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Are some Israeli Military Actions over the top. Big Al says: “Of course they are!”

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    May 07, 2018 07:51 PM

    Maybe Trump should appoint you Emissary to Judea…

    May 07, 2018 07:55 PM

    I don’t think so because I am a bit opinionated bonzo.

      May 07, 2018 07:10 PM

      So is Trump. McCain says Trump not welcome at his funeral. I’m sure all the deep state weasels like the Clintons and Bushes will all be there. I will not go as I have to wash my hair and plan my party for the royal wedding in Windsor. McCain will not be missed at all.

        May 07, 2018 07:47 PM

        I am very surprised at McCain’s wish.

          May 07, 2018 07:42 PM

          I am not surprised with McCain. He is a jerk and has been part of the coup to overturn the election. His vote was the one that saved Obamacare from repeal. What a petty, small man.

          May 08, 2018 08:00 AM

          There was another well known politician with a brain tumor who endorsed 0. in 2008, Ted Kennedy. “Hope and Change!” That you can believe in?

            May 08, 2018 08:40 AM

            All I can say about any human being Rufuss is that they do not suffer unduly.

    May 07, 2018 07:57 PM

    Is oil signaling a new Middle East war!

      May 07, 2018 07:48 PM

      Watch next week aft r r Tu3

    May 07, 2018 07:30 PM

    Trump is surrounded by enemies, do you remember Julius Caesar, “Et Tu Brutus”. (Guiliano)

      May 07, 2018 07:49 PM

      Do you mean Guliani?

        May 08, 2018 08:10 AM

        Guliani……911 insider….some say………

          May 08, 2018 08:37 AM

          Thanks OOTB, I have not hear that one.

    b
    May 07, 2018 07:36 PM

    If Americans Knew founded by Alison Weir

    List of US, Pro-Israel Pressure Groups Is Extraordinary – ‘The Israel Lobby – a List’

    The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
    Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP):
    The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF)
    The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)
    Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
    International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (aka Stand for Israel)
    Central Fund of Israel
    Reservists on Duty
    The Gideon Project
    Christians United for Israel (CUFI)
    Simon Wiesenthal Center
    The Israel Project
    Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF)
    Hadassah (Women’s Zionist Organization of America)
    America’s Voices in Israel (AVI)
    The Jewish Agency for Israel

    Thought this guy was particularly interesting.

    James S. Tisch: Chairperson of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors. According to its website, Tisch is President and Chief Executive Officer of Loews Corporation, chairman of the Board of Directors of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of CNA Financial Corporatio, a director on the board of the General Electric Company, Chairman of the Board of WNET, parent of WNET Channel 13 and WLIW Channel 21, a member of the Board of Directors of The New York Public Library, serves on the Executive Committee of the Partnership for New York City, a Trustee of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, President and Chairman Emeritus of Federation Employment and Guidance Service (F.E.G.S.), past Chairman of the Board of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, past Chairman of the Board of United Jewish Communities, past President of UJA-Federation of New York, and a former director on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

    Young Judaea
    American Friends of Likud
    American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)
    The Israel Allies Foundation
    Americans United with Israel
    The Haym Salomon Center
    The Foundation for Jewish Camp
    The Jim Joseph Foundation
    Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation
    The Avi Chai Foundation
    Stand with Us
    Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI)

    Leona M. and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust: The trust fund is valued at between $4 billion and $8 billion. Among the main areas its grants support are programs focused on “the security and development of Israel.”

    AMIT
    Aaron and Marie Blackman Foundation, Inc
    Jewish Day Schools
    Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
    Jewish National Fund (JNF)
    Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)
    American Jewish Committee (AJC)
    World Jewish Congress:
    Friends of Aish Hatorah:
    Chabad:
    Republican Jewish Coalition:
    National Jewish Democratic Council:
    Foundation for Defense of Democracies:
    Saban Center at Brookings:
    Center for Security Policy:
    MEMRI:
    Hillel:
    Birthright Israel:
    David Project:
    Amcha Initiative:
    Young Israel:
    Ateret Cohanim:
    Elad:
    BBYO
    Israeli-American Council:

    America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago This is just one of a dozen such tax-exempt America-Israel Chambers of Commerce in the U.S. listed by the The Association of America-Israel Chambers of Commerce.

