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Subscribe to RSSPresident Obama will visit Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan this spring, the White House announced Tuesday.
It will be his first trip to Israel as president. Republicans have been hotly critical of Obama for not having visited before now.
The planned trip came after a Jan. 28 talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said.
"The start of the president's second term and the formation of a new Israeli government offer the opportunity to reaffirm the deep and enduring bonds between the United States and Israel and to discuss the way forward on a broad range of issues of mutual concern, including Iran and Syria," National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement.
Obama did travel to Israel as a senator in July of 2008 during his run for president.
NBC's Shawna Thomas contributed to this report.
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Uh oh, freak out in 3...2...1....
It will Obama's his first trip to Israel
Come on. I am not one to usually criticize the writers or the proof readers, but let's try and set the standard a little higher, okay guys?
What? They TALK to each other and are now going to sit down face to face in Israel? Cannot WAIT for the spin doctors of the RW to tell us all why this is happening . . .
Let's get real - what can Republicans say? They can't accuse him of going to garner more votes - nope. Let's see - that's pretty much all they ever had so I can't figure out how they'll try to spin this one!
It will Obama's his first trip to Israel during his presidency, something for which Republicans have been hotly critical.
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Speaking of hotly...wasn't the last time the Republicans were there they were getting 'jiggy wid it' in the water somehwere...?
Allen ... STILL laughing over that! Thanks for the giggle!
"Cannot WAIT for the spin doctors of the RW to tell us all why this is happening . . .". Could you please translate this? Not sure what you are trying to say. Thanks.
Allen, I think they're still over on the Cantor thread suffering from shock.
Allen,
"wasn't the last time the Republicans were there they were getting 'jiggy wid it' in the water somehwere...?" A few were. Why do you feel it necessary to make broad generalizations? That's the sort of attitude that racists have; you might feel entitled to being something like a racist bigot because you are a Democrat, but that's not right.
@ Dave in Western NY - I'm thinking you need to write the WH and ask if you can ride along with the President...because you need to get out and about a little more than you have been.
How in the world do you go from admitting that "a few were" indeed acting like fools, to me somehow being a "racist bigot because you are a Democrat"?
For people who blow a few gaskets every time the 'race' card is allegedly used...you sure seem to make an valiant effort in throwing it out there yourself.
"you might feel entitled to being something like a racist bigot because you are a Democrat," - ...and I'm making generalizations?
Oh, my- guess I need to turn on Hannity this afternoon to see what this trip is REALLY all about. The president must be trying to PULL SOMETHING!
Oh, good grief, Dave in Western NY, lighten up. Where in Allen's comment about the GOPers who went to Israel on the taxpayer dime, got t-totaling snockered, stripped off their clothes, jumped off the restaurant deck and took a dip in the water remotely racist?
In agreement with Jody . . .
Jeeezzzzz!!!!
Uh oh is right, according to the GOP, the Hawaiian born Kenyan-Muslim meeting with the Israeli born Jew, in the Jewish/Christian/Muslim city of Jerusalem. Fireworks anyone? This must somehow fit their 'last days' scenario.
This headline is just too easy.
Of course what the headline left out...
What can we say "Spring in the Middle east is Obama's favorite time of year...he longs for yet another Arab Spring.
txmom32 - your poor children being raised by a blithering moron like you! Crawl back under your rock!
Ok, so you are Israeli intelligence . . . .you uncover a plot to blow up the Presidential motorcade or shoot down the helicopter . . . given his opinions about your country . . . . do you tell anyone? Would give members of their intelligence community pause I imagine understanding the relationship between the President and the Prime Minister . . . if I'm the USSS I'm worried about this.
