Senate Approves Resolution Backing Israel in Hamas Conflict

Source: Bloomberg

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution expressing support for Israel in its conflict with Hamas, while the House of Representatives prepared to act on a similar measure tomorrow.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said the measure “expresses vigorous support” for Israel.

“The Israelis have every right to defend themselves against these acts of terrorism,” said Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Israel is in its 13th day of military operations against the Islamic militant Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip in an effort to stop rocket attacks against southern Israeli towns.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aUh...

If the corporate fascist elite in the United States wanted a different outcome, they could have it, and AIPAC would be unable to stop it.

sounds like someone's had a little too much Chomsky in their diet.

and what exactly does the _corporate_fascist_elite_ gain from this little bloodbath?

too bad it has no chance of working.

They've provided a way to "thank" your senators:
http://capwiz.com/aipac/issues/alert/?alertid=12397296&...

And here's the text of the bill as published on the AIPAC site
http://aipac.org/Publications/SourceMaterialsCongressio...

Stop, you're killing me

I think you are right here. The American Right has a lot more influence over foreign policy than any 'furriners' or their friends. And America influences Israel far more than the other way around. America is bigger *and* holds the purse strings.

And in response to your critics, I would much rather have an overdose of Chomsky than an overdose of Walt and Mearsheimer, or worse, an overdose of Ron Paul.

the Palestinians to understand their place in the human hierarchy

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indonesia, spain, and anyone in the rest of the world who somehow believe that we, and by extension, israel, DO NOT OWN THE FUCKING WORLD!

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answering the first response, but it got deleted without explanation. i can't for the life of me imagine what i said that was objectionable. i try to be fair minded and avoid hyperbole, and i typed like two sentences. but obviously the moderator disagreed.

i thought the sarcasm was obvious, but i sometimes forget how text can be a tricky medium for dry humor.

SARCASM for sure :/

then, I read another post of yours down thread and realized I had better replace my response to your sarcasm with something else....

i failed to imagine that there was any chance that it would not be seen as sarcasm until i saw that response that took it seriously. it's hard to remember that there are people who actually believe that some (other) human beings are 'untermenschen', but clearly they're out there. many apologies!

how does one evoke the dripping sarcasm thingy? i'm from the days of 2400 baud.

oh looky there, smilies lookup table, how convenient :bounce:

And the denial of aid and medical assistance to children?

That's fantastic.

Way to go, U.S. Senate. Way to go.

Why am I not surprised that Israeli state terrorism apes US state terrorism?

If Obama starts praising Israel's terrorism and defending their war crimes, I am done with the Democratic Party.

It's not the Israelis who aren't willing to make a deal!

so it is very unlikely that we are approaching a new policy.

Fuck Reid, Pelosi, and the rest of the bastards on Capitol Hill. Not ONE Senator with the guts to vote against a piece of shit resolution like that?? How about a resolution of support for the innocent children of Gaza?? When is that coming??

I won't hold my breath.

After all, he denied food, shelter and medical care to civilians, just as Israel is doing to the Palestinians in Gaza.

If the Senate is so damned pleased with Israel's moral right in this issue, why not stand up and praise Bush as well?

Six Katyushas Strike Northern Israel, IDF RetaliatesAt least four Katyusha rockets hit northwestern Israel, in the area of the coastal city of Nahariya, around 7:35 a.m. Thursday morning. One of the missiles hit the roof of an old age facility in Nahariya. Two elderly people from the old-age facility are being treated in Nahariya Hospital for light shrapnel wounds in the legs, and four others are being treated for shock. The Home Front Command has ordered residents to enter shelters. Hizbullah has smuggled in from Syria three times more rockets than it possessed before the Second Lebanon War two years ago. It has not taken responsibility for the rocket attacks, which may have been initiated by another terrorist group with the approval of Hizbullah. Israeli media reported that the rockets were older models and probably were fired bya small terrorist group.

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in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza?

I e-mail them and it does no good, they don't give a damn at all. I don't honestly know how they sleep at night.

I'm working on it.

Marches planned in DC and maybe NYC, but 'we' should be confronting 'our' members, imo.

