Thursday, June 17, 2010
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.
Ed Koch: Will We Defend Israel? - '...I have been disappointed in President Obama's actions towards Israel, and I have also been dismayed by the lengthy acquiescence of members of Congress to Obama's actions, particularly Jewish members of Congress in both the House and Senate. When the members of both House and Senate finally spoke up and voiced their differences with the President --albeit through letters addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - the President got the message. In total, 333 House members and 76 senators signed the protest letters. I was surprised by the names of those who did not sign. Key among those missing signatures was that of John Kerry, former presidential candidate of the Democratic party who ran against George W. Bush in 2004 and lost by three million votes...'