PS: To the readers and scanners - this is speculation - I have no information since I know nothing about anything in the middle east I have not been told by the American media -
I would not be too surprised if this was a face to face meeting to agree on a plan for Iran. Maybe Obama is finally waking up to the fact that sanctions are not going to stop Iran. Either that, or Obama thinks that Netanyahu is getting ready to launch an attack on Iran and this is a last ditch attempt by Obama to convince him that the US still has Israel's back and to hold off. Either way, I think that the main purpose of the face to face is to talk about Iran. No doubt Israel's strike against the Syrian weapons convoy that was headed to Lebanon and into Hezbollah's hands shook up Obama. I doubt that Netanyahu bothered to even let Obama know they were going to do it, let alone consulted Obama about it. In any case, I am sure this made Obama nervous about Iran in more ways than one, such Iran using their proxy Hezbollah to attack Israel using this incident as justification. I would say that right now the odds are about 50-50 that there will be a war with Iran before the end of this year and about 75-25 there will be one before Obama leaves office.
Iranian nukes- Zero. Israeli nukes- est 200 to 300, PLUS all the armaments we have bought and paid for that they have.
I say- if they want to attack Iran, let 'em. (of course, they need to be on their own, seeing as how they have the upper hand, militarily)
It's a shame he will not take a trip to the Gaza Strip....
Oh Well...a man can still have HOPE...to bring about CHANGE....
Considering that Israel is a US ally and key to any stability in the Middle East, a visit by this US President is overdue.
Govt Slave - you're a disgusting moron - the perfect Republican! You stoop lower than low and you're comfortable with it. Sick!
Seeking Sanity (good luck with that)
Gosh we have had this conversation before about you needing to grasp some sort of literate context and that seems to just elude you.
I didn't say anything about birther...that was a historic reference to the joy Obama took in the Arab Spring (uprisings) where he supported the over throw of oppressive regimes in favor of other oppressive regimes.
And again you attack my children. Do you have any sense of right and wrong.
Perhaps you need a bit of a reality check....is anybody out there?
Armageddon here we come! Woohoo! Bring on the rapture!
Another Dog and Pony Show ....
txmom- reading comprehension skills are not your strong suit are they? I NEVER attacked your children. On the contrary - I pity anyone who is reared by an idiot like you. You have nothing to post of value but spew your ignorance and hatred toward our President as often as you can.
Again, seeking sanity in the Republican party but you and others like you show there is none to be found. All we ever see from your ilk is crudeness and a total lack of intelligence or class!
Try to have someone explain the big words to you since you apparently can't grasp their meaning!
Obama better watch his back when he goes to Israel, they don't like Dem Presidents !!!
Israel is only our friend when the billions in foreign aid is coming in, they see the Dem's as a threat to their piggy back !!!
Seeking Sanity...I'm beginning to think you must be 12. So what is the fixation you have with my children today? It seems when you loose touch with a conversation you like to make things up, like calling me a birther or you call names when there are comments you don't seem to have the capacity to understand.
Oh yes, your reading comprehension issue was to do with the birther comment....so how would you rationalize birther from the remark I made that would have been more apropo to Obama War mongering in the ME again. Cause well he hasn't managed to start sh&* in Jordan yet but it is a whole new spring. I suppose it is a new opportunity for him...after all historically we like Jordan. They are a very stabilizing force in the ME....Uh Oh.
txmom - your children were barely mentioned in my post except that I pity them for being your children.
You have nothing to say about anything that isn't denigrating to our President and yet you try to attack me? You're definitely in over your head.
Go back and try to read - or have someone read to you. NOWHERE did I even mention "birther." Again, reading comprehension is definitely NOT your strong suit! You truly do need help but I'm sure the help you need is much more intense that you will ever get.
Now go back and go over my posts - one word at a time. Find anywhere that I even mentioned "birther" in regard to your posts.
You truly are a blithering idiot! And you're accusations about President Obama are just as ridiculous! And, "is anybody out there?" Clearly NOT in your case!
Obama had to delay an earlier planned visit while they drained and sanitized the Sea of Galilee. It was either that or change all the books and literature that refer to it as a freshwater lake. Now they plan to chlorinate it whenever the republican ignoramii come for dinner...
On a lighter note: They've been told they can frolic in the Dead Sea as much as they'd like for three reasons... 1st: It's hoped that they can't do much damage. B: It's the new namesake of their political party. 3: They're known to have a penchant for frolicking with dead things.
