doodle
03-19-2011, 12:03 AM
This kind of explosive comments should not be allowed to be published on the internets:
Helen Thomas: White House in pockets of the Israeli lobbies
Helen Thomas, former dean of the White House Press Corps, reportedly told Playboy in an interview for their April issue that Jews have power over the White House and Congress, who are in the pockets of the Israeli lobbies. Thomas left her post at the
LINK (http://iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0gt67XB7N56se)
In some ways Thomas seems as undiplomatic as Jesus but her comments seem to have some anecdotal support. Recent reports suggest Obama is probably one of the most pro-Israel Presidents in the US history. Obama quietly dropping espionage prosecution of top AIPAC executives that President Bush had launched, veto of UN resolution of Israeli settlements, escalating wars that could serve Israeli interests, getting ground ready for release of Israeli spy Pollard are no accidents.
AUGUST 14, 2010
U.S., Israel Build Military Cooperation
Amid Fitful Diplomatic Relations, White House Fosters Defense Ties to Reassure a Pivotal Ally, Advance Mideast Peace
By CHARLES LEVINSON
TZEELIM, Israel—While the U.S. and Israeli diplomatic relations weather their choppiest phase in years, behind the scenes, military commanders from the two countries have dramatically stepped up cooperation.
U.S. military aid to Israel has increased markedly this year. Top-ranking U.S. and Israeli soldiers have shuttled between Tel Aviv and Washington with unusual frequency in recent months. A series of joint military exercises in Israel over the past monthshas included a record number of American troops
Explosions, triggered by pyrotechnics engineers, shook the night. Soldiers from another Israeli unit, playing the role of Arab guerrillas, crouched in the fake village's narrow allies and empty cinderblock homes. They shouted "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is Great," and rattled off rounds of blank ammunition from machine guns at the invading U.S. and Israeli forces.
Behind a dune on the village's edge, a U.S. Marine company commander conferred with his Israeli counterpart before the two barked orders—the Marine in English, the Israeli in Hebrew—to soldiers scattered behind them. As dawn gave way to the Negev desert's grinding August heat, the forces battled house-to-house in mock battle, as Israeli and Marine generals watched on from the sidelines.
The exercise was the biggest U.S.-Israeli joint infantry exercise ever, according to officials. By comparison, at the same exercise last year, there were only around 20 U.S. Marines involved. In the fall, there will be an even bigger joint infantry exercise involving tanks and armored vehicles, officials said.
In October, a missile-defense exercise between the U.S. and Israeli militaries, brought in more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers, making it the single biggest U.S.-Israeli joint military exercise in the two nations' histories.
Two joint U.S.-Israel committees, the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, which were established years ago and had fallen into disuse, have been beefed up with senior officials, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy, the top-ranking civilian at the Pentagon, Israeli and U.S. officials said.
The military cooperation began to intensify even as diplomatic relations between Washington and Israel frayed. The effort stems from policy directives the White House gave the Pentagon early in Mr. Obama's presidency to "deepen and expand the quantity and intensity of cooperation to the fullest extent," according to a senior administration official.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703321004575427272550050504.html
Helen Thomas: White House in pockets of the Israeli lobbies
Helen Thomas, former dean of the White House Press Corps, reportedly told Playboy in an interview for their April issue that Jews have power over the White House and Congress, who are in the pockets of the Israeli lobbies. Thomas left her post at the
LINK (http://iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0gt67XB7N56se)
In some ways Thomas seems as undiplomatic as Jesus but her comments seem to have some anecdotal support. Recent reports suggest Obama is probably one of the most pro-Israel Presidents in the US history. Obama quietly dropping espionage prosecution of top AIPAC executives that President Bush had launched, veto of UN resolution of Israeli settlements, escalating wars that could serve Israeli interests, getting ground ready for release of Israeli spy Pollard are no accidents.
AUGUST 14, 2010
U.S., Israel Build Military Cooperation
Amid Fitful Diplomatic Relations, White House Fosters Defense Ties to Reassure a Pivotal Ally, Advance Mideast Peace
By CHARLES LEVINSON
TZEELIM, Israel—While the U.S. and Israeli diplomatic relations weather their choppiest phase in years, behind the scenes, military commanders from the two countries have dramatically stepped up cooperation.
U.S. military aid to Israel has increased markedly this year. Top-ranking U.S. and Israeli soldiers have shuttled between Tel Aviv and Washington with unusual frequency in recent months. A series of joint military exercises in Israel over the past monthshas included a record number of American troops
Explosions, triggered by pyrotechnics engineers, shook the night. Soldiers from another Israeli unit, playing the role of Arab guerrillas, crouched in the fake village's narrow allies and empty cinderblock homes. They shouted "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is Great," and rattled off rounds of blank ammunition from machine guns at the invading U.S. and Israeli forces.
Behind a dune on the village's edge, a U.S. Marine company commander conferred with his Israeli counterpart before the two barked orders—the Marine in English, the Israeli in Hebrew—to soldiers scattered behind them. As dawn gave way to the Negev desert's grinding August heat, the forces battled house-to-house in mock battle, as Israeli and Marine generals watched on from the sidelines.
The exercise was the biggest U.S.-Israeli joint infantry exercise ever, according to officials. By comparison, at the same exercise last year, there were only around 20 U.S. Marines involved. In the fall, there will be an even bigger joint infantry exercise involving tanks and armored vehicles, officials said.
In October, a missile-defense exercise between the U.S. and Israeli militaries, brought in more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers, making it the single biggest U.S.-Israeli joint military exercise in the two nations' histories.
Two joint U.S.-Israel committees, the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, which were established years ago and had fallen into disuse, have been beefed up with senior officials, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy, the top-ranking civilian at the Pentagon, Israeli and U.S. officials said.
The military cooperation began to intensify even as diplomatic relations between Washington and Israel frayed. The effort stems from policy directives the White House gave the Pentagon early in Mr. Obama's presidency to "deepen and expand the quantity and intensity of cooperation to the fullest extent," according to a senior administration official.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703321004575427272550050504.html