He must have some other reasons for this.

As much as I love my senators, I think they are incredibly, incredibly wrong on this.

... about anyone supporting Israel's terrorist war crimes

what it FAILS to say is the shocking part.

Was Kennedy there today?

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If they manage it correctly they can get us mired down before Bush leaves. Still time left for WW3!

this move is absolutely heartbreaking. :cry:

....the creation of Israel....will still be the gift that keeps on giving as it has since 1949.

I wonder what would have happened if back then they had decided to make Texas a Jewish State?

We all know they really aren't fighting over religion (they're fighting over the only decent oasis in the stinking desert), but religion determines the flavor of the conflict. Remember, Palestinians are Semites too!

If Bush had really wanted to establish a Jeffersonian Democracy in the Middle East, why didn't he ask our friends to do it before trying to force our enemies at gun point to do so? Why didn't he ask Israel or Saudi Arabia to change?

I'm so sick of the wretched Middle East, I can't stand it!

After what has come to be known as the Holocaust, people acted with their hearts and not their brains and rewarded the remnants of the "chosen people" with some land in the desert.

You should take a long walk to...a Holocaust museum.

Most Jews did not accept the prospect of remaining in Europe...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%27erit_ha-Pletah#A_comm...

to make make further demands or further exert their intolerance.
They lost the war, y'know...

Yeah, that's a path to peace!

Your argument is counter-factual and deprives Jews of any agency...

Sound familiar?

Also, do you support the forcible removal of Palestinian families?
Yeah, that's a path to peace!

but that doesn't mean I should finance any part of that bloody family squabble.
Let their mythical skygod sort it out for them.

And a lot of states were created after the end of British and French colonialism, and not all of the decisions worked well. The Partition of India and Pakistan resulted in a LOT more violence, massive relocations, and deaths than anything to do with this I/P conflict.

...but what did we just vote for?

I was ready to wait until the 20th in the hope that things might change, but I'm starting feel quite disillusioned right now...

I'm also beginning to think Rev. Wright was onto something.

I am surprised Russ Feingold supported this, as he voted against the Iraq War Resolution and has taken a stand in the past.

no one really cares what happens to them. They are not important or human :sarcasm:

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

"No country should tolerate terrorism and Israel has every right to protect its citizens from Hamas missile attacks. But I am concerned that the military operations in Gaza could backfire and lead to more violence. In addition, every effort must be made to allow innocent civilians in Gaza to receive humanitarian assistance. I hope a ceasefire can be reached as soon as possible so that serious progress can be made toward a two-state solution. To achieve that, there must be sustained diplomatic efforts including the appointment of a high-level U.S. official to work on this issue every day until a resolution can be reached.”

http://feingold.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=306409

brought up on the Senate floor by the leadership with no objection made by any of the people then on the floor - it may well be that the vast majority of the Senators were not even there.

(there are no votes this session listed in Thomas - there is a Vitter resolution backing Israel in Thomas introduced on the 1/6, that was referred to the SFRC - which has not yet met this year - unless I missed something. )

I hate to say it. But if you change the word Liberal to Israel. Ann Coulter is absolutely right. (Please don't shoot or ban me!) They are agressors that always play the victim. They bomb Gaza and play victim when Hamas starts firing rockets in defense.

I don't ever want to read the words "Ann Coulter is right" here at DU again.

I had to wash my hands and keyboard with bleach. :puke:

Now let's all talk about how great the South is, how we should all just offer war criminals redemption, how we should all "reach across the isle". BARF.

And this is what is wrong with America. A pathetically uneducated voter population has enabled a group of evil men to rule over the country.

Sorry if that's incorrect, but it's my simplistic observation. A group of wealthy men is not what we want in office. They don't serve well.

The lackeys have outdone themselves this time.