Seeking... She's not repeatedly reading Blithering as "Birthering" is She?... Did you call her a "Birthering Idiot"?... LOL
I'll bet Netanyahu is thrilled...lol
May just have one of those Chris Matthews' tickles
in his leg...
chick - that's my guess. LOL As I said, reading comprehension is clearly NOT txmom's strong suit. However, she's from Texas so we don't expect much!
chick - I'm still laughing about "birthering idiot." Tried looking it up but all it had was a photo of txmom!
Keep in mind she is the same compassionate Christian who only last week was blaming Gabby Gifford's for getting herself shot!
Best not to feed her... you can't fix stupid! ;o)
Feisty - someone has to be a total lowlife to blame Gabby Giffords for getting shot but I believe that totally describes txmom.
Fiesty you are living proof of that!
Hightidetim - that's not even a decent effort! Surely you can do better. Get with txmom and you can come up with something - you know - like a "birthering idiot!" LOL
Hey Feisty- get ready to have some REAL fun! Our 'My Winnebago is bigger than YOUR Winnebago' poster is back as a re-reg. he didn't say he still thinks he's a lawyer, though. Mabye this time, he's a heart surgeon. Or a double-nought spy.
How long do you think it will take for the rightwing to start circulating a conspiracy theory about this? The President didn't really go to Israel, the pics were Photoshoped, right?
Hahaha, the Legend in His Own Mind. We'll know by the stench -- Nothing like the smell of troll in the morning.
Does he stil beleive in the 1967 borders?
The leader of Egypt, Obama's friend and leader of the radical Muslim
terrorist group, the Islamic Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi welcome his counterpart, Mohamud Ahmadinejad . The Iranian leader and enemy of the United States , in order to have have friendly conversations with the Egypt president , how to deal with his neighbor Israel, and how to give the proper use of the F-16 , a contribution to our friends , the Islamic Brotherhood.oskar - OMG when does your ignorance and total lies end? Stop listening to Rush - you just prove over and over again what a mental midget you truly are.
Fesity and Chick - where did txmom go? LOL!!!!
Seeking Sanity, your monikor say it all. Keep looking, you're coming up empty.
nothing like giving Ahmadinejad time to plan something
Seeking Sanity...I'm back. I have to admit my kids and darling dear one take priority when they come home, you are way down on the list. How sad it must be to be alone with only your computer for company. I do owe you an apology for misreading one word. So my apologies it was a mistake. I don't, however, owe you an apology for my remark that Obama seems to love the civil wars that he has supported through the Arab Spring. That one is on him and will mark his legacy for generations to come. Those seven terrorist attacks US embassy's around the world in two years, because of the Arab Spring that he supported under the might of America, will be his legacy one that he will share with Hillary Clinton.
Now as for your fixation on my children.....that is really creepy and a topic that you have introduced on more than one occasion.
Chick Binder....yes I repeatedly mis-read the word like once and caught the error when I reread at Seeking Sanity's suggestion. And like a responsible person I have apologized. As for your joke...you probably should not make Comedian your night job.
As for Feisty and Seeking Sanity....Being the target of the shooting or getting shot does not excuse Giffords or her employees from neglect in providing security for the event. Just because she got shot does not absolve her of responsibility before the shooting. Others got shot and other died because, Gifford's neglected to provide security to protect her constituents at a public meeting. She certainly is no hero and yes she was a victim. As I have said time and time again, the shooter is the guilty party. So Feisty, if you are so opposed to my position on Giffords then why did you not enter into rational discussion on that topic? Wait I should not use the term rational with you. Are you just unable to carry on a legitimate debate or do you just have to sit and crow about nothing. It is easy for Seeking Sanity...she just has no substance, ever. When at a loss for substance she just attacks children. Gosh, I hope seeking is a she because it would be entirely a deeper level of creepy if she were a he.
I do think it is funny that between the three of you, none can come up with a valid point on the original topic of the conversation....Our esteemed President and his driving interest in chaos in the Middle East and Africa. Perhaps, you all support his efforts to help the ME burn.
