Saturday, March 27, 2010

Anti-semitic screeds are terrorism, they have to be refuted every time.

http://tinyurl.com/ykjhec8
From the Horse’s Mouth: Petraeus on Israel
MAX BOOT
...a former Arafat aide who now pals around with Hamas and Hezbollah — posted an article on Foreign Policy’s website, claiming that General David Petraeus was behind the administration’s policy of getting tough with Israel. He attributed to Petraeus the view that “Israel’s intransigence” ...“could cost American lives.” His item received wide circulation ****and repetition by such certified anti-Semites as Pat Buchanan ( the late Wm F Buckley Jr., with disgust, so-identified his fellow conservative )***
...Perry’s item was a gross distortion —in fact a fraud....Better to look at what (Petraeus)( actually told Congress — in a hearing he barely mentioned Israel (until prompted to do so) and never talked about settlements at all....The answer has now been publicly provided by Petraeus himself in a speech in New Hampshire...The general said that it was “unhelpful” that “bloggers” had “picked … up” what he had said and “spun it.” He noted that, aside from Israel’s actions, there are many other important factors standing in the way of peace, including “a whole bunch of extremist organizations, some of which by the way deny Israel’s right to exist. There’s a country that has a nuclear program who denies that the Holocaust took place. So again we have all these factors in there. This [Israel] is just one.”...He concluded by noting that he had sent to General Gabi Ashkenazi, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, the “blog by Max Boot” which, he said, had “picked apart this whole thing, as he typically does, pretty astutely.”...Those who are either happy or unhappy about the administration’s approach to Israel should lodge their compliments or complaints where they belong — at the White House, not at Central Command.//
http://tinyurl.com/ykehkjw
Still Spinning Petraeus and Israel By Philip Klein...

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