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To: All; Captain Kirk
What part of this statement do you Freepers not understand?

"I’m not singling out Israel."

Instead of reason, all I see are knee-jerk reactions smearing Paul as an anti-Semitic bigot.

47 posted on 02/05/2011 1:19:03 AM PST by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey

How about SEPARATING friends for enemies, instead of treating them alike?


48 posted on 02/05/2011 1:22:07 AM PST by Innovative (Weakness is provocative.)
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To: newzjunkey
Instead of reason, all I see are knee-jerk reactions smearing Paul as an anti-Semitic bigot.

Because that's what his dad is...?

50 posted on 02/05/2011 1:28:32 AM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: newzjunkey

Yet....he IS singling out Israel.

Naming them now suggests he has no clue just how much the US benefits from their arrangement with Israel.

We inserted ourselves into their economy, taking the place of France, Czech, Great Britain and a couple other countries. In turn we pull purse strings, dictate how they spend their money (mandatory US contracts), and get to control who they sell their technology to. Our recent deal with Indian hinged in part on finally allowing the Israelis to sell their tanks to them. That’s but one example.

Stop aid to Israel, and you’ll find the US loses all influence in the region, unless you count Saudi Arabia...and we know how that goes.


51 posted on 02/05/2011 1:35:42 AM PST by harmonium
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To: newzjunkey

He’s not singling Israel out, but the effect on Israel would be unique. Unlike other countries, Israel relies on that aid for its very existence. Those other countries aren’t surrounded on all sides.

Another angle: Israel is the one sane country in a sea of craziness. It is democratic, it is productive, its population is pro-American. It would be cruel to cut off aid to Israel just because we cut it off to all the other sleazebag nations we send aid to. To do so would superficially be fair in the sense of being consistent, but in fact it would amount to an unfair singling out of Israel since Israel is the one nation that is worthy of our aid. Israel deserves to be dealt with according to a different rule.


72 posted on 02/05/2011 6:45:39 AM PST by Yardstick
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