    List after that is of influential Pro-Israel Individuals

    https://russia-insider.com/en/list-us-pro-israel-pressure-groups-extraordinary-israel-lobby-list/ri23384

    The link provides info on them.

      May 07, 2018 07:52 PM

      Well sure they will be supports of Israel. So what else is new

        GH
        May 07, 2018 07:54 PM

        Proportionately, we have more power than any other comparable
        group, far beyond our numbers. The reason is that we are
        probably the most well organized minority in the world. (Nat Rosenberg, Denver Allied Jewish Federation International Jewish News, January 30, 1976) (cited by Gerard Menuhin in Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil).

        I wonder how much politicking gets done under tax-free status.

          May 07, 2018 07:23 PM

          Interesting question, GH!

    May 07, 2018 07:19 PM

    Hi Al, liking the more opinionated Al, keep going. I think you made some good points that have to be made about the Middle East. In my opinion, for what it’s worth, yes Israel has a clear right to exist, not an issue. I have many Jewish friends in the US and UK and honestly they are embarrassed how the Zionists in Israel act, there will never be any peace until you embrace peace. I’m not saying I know how to achieve it, but I’m sure shooting people doesn’t make it happen. Finally, a big concern for me is Israel bombing mostly Iranian targets in Syria, one day you’re going to hit the wrong target i.e. Russians, then what is Russia to do? Does, it do nothing or does it start shooting down some Israeli planes. Then what does America do? That’s what gives me the fear, we need to stop this madness before it really gets going

    May 07, 2018 07:41 PM

    I think our rulers may bankrupt the country before your project is complete:

    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-07/how-bankrupt-nation

    How To Bankrupt A Nation
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    by Tyler Durden
    Mon, 05/07/2018 – 18:37
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    Simple…

    “When ur loading a $70,000 missile onto a $28 million drone, so it can fly at the cost of $3,624 an hour to kill some people in Yemen who live on less than $1 per day…”

      May 08, 2018 08:49 AM

      War is A Racket……….S. Butler.
      Marxist have taken over and nobody cares or knows….

    b
    May 07, 2018 07:21 PM

    Israels “right to exist”, ya, I guess so.
    They committed the genocide fair and square, they continue it today, fair and square.

    What country doesnt exist from genocide somewhere along the line?

    To heck with the Balfour declaration, the brits had no “right” to do that, but they didnt need any stinky “rights”
    They simply had to kill anyone that objected, which they have done and continue to do today. All fair and square.

    Abby Martin Exposes Zionism & Israel on Joe Rogan Podcast (Strong Language)
    https://youtu.be/rBRxt5ufnGg

      May 07, 2018 07:20 PM

      Thanks for the positive words, no more namby bamby Al.

      If Israel shot Russian targets and the U.S. supported that, Israel and America could count me out for sure.

      May 07, 2018 07:23 PM

      Well of course, the Brits had absolutely no right to do that. How many times have I said that in this Forum?

      May 07, 2018 07:24 PM

      “What country doesn’t exist from some kind of genocide at some point? What an interesting point b!

    May 07, 2018 07:25 PM

    Once again I am very disappointed with the ignorance that continues to be spewed.I have to question the motives of those who continue to provide commentary and believe that 19 hijackers from a foreign Country came into the U S and carried out 9/11 with out any assistance. I had to call you out Mr. Korelin when you said “As A Practicing Jew” you couldn’t vote for either candidate running for President. It was me who had to point out that collectively voting together was part of being an American Citizen.
    Yourself and your new guest act if only one Palestinian have been shot. Until the both of you can wake the hell up and figure out that killing people isn’t the answer all the rest of us can do is pray for you.

      May 07, 2018 07:24 PM

      JohnK I never said that I was a practicing Jew because I am not.

      Regarding only one killing, I was using that as an example. Notice that I never backed down and agreed with Larry. Israel has been over the top in many instances .

        May 07, 2018 07:26 PM

        When, in God’s name, have I ever said that killing people is the answer to anything?
        Believing that Israel is at times “over the top” means that I don’t agree with a lot of its actions.