And there will an "apology" stopover to Palestine to announce US foreign aid to them plus a war jet or 2 and about 50 tanks.
Well...the GOP can't complain President Obama is doing it to win re-election since he already did that. Give them time, FOX's printing press will be up and running shortly to give the repubs their talking points. It'll be nice, though, for President Obama to again visit what the GOP thinks is our 51st state.
Correction Jody...it would be the 50th...they apparently never thought Hawaii was legit.
Jody and Allen - their little heads will explode when the Puerto Rico issue comes up! All those spanish speaking people - they'll freak out!
Honestly Allen I would vote you up 10 times if I could!! That comment made my day.
Shoot, Allen, you're right. Hawaii isn't really a state, how could I mess up like that. BTW, I'm with mayamomma about your comment! Perfect.
SeekingS, their heads explode at the idea of President Obama period!
I just hope the president doesn't take McCain or Graham with him.
Yikes.
Pat, somehow I'm confident those two would be the last on the invite list. Wonder how the muskateers are getting along without their third leg, Liebermann? Maybe President Obama will take Chuck Hagel and really make the right's heads spin!
51rst state? Gee Mr. O thought their were 57 states so I guess it would be the 58th. Wow another 4 yrs of traveling at the taxpayers expense. We're broke Mr. O (although YOU'RE not personally), try web camming it. But that's only for those greedy corporations that you take money from and keep the taxpayers working to fund your lavish life style.
I hope he does take Secy Hagel with him on the trip! Also hope that the First Lady and the adorable daughters go so that the folks on the right can whine about how much the trip is costing.
Steeler fan, he's just another loser going around the world on someone elses dime. And he is worse than the Steelers will ever be!
Pat G - what an idiot!!!! Going around the world on someone else's dime? He's the PRESIDENT you buffoon! He is SUPPOSED TO meet with foreign leaders. What a moron your mother raised!!!!
lol @ Dottie. Honesty, you can just taste the hate, can't you. We're not "broke" you boob. What's more, if President O didn't visit Israel you'd be crying about how he's snubbing them. Finally, if you are jealous of the "lavish life style" of the President, try applying yourself instead of whining.
Another lackwit that thinks international diplomacy should be conducted in the basement of the local church, along side the members of the Quilting Bee, where the entree is the local variations of macaroni salad and Dorito Cheeze Puffs for dessert.
Aaaa Pat G. I think you have it wrong. Obama won, Romney lost. Somebody else's dime? President Obama pays more taxes in a year then you will in you life. Which by the way would be good advice for you. Get a life.
Dotties girl
51rst state? Gee Mr. O thought their were 57 states so I guess it would be the 58th. Wow another 4 yrs of traveling at the taxpayers expense. We're broke Mr. O (although YOU'RE not personally), try web camming it. But that's only for those greedy corporations that you take money from and keep the taxpayers working to fund your lavish life style.
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I can do nothing but chuckle at the folks who w/o hesitation claim that Government is evil and at the same time hold that it is somehow against the laws of nature for corporations to be greedy.
actually , its because the WH is hopefully finally beginning to see that israel & israel alone is our only true ally in the middle east , not egypt & morsi , not libya , not paki & not afghan & not ............ shall i go on? Obama deserves none of BN's time or attn , he needs to be shown the door .
Pat Boston MA.
"I just hope the president doesn't take McCain or Graham with him.
Yikes."
As hollow as they are he could use them for luggage.
Those malcontents don't deserve to carry his luggage.
Are people sure that Mr. Barack Obama went to Israel in 2008 or when he had just taken office in 2009? Is he claiming to have visited there then? If it was in 2008 he was not President... just a tourist like thee and me.
What I remember was his first trip to the Middle East after he took office as President, and he appeared to me to have taken pains to.... leap quantum-ly past Israel when he jumped from Egypt into Germany, having dropped off here and there on the Mediterranean lands and other nations surrounding Israel including the Muslims, but not Israel itself.