Israel but now i just feel disgust. I do not want another dollar (or another gun) to go over there from our taxes. I'm sorry but "Israel needs to protect itself"???? I don't like the idea of Hamas taking radical measures in the name of "helping" the Palestinians but Israel has been making it hard for the Palestinians to live in the small piece of land they have left and those in Gaza are fighting for their basic needs to live. This is why Hamas was able to take over. We should only give countries help if they are willing to negotiate for peace and come to an understanding over the land. Helping Israel is just as bad as helping Iraq. We just want a foot hold over there! This is only going to cause another problem with people hating the Jews and we've come to far for that! This could end up causing another Holocaust. This makes me just feel so sick to my stomach. How could are Senate do this? The Oregon senators better not of voted for this! Anyone have a list of who didn't support it?

That's even more disturbing.

can i just leave the country now? sheesh

Democrats should know better.

Democrats should support human rights, not terrorism.

Democrats should have a conscience, or at least some semblance of empathy for victims of terrorist war crimes.

Instead, we have pathetic war-mongering cowards representing this party.

God dammit it's TIME FOR CHANGE. But WHEN????????

this is all we're going to get.

The lackeys in Congress are 100%.
The actual party members, 31%.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics...

There has been great bipartisan support for Israel ever since Democratic President Harry Truman helped to form Israel. Every Dem president since then has followed suit.

But that's not good enough for some radicals who wish to destroy the Democratic Party by abandoning Israel and standing by and watching while the enemies of Israel drive her into the sea.

What about the children, civilians and UN workers? This is beyond disgusting and sick. I love how they just voted to support mass murder. Twisted, self centered, ignorant, complicit and complacent idiots :argh:

! This is sure to go a long way towards repairing our reputation around the world :sarcasm:

And then a few years down the road, or hell, even sooner
we get attacked again by terrorists.

A terrorist no doubt influenced by America's indifference to Palestine's plight and absolute blind support of Israel. There are plenty of orphaned children in Gaza right now who are filled with anger and ready to be indoctrinated. And then these fuckers in Congress wonder why did we get attacked? Its because they hate us for our freedom, they hate us for our freedom :sarcasm:

No! you shit for brains' its because of your fucking racist indifference to the killing of "brown" people and your policy of shoving your collective head up Israel's ass. Nuff said.

Recognizing this is a defensive move by Israel against Palestinian rockets is the right thing to do.

as long as they get one rocket shooter?

I'm sickened by that type of reasoning...

:thumbsdown:

...they started this shit. Every civilian death is a tragedy.

How about you go strap some explosives to your chest and detonate yourself in an Israeli cafe? No?

Sorry, I care about ALL innocent people. The Israeli government not so much. I use to hold them to a higher standard than Hamas. How foolish of me.

i never realized the size and power of those Hammas rockets before seeing the pictures for myself:

http://palestinian.ning.com/forum/topics/the-other-side...

Yes, I can see clearly why Israel is justified in "defending" itself from those rockets! Gotta kill every single one of those Palestinian bastards! Why, those Hamas rockets are capable of inflicting hundreds of dollars worth of damage!

to name even one person killed by those rockets, and all I have ever gotten is silence.

Now I see why. These really are somewhat overgrown nuisance hobby rockets....

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it's pretty fucking offensive, IMHO.

This latest move by Senate Dems is, frankly, disgusting and not worthy of our party. And I don't care what generalities our party platform might contain.

Children represent 1/3 of the dead Palestinians thus far (over 750 total).

14 Israelis have died, mostly soldiers.

Defensive, my ass.

These people are spineless wimps and need to get on the next plane to Gaza. We have more chicken *hit politicians ordering up bombs and war for others than is imaginable. Let them think what they want to but why was a formal resolution of this nature needed. Obama better have a huge set of balls pinned on on january 20th because this is not a direction this county needs to be going in !

Our economy will be destroyed in 2009 because the Congress is in the pocket of Wall Street.
They support whoever will grease them and keep them safe in their seat.

This is part of the reason I'm an independent, not a Democrat (or Republican).

the offices of Biden and Sanders say there has not been a vote yet, Lautenberg's office says the vote is scheduled for later on today, the Bloomberg article says there was a unanimous vote in favor of the resolution.

:shrug:

posted here, but full post is above
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Also, why does AIPAC seem to have such a stranglehold on America's political leaders?