        May 08, 2018 08:37 AM

        Go back to October 11th, 2016 and read my post. My memory isn’t real good,so I have to write every thing down.
        I also print out and paste on my wall in my office various things.
        This back and forth that day was put on the wall.
        Here is a refresher.
        “Faith is grateful for what is, and believes the best is yet to come. All we really have is our faith.

          May 08, 2018 08:48 AM

          Big Al has absolutely nothing of true value other than his faith. Once I realized that I became a much happier person.

    May 07, 2018 07:14 PM

    Proverbs 29:16
    When the wicked are in authority,sin flourishes
    but the Godly will live to see their downfall.

    May 07, 2018 07:28 PM

    JohnK don’t know about “live to see their downfall”. I am 74 years old, man! I have certainly studied Proverbs and the rest of the Bible.

    May 08, 2018 08:46 AM

    This is my opinion. There is nothing in this for me. Nobody is writing me a check.

    May 08, 2018 08:19 AM

    Proverbs 29:7
    The Godly care about the rights of the poor;
    the wicked don’t care at all

      May 08, 2018 08:46 AM

      Well, of course, The Proclamation of the Kingdom comes to mind!

    May 08, 2018 08:31 AM

    I am always taken back by those who claim to be God fearing people and have no problem with the indiscriminate killing of innocent women and children as long as it fits their heteronomous apriorisms.
    The word that comes to mind is “NeoChristian”

      May 08, 2018 08:45 AM

      You should know, JohnK, that I agree with you.

    May 08, 2018 08:54 AM

    Here’s some other people that aren’t “swallowing” the official narrative on 9/11.
    And yes,their from Europe, not the U.S
    https://www.ae911truth.org/get-involved/events#year=2018&month=5&day=1&view=month

      May 08, 2018 08:14 AM

      Thanks……..these should be interesting…..coming from a professional group….Hope RICK A, gets a chance to review these. Since, he tried to BS me several years ago…..

        May 08, 2018 08:10 AM

        Hi Jerry:
        The latency of Rick’s published comments about those who owned Bitcoin did not go unnoticed either.

      May 08, 2018 08:44 AM

      Thanks JohnK, I focused on this situation with an author a number of months ago. Not being even close to an expert in this area, from what I learned, I could not unequivocally comment intelligently on this situation so I gave him a lot of air time and referenced his book, “911 and the Rise of Fascism in the United States.”

        May 08, 2018 08:45 PM

        There have been hundreds of books on 9/11. One book does not tell the story.

      GH
      May 08, 2018 08:54 AM

      Jewish media loves to smear white men for anything and everything.

      But to reveal that most rapists in Sweden are immigrants/refugees? That would be Racism 😮 .

      Interesting how the Scandinavian and German feminists prefer to see women raped than to be called racists. What strong, independent women.

        GH
        May 08, 2018 08:55 AM

        I would guess that where the rapists come from, if they raped someones’ daughter or sister, they would end up dead, end of story.

          b
          May 08, 2018 08:04 AM

          Indian men who gang raped girl, 16, were so angry at a $770 fine and …
          https://www.tvnz.co.nz/…/indian-men-gang-raped-girl-16-were-so-angry-770-fine-an…

          They didnt like having to do 100 sit ups either.

            May 08, 2018 08:24 AM

            My only question b is, “On what grounds were these idiots angry”?

        May 08, 2018 08:37 AM

        I have not verified this GH, but common sense tells me that you are correct.

      May 08, 2018 08:39 AM

      In terms of rapist descriptions, common sense tells me that, of course, it is not just the Christians!