He gave a speech in Egypt which caught my attention, and I couldn't believe my ears... so I researched for a copy in writing and, well, that speech seemed to me to be about 5th or 6th grade competence, and that is a compliment.
The article in the Washington Post, June 2, 2009, "Obama's Middle East Trip a Balancing Act," is well worth reading. As is Mr. Obama's attitude toward Israel back then. In my opinion he out-smited the anti-Semites here and there whom we see ... occasionally.
Of course, the word "Semite" is a fascinating conglomerate of both ancient and modern peoples describing their ancestry and essentially are virtually the same both for Muslims and Jews today. Worth a look-see.
But of the ancient ones, Abraham may be the most vivid as he led his tribes "out of Ur in the Chaldees," to protect their rights to believe in one God, not many.
Netanyahu has been holding the president's feet to the fire for his entire presidency. I am tired of Netanyahu's saber rattling, and his attempts to make us as a nation draw that line in the sand that would bring us into another war before we're done in the two we already have. Haven't we learned our lesson?
President Obama has been the only President to not kowtow to the Jewish lobby. He was furious to learn the extent of Israeli spying and infiltration against their strongest ally. Only now will the US have a bit more cred as an honest broker in trying to get a peace deal over there. The problem remains that none of the parties actually want one.
Good points.
no he's busy kowtowing to the muslims, illegal immigrants, and unions.
"no he's busy kowtowing to the muslims, illegal immigrants, and unions."
Yes- would you please post for the others to see, what all he's given the Muslimis, Illegal Immigrants and unions? Inquiring minds, and all......
drive-by-observer - Dotties girl is bereft of any intelligent thought but she spews the far right talking points as often as she can. It's time we all ignore the troll- she's totally insane!
As long as he tells Nut-tan-yahoo that he will not risk one American life for the sake of Israel, then I have no problem with the trip. I am very happy that he is going to the West Bank and Jordan as well
Am I the only one who saw the venom dripping off of Dopey's girls fangs when she wrote this?
MCR , do your homework & you will find that the palestine ppl are merely displaced arabs , there is no archaeological evidence that they ever existed, palestine not philistine. There are no coinage , buildings , papyri, scrolls , anything to support claim to the west bank or jordan. The term palestinian was introduced by roman/greco conquerors to insult the israeli land inhabitants. THERE is nothing to work out with an imaginary ppl.
Feisty - all of us know Dotties girl is a total idiot. Maybe she's txmom's daughter????
MCR-4250086
"As long as he tells Nut-tan-yahoo that he will not risk one American life for the sake of Israel, then I have no problem with the trip. I am very happy that he is going to the West Bank and Jordan as well"
In related news... Boehner saw your post and left an important meeting early... Off to the store to find and sample this miracle beverage for himself!
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
"Am I the only one who saw the venom dripping off of Dopey's girls fangs when she wrote this?"
I'd really like to say yes Feisty, but the truth is i've always pictured her with just one dull tooth in the middle.
Was it now - got proof of that, or has Newt been bending your ear. Now, did the insulting term, palestinian, apply to just arabs, or just the jews, or both. Was it only used for Muslim Arabs in the region?
Oh, and swami historian, what do we do with those references from Egypt and Assyria to the land they called Peleset and Pilistu.
Now let me guess, in your mind, Greece and its people didn't exist either. You see, at one time, there was no Greek currency, buildings, papyri, or scrolls. Of course we had Athenians, Spartans, and a host of other neighboring nations, but they were not Greece. Does that make Greece an invented land? Was Grecian simply an insulting word invented by Persian's to describe those dirty Athenians and Spartans?
I love this Sanity person, getting her panties in a bunch when logic escapes her. She loves to dump on people, but can't seem to play with the big kids.
B56Grunt - let's see, you've posted what of relevance? You should probably leave my panties out of this since you couldn't play with the big kids if you tried. This post is what, exactly? I see no logic, no proposals, no nothing. So, Grunt - you couldn't keep up with me if you tried! And, you've just proved that. Now, go play with txmom - she's more your speed - VERY SLOW!
