Senate blocks aid to Israel, while Israel strengthens ties with Putin

[fskimospy]

ah, i see

figures..... i remember a college gov class a professor said it's virtually impossible for us to ever not support israel, said it was a sacred cow issue...


when it comes down to it, our economies are so intertwined.... yeah, not any time soon at least, will our position with Israel change.

It has nothing to do with our economies, it's simply due to politics.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Why not just money to Al-Qaeda? We have a Muslim president and he only supports Muslim Terrorists. It is so obvious. This is based on his actions.

But is he an American Muslim or is he Kenyan Muslim?

 

[zinfamous]

I'm cool with this.

 

[Pocatello]

The U.S government will support Israel, I don't see that going to change in the foreseeable future. But the Obama administration is no friend to the current Israeli government.

 

[werepossum]

The U.S government will support Israel, I don't see that going to change in the foreseeable future. But the Obama administration is no friend to the current Israeli government.

Obama obviously doesn't like Israel, but he's treated them pretty well. Speaks well of him that he can look beyond his personal feelings and do what he thinks is right for the country even if it's not his preference.

 

[Greenman]

A perfect couple.

Now the anti-Obama and pro-Israel shills can suck two dicks at the same time.


This skirts the edge of acceptability, even in P&N. We realize that passions run high, but please try to find a more elegant way to express your discontent.

Perknose
Forum Director

You've degenerated from fool to blathering idiot. As a fool you were somewhat entertaining at times, as a blathering idiot you're simply annoying. Why don't you take all that hate over to stormfront, you'll find a lot of like minded people there.

 

[JEDIYoda]

.......saw this coming a mile away..

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...#ixzz398a5vPH6

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0612/putin_israel.php3 <-- nothing to see there....

No you didn`t.....

In the end, the Senate couldn’t even agree to deliver emergency aid to one of the United States’ closest allies.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/senate-blocks-israel-aid-109617.html#ixzz398a5vPH6

A last-ditch effort to deliver aid to Israel during its war with Hamas died on the Senate floor, as Republicans blocked the proposal over concerns that it would increase the debt.


After Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ $2.7 billion border aid package, which also included $225 million for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system and $615 million to fight Western wildfires, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to split off the Israel and wildfire money as a standalone bill, hoping to put aside the dispute over border funding and appeal to Republicans’ deep ties to Israel.

“We’ve all watched as the tiny state of Israel, who is with us on everything, they have had in the last three weeks 3,000 rockets filed into their country,” Reid said. “Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel asked for $225 million in emergency funding so that Israel’s arsenal as it relates to the Iron Dome could be replenished. It’s clear that is an emergency, and we should be able to agree on that.”

It didn’t work.

Even though GOP leaders had vowed to pass an Israel aid bill in recent days, Republicans rejected Reid’s request. First Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) objected to Reid’s request for a straight emergency cash infusion for firefighting and Israel. Then Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) offered an alternative that would deliver money to Israel and the West and offer commensurate spending cuts to international organizations like the United Nations; Reid blocked that.

“Our number one ally — at least in my mind — is under attack. If this isn’t an emergency I don’t know anything that is,” Reid said.

“I want to fund Israel,” replied Coburn. “I also want to make sure our children have a future.”

 

[JEDIYoda]

The West is rushing to lift sanctions on Iran, because they need an oil and gas supplier to replace Russia.

that total crap and you know it!!

 

[Engineer]

I also don't think I should get up ever morning and go to work so I can pay for it.....let the rich Jews of this country spend their own money if it means so much to them...

This.