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Obama awarded Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction

tessaesque said:
human rights and world peace? really?

This is as much a joke as the Nobel Peace Prize was.
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Not quite, but he can put it on the same shelf in his house. The "Accolades I appreciate, but didn't really earn" shelf.
 
CanadaJohn said:
The Israelis recognize the empty suit with the big ego and played him with a little bobble to attract his attention. It's like the telemarketer who tells you you've just won a Caribbean vacation, now just give me your credit card number so I can process your prize.
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There are probably more than a few Israelis who like Obama. Peres is a figure of the Israeli center-left, so it's not a huge surprise that those people would like Obama
 
justabubba said:
those israelis you describe were not the ones i saw in the audience for his speech, the ones applauding repeatedly and giving Obama a standing ovation for his astute remarks
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Obama speaks in front of a bunch of students and you're gushing about his reception?

Here's a little flavor from some of the alternate reaction in Israel to the lecturer-in-chief's comments - Israeli Right: Obama Undermined Netanyahu, Endangers Israel with Call for Palestinian State | Informed Comment
 
rocket88 said:
. The "Kool-aids I appreciate, but didn't really drink" shelf.
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This earning him the eternal enmity of all those who gulp.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Obama speaks in front of a bunch of students and you're gushing about his reception?

Here's a little flavor from some of the alternate reaction in Israel to the lecturer-in-chief's comments - Israeli Right: Obama Undermined Netanyahu, Endangers Israel with Call for Palestinian State | Informed Comment
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thanks for that:
‘Generally,’ the new minister added, ‘there is no occupation within one’s own land.’
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confirms my suspicions. many in israel have no intent to relinquish captured territories
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP), comprised of over 350 prominent rabbis in Israel from religious Zionist, Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and Chabad sectors, Torah leaders of the past and present, has sent a very sharp letter to the heads of the political parties in Israel as they are negotiating on forming a new government, criticizing them for completely ignoring the danger hovering over the millions of residents in Israel as a result of the two-state solution. ‘Is this a time to argue over jobs and portfolios or who will blink first while the ominous threat of a Palestinian state is in the making? If such a state will be established, terrorism will soar and millions of people will be in danger. Instead of finding ways to stop the madness of the so-called two-state solution party leaders are now engaged in power and ego struggles,’ the RCP letter read.” “In their letter, the rabbis called upon all parties to receive President Barack Obama with a clear declaration that a Palestinian Arab state will never be established on Israeli land ...
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only further underscores my belief that hard line israelis have no intention to negotiate a two state solution
 
The only award I want Obama to win is the Godwin Award.

He actually deserves that one. The rest - nuh uh.
 
Gipper said:
The only award I want Obama to win is the Godwin Award.

He actually deserves that one. The rest - nuh uh.
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Is that somehow related to the "Godwin Law"?
 
justabubba said:
those israelis you describe were not the ones i saw in the audience for his speech, the ones applauding repeatedly and giving Obama a standing ovation for his astute remarks
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A standing ovation, actually.
 
rocket88 said:
He's Hitler! Obamacare is the "Final Solution."



There, now that's out of the way.
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And if Michele Bachmann knows what she is talking about, Americans all will soon be dead from Obamacare
 
I hope all the folks that were saying Obama was a muslim now feel stupid, and will admit how idiotic they really were to believe it in the first place.
 
Snake Oil said:
I hope all the folks that were saying Obama was a muslim now feel stupid, and will admit how idiotic they really were to believe it in the first place.
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Well, with a middle name like Hussein, it wasn't a complete leap in logic.
 
Snake Oil said:
I hope all the folks that were saying Obama was a muslim now feel stupid, and will admit how idiotic they really were to believe it in the first place.
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So . . . he would not have received the reward if he were a Muslim?

Or is it that if he were a Muslim, he would naturally have been hostile to Israel?
 
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