Howdy
Feisty and friends, everybody is over at the 'Obama OKs killing Americans using Drones' blog.
Missing your input, some say. Others say your too cowardly to post. I just want to see pretzels made. lol
stimulatingsolution: Americans (at the beginning) were once displaced Europeans as well. Know one cares, get a clue and come back to reality. They are there and they are not going anywhere. Deal with it.
Drive by said: Yes- would you please post for the others to see, what all he's given the Muslimis, Illegal Immigrants and unions? Inquiring minds, and all......
Well, US fighter jets and tanks to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt; weapons to the people in Libya when they rose up against Qaddafi, virtual amnesty for illegals that were brought here by their parents when they were very young, welfare benefits and drivers' licenses to illegals (OK, not so much Obama on this one but DEMOCRATS in California), large percentage of GM ownership to the UAW, favorable pro-union rulings from the NLRB, ie. the Boeing plant in N Carolina (or was it S Carolina)...you asked!
Fiesty Dickhead, what you say Obama should fly them drones all over Israel and get rid of this troublesome country?
Yawn.
Israel is always bad news...
This US should eliminate this country once and for all. The problem is the Obama liberals are too weak kneed and cowardly to act. Come on, toasted, are you with this idea or are you some kind of weak kneed liberal coward?
Bet it goes smoother than Mitt's visit.
No doubt!
Didn't Mitt turn around a failing kibutz outside of Salt Lake City??? Made millions I heard!
Netanyahu should have stayed the hell out of our elections. Romney was his guy and poor Netanyahu didn't get what he always wanted - a return to a neocon cabinet.
And thank heaven American voters sent Romney packing; bet Netanyahu doesn't even take his calls now. I think the rest of the world sighed in relief when President Obama was re-elected.
JODY, Duh!!!!
I think the Israeli voters showed Bibi just how they felt about his involvement with Romney loud and proud. Be careful, Prime Minister, elections have consequences now don't they? Seems as if Bibi has lost touch with his own people. Wow, kinda sounds like a certain party here that begins with the letter R.
he hasnt lost touch , he also was reelected , you may try visiting the israel natl news website or haaretz
I am well aware that he was reelected, but there is also a shifting to center left which was exhibited in the votes.
Boy, if some of you Americans showed as much allegiance to your own country as you do to Israel, just think how much greater this country would be.
Hmmm.. Though one..
Rotten?
Oh No..please don't go there Mr President..after all..look at what happened to Egypt since ur last visit to the region!!! Seriously..Obama's support for a return to the "67" boundaries is nothing but pandering to the Muslims...not unlike his reminiscing about eating dogs as a youth in Indonesia..or celebrating Muslim holidays at the White House in the weeks leading up to the Benghazi attacks
NO FREE TRADE WITHOUT FULL EMPLOYMENT!!
You forgot his secret Muslim decoder ring!
Mifo - well now you've gone and done it! We're NEVER supposed to mention the secret decoder ring!!!!
Awww, Jeez! I just knew that the secret decoder ring would be leaked! Okay, we will have to do some fall out cleanup, but whatever you do, do not mention the other thing, okay? If that gets out, all hell will break loose!
AlaskaGirl - Oh right - would NEVER mention that or you're right - hell will break loose.
Mifo - no mentioning the other thing - letting it slip about the ring was bad enough. RicInCt should not know ALL the secrets! Whew!
I swear, more of them crawl out of the sewer every day!
Pay no attention to the secret decoder ring! QUICK- over THERE! The secret TREE house!!!
(and say....isn't it just the right height off the ground??)
Ric, still waiting for the mother ship, eh?
Do they even want him there...stay home Barry, save the country some money.
He's gotta go get his marching orders. Israel first. US citizens - distant second....if that.
"President Obama to visit Israel this spring"
Wow, will wonders ever cease.
He should take the entirety of the US legislative and executive branch with him for that visit, and while they're gone, we should change the locks on the White House and Capitol Building.
Matt- no we should have done that while Bush was in office. We won't lock a good man like President Obama out. Now Congress - that's another matter!
