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The General was speaking at "The Washington Institute for Near East Policy." So the audience included Muslims who have been feed a steady stream of propaganda depicting Jews as so "greedy & deceitful" they'd deny water to Muslims wandering in the desert.

At a time when the US is trying to broker a Israeli-Palestinian peace, the General's twist on the clever businessman theme is as I said "astoundingly revealing."

Hopefully the Israelis can recognize that with the Obama crew running American Middle East policy, it's not just raining. The Obama Regime is spitting on them! Apparently many here on FR cannot tell the difference.

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I don’t think this was a very prudent thing to do at this setting, but this was manifestly not a joke about any greedy individuals of any kind.

It was a joke (perhaps to get those very Muslims laughing) at the expense of the Taliban.

Think Taliban => Yosemite Sam

Think foresighted Jewish Merchant willing to assist the Taliban => Bugs Bunny

To say this was about “greedy Jewish merchants” is a horrible and perhaps prejudiced thing to say about this esteemed member of America’s honored military.