Reply #38: that's all? [View All]

[eablair3]

all the times that Pat Buchanan has been called "anti-semitic" and the only thing you can pick out off of the ADL's own web pages on him is an "iffy" statement?

"What these neoconservatives seek is to conscript American blood to make the world safe for Israel."

I fail to see how that statement makes Pat Buchanan "anti-semitic"?

You say "it's rhetoric intended to disguise anti-semitic motives." That's a bunch of BS, with all due respect. As much as Buchanan has been called anti-semitic, one would think that there would be more clear examples than a statement that is "rhetoric intended to disguise anti-semitic motives."

That "iffy" statement is to a large degree true, imo. I think there were more reasons at work, but certainly one big one that served as a large reason for attacking Iraq with American's dying there was to supposedly "protect" Israel. It's also a large reason why Syria and Iran are the next possible targets.

What has Israel gained? Israel got rid of a guy (Saddam Hussein) who paid money to Palestinians. Israel got rid of a gov't that opposed Israel. As an aside, plenty of reports have been out there about what Israel stands to gain from the Iraq invasion, including the reopening of an oil pipeline from Iraq to Haifa, as well as numerous lucrative "reconstruction" contracts. Are you really trying to say that Israel gained nothing from the Iraq invasion, the forced removal of the government of Saddam Hussein and the current occupation of Iraq? And, Israel didn't a pay a dime for any of it and lost not one Israeli soldier. In fact, Israel demanded and got paid billions by the Americans for sitting back and letting the Americans attack, invade and die there.