Think about how much money we would have saved had someone had the good sense to change the locks on Dubya and Co.
Ak girl... Just LOCKING the existing locks would have likely been enough to perplex Dubya & Co. for their remaining years. Or you could just paint them and tell them they'd been changed.
I think it is a good thing for the President to make this trip, I really do. I hope he goes there this time with the proper mind set . I don't think he is all that well regarded by Netanyahu, nor has Obama treated him with the dignity he deserves. But this is how relations improve, and there is a lot more going on in that region that Obama could address while there. Pat, how can you complain about Netanyahu voicing an opinion about our election, when Obama campaigned as much oversea as at home. The world takes an interest in us.
Every one needs to send a letter to the Isreali Government apoligizing for obama coming there. It is shame we send a radical muslim into a friendly country to criticize them.
Oh, tea party scum! Aren't you people gone yet?
Newsflash for tea baggers: The party you latched onto is trying to shake loose of you guys. Soon, you will be just the very small group of losers with no where to hang your bags!
Pat G - I'm guessing you were oxygen deprived for a significant period of time when you were born. No one could possibly be so idiotic otherwise. The muslim stupidity is so telling! And, it's says your a total moron!
@ SS: Amen, sista!
Oh, if we could only be rid of the extreme right wing idiocy that has pervaded this site.......
Pat G.
Are you a member of the Tea Party Movement?
" Soon, you will be just the very small group of losers with no where to hang your bags!..."
(Psssst, AG- they GOT no bags. They are the tea-bagEEs, remember? Not the tea-bagORs.)
Hey Pat!... I have a solution... How about we put up with "pipple" like you here in the U.S. (for a time) and Israel puts up with a visit from the duly elected and inimitable President of the United States of America Barack Hussein Obama?...
Of course while that fly-trap you call a mouth remains closed as a condition of yer continued 'merkanism...
Deal, goober?
Too little, too late. Don't trust him for a second Netanyahu. Hopefully you can relax a little in 2017, we should be able to do more then. Most of America is with you!
Hey Bob ....
Then how come most of America didn't vote that way? Silly you thinking you'll have something electable in 2017. Your little party is falling all over themselves today trying to move to the middle and leave people like you and Broun in the dust . . .
Your little party is falling all over themselves today trying to move to the middle
Oh, Layton, the visual on that is just priceless! I see arms and legs flying, filibuster McConnell trying to shove people out of the way, Cantor tossing slower moving neo-cons to the side! Oh, the hilarity!
that's what Israel needs, a pathetic piece of @!$%# anti Semite anti American anti FRee Market pussy telling them what to do and how great he is, well Isralies aren't the self-hatin' lib jews that exist here in America, the Israelis know exactly what that pig obama is
DITTO J
Johnny and steimy...
I hope you two love-birds don't mind if I patent these last two posts of yours... I'll make a fortune off the Central U.S. pork industry alone by proving that pigs CAN feed themselves.
chick - like I said, they're crawling out of the sewers today as evidenced by stimulating.. and Johnny-147....
They're perfect little rightwingers!
Looks like another vacation on the taxpayers for king obama. Strange he would choose to go there. Everybody knows that muslims and jews don't mix.
Why on earth is he going to Isreal? This country is need of dire economic help and idiot Obama runs off to another country. Obama needs to be impeached and sent back to Africa. He can take his drunken, illegal Uncle with him.
Eagle- I like your moniker. So fitting, somehow......
republican - another right wing moron heard from. The sewers must be empty today with all of you coming up to post! You do bring a certain stench with you when you visit!
Some people are like Slinkys; they're not very useful, but fun to watch when pushed down the stairs.
cant smell a thing here but rotten fish , go bathe ss & take your friends with you
stimulatingsolutions - they do smell a lot like rotting fish - I agree. But it's defnintely mixed with that sewer smell - oh wait - that's emanating from you! Ooops!
How come you cowardly Liberals do not push the idea of abolishing the Rebublican Party? The US should be a one political (Democrat) country.