Israel is a very expensive friend. Expensive in more ways than simply the billions of dollars and military hardware that just get given away to her every year. As we all know, in many (if not most) countries around the world, Israel is seen as America's kid brother and the US will stand behind them no matter what they do.

Why?

I have been trying to figure it out for sometime now but I can't seem to come up with a conclusive answer.

Is it really just simply having a 'friend in the Middle East'?

Is Israel essentially an American military foothold in the region?

Is it a kind of continued guilt for not stopping the holocaust?

Is it an embedded Judeo-Christian belief in bible prophecies?

Is it to ensure votes from the Jewish Americans during general elections?

Is it some of the above combined?

Is it all of the above combined?

If it's some or all of the above but something is missing, what else could it be?

please let me know too. Something is seriously wrong here! How can ANYONE turn a blind eye on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza? What the hell is more important human lives?

the very carefully worded scholarly analysis by profs. mearsheimer and walt published by the JFKennedy school of govt. at Harvard; "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" also expanded into a best selling book by the same name:

http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/rw...

They are allies - or pawns - in the fight against the Muslim world in general and Iran in particular.

Britain plays a similar role in a somewhat different context.

Not that Hamas aren't absolutely disgusting, but the American politicians would do better to press both sides for peace, than to egg one side on.

I hope Obama will encourage real peacemaking.

True, our "action" took 5 1/2 years and had the help of a Sunni/Shiite civil war, but to think that our Congress could, with a straight face, condemn Israel's actions is ludicrous.

Our Moral Authority, if we ever had it, is dead.

but at least on that catastrophic sell-out, 23 Senators had the guts to say NO.

