign aid already.
Wait till next year right before "check time"; "Gee Secretary Clinton, you sure do look nice for a *50* year old woman!"
"What, 62?! "Get out of here!"

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

They must have gotten their check for this year's foreign aid already.
Wait till next year right before "check time"; "Gee Secretary Clinton, you sure do look nice for a *50* year old woman!"
"What, 62?! "Get out of here!"

Cmon Popeye, you know Congress will never cut Israel off, Israel owns too many Congress Critters.

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

They must have gotten their check for this year's foreign aid already.
Wait till next year right before "check time"; "Gee Secretary Clinton, you sure do look nice for a *50* year old woman!"
"What, 62?! "Get out of here!"

Cmon Popeye, you know Congress will never cut Israel off, Israel owns too many Congress Critters.

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967



Cmon Popeye, you know Congress will never cut Israel off, Israel owns too many Congress Critters.

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

They must have gotten their check for this year's foreign aid already.
Wait till next year right before "check time"; "Gee Secretary Clinton, you sure do look nice for a *50* year old woman!"
"What, 62?! "Get out of here!"

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ORIGINAL: viewingthesite11

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967



Cmon Popeye, you know Congress will never cut Israel off, Israel owns too many Congress Critters.

I suppose you are one of those folks that believe the Jews run all of the world. You probably also believe the Jews cause all of our problems and run every economy in the world. In fact, I am a Jew, when I get done with work; I like to swim in my trillions of dollars that I keep in my trillion square foot house that I *STOLE*. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I also think of ways to make your life a living hell. If you trip and fall on ice; I tripped you. It was all me! And, I won't apologize for it. [:'(]

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ORIGINAL: Lorr47



I cannot get into an argument lately without someone jumping to my "most unfavorite" topic; religion.  I told a truck driver about Israel's response.  He said that we cannot abandon Israel.  I asked why.  He answered that our backing of Israel is the reason the US will survive and then quoted the bible chapter and verse.  He was adamant that as long as we back Israel god will protect the US and that god has so promised. A good ole southern boy from Arkansas who I cannot argue with since he resorts to the bible.

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So could you list specifically the exact things Israel is doing to assist the US in the Middle East?

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ORIGINAL: OrionTheWolf

Having possible staging areas in the Middle East is not a bad idea, but how exactly is Israel helping? It appears as if Iran and Sysria will eventually have nuclear capability, no matter what the UN or the rest of the world says. Iran can do a bombing strike, but it is unlikely they will do more than give the Iranians a set back. Even if you go three steps forward and two steps back, you eventually get there.

So could you list specifically the exact things Israel is doing to assist the US in the Middle East?

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I don't know if what this man said is true or not. However, if we do abandon Israel, we would have very little influence in the middle east considering that they are essentially our only real true ally in that part of the world. Also, Israel helps balance out the power through out that part of Asia. If Israel falls, Iran will become way more powerful and will have hell of a lot more influence than they ever did. If you don't believe me, look at what the fall of Iraq did to Iran: made Iran stronger. Lastly, if you were to take that Arkansa boy, and time him by 150 plus million, you will get the number of people that believe what this guy believes. So, in short, it would create a political uproar in an already deteriorating political system.

Israel at the minimum, is a very important strategical ally to hold on to. They do keep countries like Jordan and Iran at bay, to some extent. They help spread American influence throughout the middle east. And, most importantly, they give us a huge amount of intelligence throughout the region. I am sure they are part of the reason why an attack has not occurred on American soil since 2001. If we were to turn our backs away from Israel during a time of war, which we are in, it would be devastating to our objective of fighting terrorism. In my opinion, turning our backs on Israel right now would be equivalent to turning our backs away from our allies during the cold war. If we would have done that, Russia would perhaps be at our door step.

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