Hear the fans - Bring Pearl Jam To Israel

Luckytwn1 said:

badbrains said:

Luckytwn1 said:

badbrains said:

I see, so one side is allowed to defend itself with bombing the shit out of the other side. But the other side has to sit still and quiet while their land is raped right out from under them. Interesting logic there. Funny how everytime you Israeli apologists come out, it's always-Israel has the right to defend itself and blah blah blah blah. What about the Palestinians? What are they supposed to do? Must suck to have only 1 fucken country to have your back. Israel is sooooo fucken lucky America has spineless cowards working in congress and the senate. Fill their pockets with money or threaten to ruin their political careers if they dnt play ball with you. What's gonna happen to Israel when the American empire falls and no ones there to veto any shit for them. What's gonna happen to Israel if these fucktards in congress finally grew some fucken balls and said enough. Dnt worry Israel, none of that's gonna happen because aipac won't allow it to. Can't fucken believe it, 1 rogue country being allowed to run ape shit on the Palestinians. When will it stop....

It's comical and a little frightening to read such ignorance. But just to attempt to alleviate some of your ignorance and assure you that America is not the only country backing Israel, here is the position of the UK government:

A Downing Street spokeswoman said: "The Prime Minister spoke to prime minister Netanyahu earlier this evening about the situation in Israel.

"The Prime Minister strongly condemned the appalling attacks being carried out by Hamas against Israeli civilians.

"The Prime Minister reiterated the UK's staunch support for Israel in the face of such attacks, and underlined Israel's right to defend itself from them."

And the position of the French:

François Hollande declared France’s “solidarity” with Israel in a telephone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening. The Israeli government must do whatever is needed to protect its people, the French president said.

Canada:

Canada’s Harper “reiterated Canada’s steadfast support for Israel and its right to defend itself against these terror attacks,” his official website states. He agreed with Netanyahu that “Hamas must end its targeted attacks on Israeli citizens.”

Shall I go on?

They to Dare Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby
Book by Paul Findley
They to Dare Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby is a bestselling book that was written in 1985, had a second edition published in 1989 and a third in 2003 by American former Representative/Congressman Paul Findley. Wikipedia
Published: 1985
Author: Paul Findley

Read it, I suggest everyone who's into politics read this book and see what's really going on in Washington. This is where I got some of my ignorance that you're frightened of.

Shall I go on......

The NY Times review of said book from 1985.

"So it is an angry, one-sided book that seems often to be little more than a stringing together of stray incidents. It treats the organized supporters of Israel in the United States as a mean monolith and does not really accept the idea that people of any political point of view are entitled to organize, support their friends and try to defeat the people they think are their enemies."

http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/14/books/in-short-nonfiction-111845.html

Plus he's a known Liberty conspiracy theorist. Are you next going to cite people who think 9/11 was actually conducted by the American government?

Israel is probably the only issue that there is widespread agreement on between Democrats and Republicans at this point. AIPAC is a great organization but they are not responsible for that agreement. I've been in the room with members of Congress discussing this issue and most of them have a deeply rooted appreciation for the circumstances that Israel lives with every day. Rahm Emmanuel, when he was in the House and then he was Chief of Staff, perhaps the most powerful position in Washington other than the President himself, do you think he needed AIPAC to tell him what to think?