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M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Did Biden Give Israel The Green Light To Bomb Iran? by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-06T02:00:27Z

And so it goes.
I dig. Really, I do.
And thanks.

M.J. Rosenberg recommended Did Biden Give Israel The Green Light To Bomb Iran? by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-06T00:32:32Z

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Did Biden Give Israel The Green Light To Bomb Iran? by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-06T01:31:15Z

Also, Jim, I think you are rough on George. Biden knew exactly what he was saying. It's George's job to draw him out. (Full disclosure. George is one of my closest friends).

Biden should not have said what he did. It is not Israel's decision to make and he implied it is.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Did Biden Give Israel The Green Light To Bomb Iran? by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-06T01:28:32Z

Jim, I do agree with you. But, hey, for some of the folks who respond here, even when we OPPOSE Israeli preemption we are calling for it because....we are Jews.
It's pretty creepy.
But, yeah, we agree. But there are some serious nuts around here.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Did Biden Give Israel The Green Light To Bomb Iran? by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-06T01:16:14Z

Thanks for deleting them. Much obliged.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Did Biden Give Israel The Green Light To Bomb Iran? by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-06T01:15:33Z

Bill, get your head out of Mein Kampf and read the papers. Alot of bad things happened in Iran and, you aren't going to believe this, they werent done by the Jews.

Any Talmud quotes for us today or did your subscription to Thunderbolt lapse?

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Max Blumenthal On The Scandal That Sunk Palin by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-03T23:16:19Z

And lovin' it!

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on 11th Commandment: The Key Difference Between Israelis and Americans by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-03T10:42:35Z

Sorry, it wasn't his stynogie. It was his shul.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on 11th Commandment: The Key Difference Between Israelis and Americans by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-03T10:41:58Z

Brad only knows Israel from his ten day stynagogie all-the-hasbara-you-can-eat tour. So he has a hard time with those of us who have spent years there.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Lobby Agonistes: Worries That Obama Is Serious About Peace by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-03T01:14:49Z

I can't lose at all, bub. You are responding to me. But I'm happy to provide you with validation.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Lobby Agonistes: Worries That Obama Is Serious About Peace by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-02T21:52:09Z

Piotr, thanks for explaining the Rosenblatt piece to the apparatchiks here who believe that words don't have meaning unless one can find a single sentence spelling it all out.

Also, the Jewish community is totally split. Most (over 70%) oppose the views of the SQL. After all, no one could have voted for Obama if they favored continuing the occupation. I mean, how dumb would they have to be to know that white rightwing hawk McCain was their guy and not African American antiwar antineocon Obama.

The 78%-22% split for Obama tells us everything we need to know although I would subtract from that 22% about 15% who are just Jewish Republicans and vote for the GOP based on an affinity for that party on taxes, etc. I'd say 10% of the community, tops, are the hawks we are always hearing from. Maybe 5%.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Lobby Agonistes: Worries That Obama Is Serious About Peace by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-02T21:44:50Z

It's not the same. The average guy believed the Pentagon but not more educated folks. In Israel it is accepted that once the IDF speaks, the truth has been spoken.
Here most people understand -- on the right and on the left -- that the government lies.
In Israel, it's all "hasbara."

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on Lobby Agonistes: Worries That Obama Is Serious About Peace by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-02T21:41:46Z

I didn't know I altered my piece to reflect your take. It was not intentional. I think your reading is entirely off and that the whole point of the piece is that the organizations are worried that Obama is pushing Israel too hard to make peace. They prefer the status quo and are worried deeply by Obama's quest to end the conflict.
That is what the article says. You, my good man, should not take the SAT's.

I am amused and delighted by your deep sensitivity to any slighting of the positions of these Jewish organizations. You are pretty much all alone out there.

M.J. Rosenberg Commented on 11th Commandment: The Key Difference Between Israelis and Americans by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-07-02T20:22:46Z

"I once tried to buy a pair of jeans in a store in New York that was staffed by Israelis. The girl who was helping me said she thought a certain pair was the best choice. I said I thought another pair was better and she says, "You should choose this pair, or I kill you.") Anyone who's visited Israel can tell similar stories of Israeli coarseness or rudeness."

Actually, she was joking.