#1
David Axelrod, a close Obama adviser, has sent e-mails to Jewish voters, pointing them to a speech by the Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, praising Mr. Obama and saying he had deepened the military cooperation between the United States and Israel.
Considering that the administration and the Democrats in general have been backing Mr. Barak and his party, that kind of cheapens the praise.
#2
The phrase "Best friend of Israel ever to sit in a White House" is an integral part of referring to a sitting POTUS in official Israeli gov. speeches. A part of the title, so to speak.
#2
...why? Think it'll take the travel agents too long to issue new 2012 cruise calendars updated with Constantinople from the previous name of Istanbul?
#3
Proco, it's not Turkey vs. Israel in a vacuum that concerns me. It's the spill over to all the ME issues that might occur. Everything from a shut down of the oil flow, to an Egyptian + friends attack, Lebanon, the Black/Caspian sea / Caucasus issues that might be triggered.
#4
Some of that's coming with the economic collapse. The Euros won't be sending checks to the Paleos et al. Neither will the Americans when its a choice between cutting grandma's SS check while paying bribes foreign aid to many of the miscreants. That'll cause more than a Tea Party reaction among the masses. It will be interesting times indeed.
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#8
Ahmadinejad has long served as the much-needed anti-Israeli foil, the embodiment of a modern Iran, which is a strange mix of Islamic orthodoxy, post-revolutionary nationalism, and Third World Marxist-socialism....But his usefulness has come to an end. As he distracted the world with his rhetorical excesses, Iran moved ahead steadily with its nuclear program and extended its reach into Iraq and other countries in the region... The paradox of today's Iran is that it is the ruling elites who have rendered him politically irrelevant, not the protesters demonstrating in the squares of downtown Tehran. For many Iranians, this is a blessing and also a tragedy: while Ahmadinejad makes his exit, the regime is still alive and well.
Essentially sums it up. The clown may be leaving; the circus is still there.
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