Thursday, August 6, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Visiting US Congressmen pledge support for Israel - 'A delegation of 25 US lawmakers from the opposition Republican party assured Israeli President Shimon Peres on Wednesday of strong congressional backing for the Jewish state. "To a person, all of... us will tell you that we are here, first and foremost, to reconfirm the message that the US Congress stands staunchly on the side of Israel and its struggle," said Republican Whip Eric Cantor...' [Just sayin'.]
'Just sayin', indeed. Peres knows as well as Cantor does that their talk won't amount to much against a filibuster-proof Democratic majority.
(Unless an anti-Israel agenda can be well and truly exposed, fracturing the Democratic majority. Perhaps that's what Cantor is counting on.)
Regardless, for Israel right now, the smart move is to assume that they're on their own.
That's why I'm a registered Democrat, but I voted for Republican GWB (not for his father) twice (first time I was uncomfortable, second time with pride) and for McCain (with pride too voting AGAINST Obama).