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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMay be petty, but I don't want POTUS to congratulate Bibi
Make the right wing lunatics even angrier. LOL
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May be petty, but I don't want POTUS to congratulate Bibi (Original Post)
GusFring
Mar 2015
OP
The only thing worse than a right wing govt here is a right wing govt in Israel/NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#8
What about the security council vote for Palestine, would he need congressional approval?
GusFring
Mar 2015
#9
DrDan
(20,411 posts)1. you are correct . . . petty
GusFring
(756 posts)2. It's deserved.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)3. Send him a message that the U.S. seeks a protective order.
Bibi not to come within 1,500 miles of Washington, DC. No calls. No demands for money or weapons. No first-strikes against Israel's neighbors.
B2G
(9,766 posts)4. So you propose severing diplomatic relations? nt
leveymg
(36,418 posts)7. No, just cooling them, folding the umbrella, and cutting off Bibi's allowance.
B2G
(9,766 posts)12. A protective order with no calls
sounds like severing ties to me...
leveymg
(36,418 posts)15. His lawyer can call our lawyer. n/t
Orrex
(63,263 posts)5. IMO he should congratulate the people of Israel for selecting their leader.
He needn't mention the Beebster at all.
jrthin
(4,842 posts)6. Then call me petty. nt
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)8. The only thing worse than a right wing govt here is a right wing govt in Israel/NT
leveymg
(36,418 posts)10. Put the two together, and you change more landscapes. Permanently.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)11. I was hoping the Zionist Union would win.
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Almost as disappointed if the right took total control here.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)14. Were All our Hopes and All our Fears . . .
Were all our hopes and all our fears
Were prisoned in life's narrow bound;
If travelers through this vale of tears
We saw no better world beyond.
- John Bowring, "Matins and Vespers", Unitarian Hymnal, 1843
Were prisoned in life's narrow bound;
If travelers through this vale of tears
We saw no better world beyond.
- John Bowring, "Matins and Vespers", Unitarian Hymnal, 1843
There is a beyond this day. This, too, shall pass.
GusFring
(756 posts)9. What about the security council vote for Palestine, would he need congressional approval?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)13. Congress has zero say in our votes at the UN.
Their job is to shut up and listen.
GusFring
(756 posts)16. So what would be the impact of Obama supporting Palestine as far as the sec counsel goes?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)18. A tremendous blow to our reputation and
efficacy on the world stage.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)17. Maybe Boner could do it for him