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December 10, 2006For continued discussion on Israel, here’s part 3 of a great video:
Not all Arabs hate Israel. Some have recognized the difference between the culture of hate and antisemitism taught in Arab schools and on Arab televisions and the basic humanity in most places in Israel, a nation just struggling to survive against hate and a propaganda of hate.
I urge anyone concerned about the Middle East to watch this video of a Lebanese Christian woman. (This is part 3. If you have more time, watch it from part 1 onward.)
She gives a great history of Lebanon and reminds us that in one war, one man killed more Palestinians than Israel has throughout its entire history.
The man is King Hussein. He was the King (dictator) of the 80% of Eastern Palestine set apart by the League of Nations to be the Palestinian Arab homeland. Currently, we call that country Jordan. In Black Septemberr 1970, Yassir Arafat tried to overthrow the King of Jordan. But unlike Israel, Jordan did not respond with restraint. And the Palestinians never attacked Jordan again…..
If Israel had the inhumanity to respond as Arab Leaders do (and as they’ve done in Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and other countries), I think Israel would be attacked far less often. A million people died in the Iran/Iraq War. Did any Arab do anything to stop that war? Do you remember anyone even speaking out about it? I’m not advocating a Black September: only recognizing that the entire world doesn’t care if Arabs massacre tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of Arabs. The world only cares if an Israeli, acting in self defense, kills one.
Bush KNEW Webb's son almost died in Iraq last week!
December 8, 2006(Posted Tuesday morning, December 5, 2006)
SHOCKING UPDATE TO BUSH-WEBB EXCHANGE:
Webb’s son Jimmy was almost killed last week when the jeep next to him was blown up killing three marines. It appears that Bush KNEW Webb’s son was almost killed and that prompted his snarky “How’s your boy?”
Here are some sources for this:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/bush-webb-son/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/3/202133/415
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/4/212133/705
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15990689/site/newsweek/
http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2006/11/nls_exclusive.html
In the words of Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) who cites “very reliable sources”, “Not only did Bush know about it, he was specifically briefed on the incident before meeting with Webb, and was cautioned to be extra sensitive in speaking with Webb about his son.”
Whatever the facts, we honor the service of Marine Jim Webb Jr. We would never call this honorable Marine who almost died last month a “boy.”
The Iraq Study Group
December 7, 2006(Audio Archive
)
By now, the results of the Iraq Study Group will be in.
Will any of us be surprised if it does not magically solve the problem?
The Inside Scoop on Robert Gates
December 6, 2006(Audio Archive)
Who is the Defense Secretary Nominee?
Does he also “fix the facts around the policy”?
In our rush to get rid of Don Rumsfeld, could the next Defense Secretary be just as bad?
This article in the Washington Post suggests Gates is as big a “yes-man” as Don Rumsfeld.
Debate Tuesday
December 5, 2006VIDEO of debate(Warning: very long download time for dial up users)
(Audio Archive)
Mark’s guest, Republican strategist Mike Lane discuss the news, including this recent exchange between President Bush and newly-elected Virginia Senator Jim Webb (from front page of November 29 Washington Post):
At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia’s newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential receiving line or to have his picture taken with the man he had often criticized on the stump this fall. But it wasn’t long before Bush found him.
“How’s your boy?” Bush asked, referring to Webb’s son, a Marine serving in Iraq.
“I’d like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President,” Webb responded, echoing a campaign theme.
“That’s not what I asked you,” Bush said. “How’s your boy?”
“That’s between me and my boy, Mr. President,” Webb said coldly, ending the conversation on the State Floor of the East Wing of the White House.
Click here for full article.
Mark and Mike will also be discussing the Louisville and Seattle school integration plans on which the Supreme Court heard oral argument today. Could a 5-4 vote by this right-wing court spell the end of Brown v. Board of Education?
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