Israelis fear U.S. will punish them over Syria talks.
By on Jun 5th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Israelis fear U.S. will punish them over Syria talks.
“Some of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s advisors are concerned that an initiative to renew peace talks with Syria might undermine Israel’s relations with the United States.”
The Bush administration is not keen on reviving the Syrian track, as it considers Bashar Assad’s regime problematic and harmful to regional stability.
However, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi strongly supports renewed talks with Syria, with the goal of distancing Damascus from its alliance with Iran and contributing to a new regional order in which Syria would forge closer relations with moderate Arab states.
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I don’t think Israel can do anything to make the US punish them. Unless getting even more money is punishment. In which case, punish me instead.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:06 amdoes anyone still think this admin is capable of doing anything in the interest of this country?
June 5th, 2007 at 11:06 amI’m all for punishing Israel.
They spied on the US.
Dougy Feith and Franklin gave secrets to AIPAC.
Feith is still a free man but Franklin is in prison.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:07 amOther than urging them to launch a foolish war that ended in humiliation, what has Bush ever done for Israel?
Screw him, Olmert. And let’s not forget, Nancy Pelosi’s party is going to control Congress and the White House in a year and a half.
The American public wants a peace deal – not so much that you have to strike a bad bargain, but enough to give you all the room you need to deal.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:07 amTalk, for heaven’s sake! Do what you need to do to try to create peace in the ME. Work it out…
June 5th, 2007 at 11:09 am“The Bush administration is not keen on reviving the Syrian track, as it considers Bashar Assad’s regime problematic and harmful to regional stability.”
Yeah, well, which regime is problematic and harmful to regional stablity?
June 5th, 2007 at 11:09 amSyria isn’t going up in flames, is it, George?
Or Isreal?
How can anyone be against Peace Talks?
June 5th, 2007 at 11:11 amWe can’t undermine Halliburton’s profits, can we?
June 5th, 2007 at 11:12 ami never did think that oldtree.
i’ve been watching these guys for years. given their past nothing this admin is doing is going to end well. someone should have nabbed prescott and ended it before it started.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:14 amWe used to have these armchair Israeli heroes where I went to college. SAFI, the Student Association for Israel.
You fight on, you IDF heroes! We’re behind you! Waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy the hell behind, in our dorm rooms in Washington! No surrender! Hey, the pizza guy’s here! Munch munch munch, go get ‘em, IDF! Fight fight fight!
June 5th, 2007 at 11:15 amDo what you need to do to try to create peace in the ME
Your at war with yourself and are hoping Israel and Syria can fix it for you? Maybe you should try Syrah instead of Syria
June 5th, 2007 at 11:15 amToo bad Barbara Bush didn’t have an abortion.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:16 amI really doubt that any Israelis fear anything from the US.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:16 amExcept maybe their aid gets cut from billiions to billions – thirty cents.
Israelis fear U.S. will punish them over Syria talks.
Bwahahahahaha
June 5th, 2007 at 11:26 amOh mother. I almost fell off my chair laughing at that one!
Why don’t they try blaming Nancy Pelosi again?
June 5th, 2007 at 11:28 am“Israelis fear U.S. will punish them over Syria talks.”
Yeah right! Like the US controls Israel and not the other way around!
Bwaaaaah ha ha ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!
June 5th, 2007 at 11:35 amWe’ll never punish Israel. The Jewish lobby (I’m not talking American Jews) is much too strong. I truly believe the US, Israel and Pakistan were involved in the planning, the financing, and the carrying out of 9/11.
We’ll never punish Israel.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:36 amMaybe the u.s. should stop posing as bully to the world. Apparently they expect everyone to cower upon hearing the voice of the fool in the white house or his minions. It’s a shame they’re incapable of discussions with N Korea or Syria or others on the shit list that don’t have any meaningful resources to steal.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:45 amYour at war with yourself and are hoping Israel and Syria can fix it for you? Maybe you should try Syrah instead of Syria
Comment by squegeebooo
Silly Squeegy….
June 5th, 2007 at 12:28 pmWell, this is just plain foolishness. Obviously the Israelis don’t understand the war on terror. They are not serious people. They don’t believe there IS a war on terror. They are feckless. Oh, wait, that’s the talking point for Democrats. Hold on a sec….
June 5th, 2007 at 12:37 pmToo bad Barbara Bush didn’t have an abortion.
Comment by Tom3
She should have had three of them. None of the B@$t@rds are worth anything.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:05 pmUSA, you want peace in the world?
Stop supporting Israel.
Get the dual Israeli/USA citizenship holders out of the top positions in the US govt.
They’ve done enough damage to this world.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:15 pmhow can anyone be against peace talks?
well the jews can, have you ever tried to talk to a stubborn jew?
June 5th, 2007 at 6:07 pmPunish them? We should be thanking them… if Israel can make peace with Syria, then Iran and Hamas will be all alone in their Israel bashing… then (dreaming here) maybe we could find some way to calm them down… then our Presidents could start worrying about other parts and problems of the world?
June 6th, 2007 at 1:01 amLike poverty or AIDS. I was happy to see that Bush is continuing his AIDS focus. According to the Borgen Project w/ 23 billion a year we could reverse the spread of AIDS and malaria… sure would be a lot simpler than the problems in the ME.