Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the radical president of Iran who regularly threatens to nuke Israel and other representatives of Satan, is planning to visit New York, using the UN as an excuse. So Jewish groups, who don’t especially want their relatives in Israel to be nuked by a madman, are holding a protest.
Hillary Clinton, the Senator from New York, was invited, and planned to attend the September 22 protest.
But last week, when Sarah Palin was invited, Clinton’s advisors said she would not be attending, because she didn’t know it was a “partisan political” event.
Ah, but it isn’t a partisan political event (except that maybe people of both political parties don’t like bigots who threaten genocide).
If both McCain and Obama can appear together to commemorate those killed by radicals (Sunni radicals of Alquada funded by the Saudis), can’t Hillary allow a Republican to join her to protest someone who might do worse? (a Shiite radical who actually might be able to control a nuke in the near future)…
If you don’t want to make it partisan, just arrange Rudy Guilliani and Ed Koch to join the protest.
Protesting someone who threatens genocide is not a political event…and could send the message that nuking Tel Aviv might result in problems in Tehran…no matter who wins the election. Sometimes a clear warning of retaliation will stop aggression a lot more than negotiating “peace in our time”.
I personally hope this can be settled, since I have friends from both countries.
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Nancy Reyes is a retired physician living in the rural Philippines. She writes on human rights in Africa at Makaipa blog.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackEveryone knows Senator Hillary Clinton has her sights on the Presidency in the future, that said she personally has more to loose then gain, along with a Palin appearence.
The Jewish lobby has little to fret about they know Hillary is in there pocket as are most all political leaders with few exceptions.
The Jewish lobby has not made a significant issue of Hillary not attending so I am sure She told the appropriate people she’s not attending.
The media being what it is they make much to do about nothing even two political leaders in the national spot light.
Hillary made the right choice, no harm done. The Jewish Lobby will get what they want as in all the years past.
Uh, Rich: a lot of Gentiles like myself support Israel for various reasons.
When you use words like “the Jewish lobby”, you are sounding like the right wing AntiSemetic types…
A better way to phrase it would be “the American lobby that supports Israel”.
I didn’t remove your post, because I know you used the phrase without meaning to sound like Pat Buchanan…
I have many friends that are Jewish and Congressman that I support who are Jewish.
Some American Jewish Lobby groups are in the forefront of supporting Isreali interests, not suprisingly Jewish lobby groups and organizations like I mentioned previously (absolutly nothing wrong with that).
-The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
-American Israel Public Affairs Committee
-Anti-Defamation League
-Republican Jewish Coalition
-National Democratic Jewish Council
I think it is something that challenges your line of thinking against others in this case me in my last post.
I shutter to think that my views are alligned with Pat Buchanan. I’m not an isolationist type like Buchanan. We need other countries to help us as we in turn help them.
You won’t be the first to delete my post and will definatly not be the last. If it gives you a sense of power go ahead, as long as you read this and understand my view.
I would hope you at least include others to read that they have other views outside your own, better, or worse, or simply to gain a better understanding of the issues.
God Bless
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