    GH
    May 08, 2018 08:52 AM

    Nasrallah (Hezbollah) says of Israel’s attack on Iranians in Syria last month :

    “This is an event that has no precedent since 7 years…that Israel openly targets the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution in Syria, killing deliberately…”

    Hassan Nasrallah: Israel Has Come Into Direct Confrontation With Iran
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49354.htm

      GH
      May 08, 2018 08:58 AM

      “A limited number of Iranians in Syria are considered (as an existential threat) by Israel. But as for the tens of thousands (of combatants of) armed organizations in Quneitra, Deraa, and on the border with the occupied Syrian Golan, tens of thousands (of fighters) of the Al-Nusra Front, ISIS, of other pseudonyms of Islamist organizations, which have a large number and a wide variety of weapons, missiles, Katyushas, anti-tank weapons and sensitive weapons, all those do not concern Israel, they do not even think about them. They do not constitute a strategic threat. Israel does not consider them a danger and does not even think about them, and rather works with them and supports them, heals their wounded, provides them with information, helps them in the fight (with air strikes) …”

        May 08, 2018 08:41 AM

        Probably correct GH. As I said,”I cannot condone “over the top reactions” by any country.

          May 08, 2018 08:50 AM

          We are all Pawns on a Pew………….

          May 08, 2018 08:55 AM

          We are not talking about just “any country”., are we?

            May 08, 2018 08:04 AM

            No JohnK, we are definitely not talking about “just any country” In the case of all the countries in The Middle East, I believe that if all of them worked together they could resolve this terrible situation. Aggression very seldom if ever provides a long lasting solution.

        b
        May 08, 2018 08:11 AM

        Funny that never occurs to people GH.

        I guess people have issues they gotta deal with.
        Life is a challenge.

          May 08, 2018 08:32 AM

          Yep b, “all people have issues they gotta deal with.” and, definitely, life is a challenge , but a good one!

    May 08, 2018 08:50 AM

    You reap the seeds you sow.
    Conveniently left out of the conversation is the British role in the Middle East and their connection to Saudi Arabia.

      May 08, 2018 08:06 AM

      I have brought out the role of the British many times JohnK.

        May 08, 2018 08:22 AM

        Mr Korelin, You seem to pick what suits your agenda.
        The first thing that comes to my mind is Mathews comment about cognitive dissonance.
        For the the record you did say as a practicing Jew. I have it on my wall.

          May 08, 2018 08:29 AM

          No problem JohnK and I don’t intentionally pick what suits my agenda. My of “as a practicing Jew” was not referring to myself. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I do make mistakes. (At times “more often than not”!)

            May 08, 2018 08:33 AM

            OWl……..you could be a OWLSKINOZY JEW……….

    May 08, 2018 08:39 AM

    Here is the post.
    October 11,2016 at 1:59 pm,
    JohnK says:
    A lot of this commentary I found very interesting and very telling.
    Cory says that what America needs is a unifier,someone to bring the country together.
    This was interesting to me as Big Al nails the point down when he said “As a practicing Jew”, not as an American I’m not questioning your patriotism Big Al,it’s just a lot of people are this first and an American second. Regardless of how bad all the candidates are, it is our duty as Americans to vote.
    Doc is spot on when he talks about the media and their agenda.
    Fortunately for us, the JASTA bill was passed.I believe this single piece of legislation will prove to be more important than the Presidential election.
    What this has done is to make the parties responsible for State sponsored terrorism accountable for their actions,regardless of their sexual orientations.
    The candidates we have for President is exactly what we deserve as a Nation. Wde have turned a blind eye to the killing and the pagan worshiping ilks of those who have been elected to the positions of power to lead us for far to long.
    The internet is a beautiful thing, I like to call it the truth machine.
    Politicians can no longer hide from their indiscretions of the past.

    May 08, 2018 08:44 AM

    Mr Korelin you did say as a practicing Jew you could note vote for either candidate.
    The internet is a beautiful thing.

      May 08, 2018 08:49 AM

      not

    May 08, 2018 08:50 AM

    I will add that I have a lot of respect for you,that doesn’t mean I will not hold you accountable.

    CFS
    May 08, 2018 08:10 AM

    Are you certain Big Al did not put in a conditional word, like “if” ?

    Given the number of “ignorant” Americans there are, I pray many of those do not consider it a duty to vote.

      May 08, 2018 08:42 AM

      CFS:
      Why would you use pray when you have stated your religious views?
      Are you even an American citizen?

    May 08, 2018 08:36 PM

    CFS:
    You cannot sow the seed of doubt when the garden is already planted.