Come on, cowardly liberals, you out number conservatives. MOVE! ACT! I should be berating you like this.
Any excuse to fly on Air Force 1. That's all.
Ahmadinejad Visits Egypt 2 Days After U.S. Delivers Fresh Batch of F-16 Fighter Jets
Feb. 5, 2013 1:15pmErica Ritz60
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday in the first visit by an Iranian leader to Cairo in more than three decades, marking a historic departure from years of frigid ties between the regional heavyweights.
Ahmadinejad's three-day visit, which is centered around an Islamic summit, is the latest sign of improved relations between the countries since the 2011 uprising ousted Egypt's longtime leader President Hosni Mubarak and brought an Islamist government to power in Cairo.
Such a visit would have been unthinkable under Mubarak, who was a close ally of the U.S. and shared Washington's deep suspicions of Tehran.
Though Egypt's shifting alliances are unavoidably apparent, the United States is continuing to arm the country. On Sunday U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson held a ceremony in Cairo to mark the arrival of four F-16 fighter jets from the United States. Twenty in total are due to be delivered throughout 2013.
"Today's ceremony demonstrates the firm belief of the United States that a strong Egypt is in the interest of the U.S., the region, and the world," she declared.
According to the United States Embassy website, the U.S. has delivered 224 F-16 aircraft to Egypt.
Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi gave Ahmadinejad a red-carpet welcome on the tarmac at Cairo airport, shaking his hand and exchanging a kiss on each cheek as a military honor guard stood at attention.
The two leaders then sat down for a 20-minute talk that focused on the civil war in Syria, security officials said on condition of anonymity. President Bashar al-Assad is a close regional ally of Iran and, more importantly, a doorway into the region. But Cairo is home to the offices of the main Syrian opposition council, which has a strong presence of members of the Brotherhood's Syrian chapter.
Though the Syrians will chart their own future, the opinions and actions of Morsi and Ahmadinejad will certainly hold sway. If the two agree on what they believe should happen in Syria's post-war future, the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran could expand their influence in yet another "Arab Spring" country.
During his visit to Egypt, Ahmadinejad is scheduled to meet with Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world's premier Islamic institution. He is also scheduled to attend the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo, which starts Wednesday.
Security officials said Ahmadinejad also will tour the Pyramids in Giza.
Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb (R) holds hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a meeting at Al-Azhar headquarters in Cairo on February 5, 2013. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Once close, Egypt and Iran severed their relations after the 1979 Islamic Revolution when Cairo offered exile to Iran's deposed shah. Relations further deteriorated after Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
Relations are clearly warming, but Morsi faces pressure from Gulf states and some of his own citizens not to cozy up to Tehran.
Egypt's hardline Al-Nour Party wants Morsi to make it clear that "Egypt is committed to the protection of all Sunni nations," and that Iran's support of Assad has not gone unnoticed. Liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat, nephew of the late President Anwar Sadat, is also concerned. After Anwar Sadat was assassinated over his pro-Western policies, Iran named a street in honor of his assassin.
But Egypt's leader has spearheaded an "Islamic quartet" of nations to try and resolve the Syrian crisis and Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are all included.
âThe Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I hope Benjamin Netanyahu punches him in his lying mouth and I hope the Israelies throw rocks at him for the things he has tried to do and the things he has done. I have never been so ashamed of a President since the peanut farmer.
I am with you 100%, Everything should be passed by our most important ally and our most important contributor to the political system and the most important people in the whole world and more important than any issue this country has. Absolutely, they need more money and more weapons and more of everything at the expense of our taxpayers because they are "God's chosen people." That is why the middle east is in the mess that it is in.
pyrate - your post says everything about you. Voted for Bush, twice, didn't ya? LOL What a total moron!!!!
Mr. Obama has left the barn door open far too long. All the livestock has run amok and gone feral. We may never be able to get them all back in the corral now..
If I were the president I would be very careful about visiting Israel rght now. The Yahoo running israel is certainly no friend of the United States.
I'm wondering if Obama will use this trip to either slap someone's face or get slapped in the face himself. We'll see ...