Thank you AIPAC. nt	bobd0	Jan-08-09 12:31 PM	#1
honestly AIPAC has little to do with it	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 01:24 PM	#24
bwahahahahahaha !	bstender	Jan-08-09 02:01 PM	#48
Stopping the oil price decline. n/t	SimpleTrend	Jan-08-09 03:41 PM	#68
nice of Israel to help out!	bstender	Jan-08-09 03:58 PM	#74
war.	elleng	Jan-08-09 11:13 PM	#114
well, they certainly seem to be grateful...	stephinrome	Jan-08-09 02:44 PM	#64
AIPAC had nothing to do with this?	TOJ	Jan-08-09 07:24 PM	#
While I would use different terminology...	LeftishBrit	Jan-10-09 11:28 AM	#162
that should help	bstender	Jan-08-09 12:33 PM	#2
as victims of the worst terror groups in the world?	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 01:25 PM	#25
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there you go. in fact, let's add cuba, mexico, half of so amer, france, africa, middle east,.....	proud progressive	Jan-08-09 01:53 PM	#41
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Have a Superiority Complex,eh?	goforit	Jan-08-09 06:54 PM	#92
sarcasm?	fascisthunter	Jan-08-09 07:02 PM	#95
sarcasm, yes. i posted that already	bstender	Jan-08-09 08:32 PM	#109
lol... I at first thought you were serious	fascisthunter	Jan-10-09 09:47 AM	#158
phew	bstender	Jan-10-09 01:04 PM	#163
So the Senate approves of attacks on UN convoys...	Kristi1696	Jan-08-09 12:33 PM	#3
Yes, a big thumbs up to bombing children and to terrorism, generally	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 01:25 PM	#27
And the House tomorrow.	elleng	Jan-08-09 11:17 PM	#115
CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY.	No Elephants	Jan-09-09 01:09 PM	#135
It appears the "Bush Doctrine" will be with us for a little while longer...	KansDem	Jan-08-09 12:34 PM	#4
Obama better not be going along with this shit, once he gets in there	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 01:35 PM	#37
Bye!	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 05:55 AM	#119
Peace will come when Israelis love their children more than they covet Palestinian land..	Fumesucker	Jan-09-09 08:30 AM	#127
Which is way Hamas is dedicated to the extermination of the "Zionist entity"	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 04:48 PM	#141
Or when Hamas loves their children more than they covet Israeli land. nt	hack89	Jan-09-09 11:07 PM	#153
yes indeed	fascisthunter	Jan-10-09 09:54 AM	#159
His Secretary of State supports it	spotbird	Jan-09-09 10:15 AM	#130
"Obama better not..."	Window	Jan-09-09 01:13 PM	#136
Good riddance to you. n/t	totodeinhere	Jan-09-09 11:40 PM	#156
disgusting. nt	bowens43	Jan-08-09 12:35 PM	#5
Chickenshit enablers.	rateyes	Jan-08-09 12:37 PM	#6
No doubt. I think they should also pass a measure of support for Bush's handling of Katrina.	Kristi1696	Jan-08-09 12:43 PM	#7
It would be only fair, wouldn't it??	rateyes	Jan-08-09 01:31 PM	#31
What about a resolution of support for the innocent old folks in the old-age facility?	Rayander	Jan-08-09 02:00 PM	#46
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How about a resolution supporting all the innocents	rateyes	Jan-08-09 05:17 PM	#83
Take that "vigorous support" and shove it up your ass Harry	thewiseguy	Jan-08-09 12:44 PM	#8
I am truly heartbroken at this and sickened by them beyond words.	Jefferson23	Jan-08-09 12:46 PM	#9
Have you written your Senators and Rep?	elleng	Jan-08-09 11:24 PM	#117
dance for your pennies monkey congress n/t	Howardx	Jan-08-09 12:50 PM	#10
Senators like Ted Kennedy do not need 'pennies'	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-08-09 02:17 PM	#57
Yes he must	Marrah_G	Jan-08-09 03:32 PM	#66
Perhaps they actually thin supporting this resolution is the right thing to do	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-08-09 03:37 PM	#67
supporting War on Children is not the right thing to do.	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 04:30 PM	#78
Perhaps they view this a defensive war rather than a "War on Children"	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-08-09 05:14 PM	#82
No sane person paying the slightest bit of attention views it as a "defensive war"	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 06:50 PM	#90
Does that mean the Ted kennedy is insane?	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-08-09 06:53 PM	#91
One has to wonder...	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 07:13 PM	#99
The 'resolution' is very careful not to say anything untoward;	elleng	Jan-08-09 11:27 PM	#118
And if they do, then I am very disappointed in them	Marrah_G	Jan-09-09 07:59 AM	#125
It was a voice vote	SOS	Jan-08-09 07:24 PM	#101
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Repulsive.	nancyr	Jan-08-09 12:56 PM	#12
I am so ashamed of my country right now...	ShadesOfGrey	Jan-08-09 12:57 PM	#13
Partners in terrorist war crimes n/t	balantz	Jan-08-09 01:00 PM	#14
Exactly	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 01:27 PM	#28
The Greatest Foreign Policy Blunder of the 20th century...	AlbertCat	Jan-08-09 01:03 PM	#15
People weren't thinking straight after WWII	marshall	Jan-08-09 04:34 PM	#80
In all fairness, the guilt gift should have been along the banks of the Rhine	mitchum	Jan-08-09 11:19 PM	#116
Because the Germans were just so tolerant!	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 06:12 AM	#122
I don't believe the Germans were in very much of a position...	mitchum	Jan-09-09 03:09 PM	#139
So you would have supported the forcible removal of German familys?	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 04:50 PM	#142
German Nazism was driven by a crazyass mythology and fanatic nationalism	mitchum	Jan-09-09 06:12 PM	#145
The history of Israel-Palestine conflict is a lot more complex than that...	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 09:26 PM	#148
That is true; cousins often fight...	mitchum	Jan-09-09 10:41 PM	#150
That's like blaming the Slaves for Jim Crow...	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 06:02 AM	#121
No, that would be like giving the slaves...I dunno...Egypt...instead of Louisiana	mitchum	Jan-09-09 10:43 PM	#151
1914.	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 05:59 AM	#120
Yes, obviously, much worse than two fucking WORLD WARS!!!	LeftishBrit	Jan-09-09 01:00 PM	#133
I'm sorry...	Turborama	Jan-08-09 01:05 PM	#16
What did Wright say that was factually incorrect?	No Elephants	Jan-09-09 01:13 PM	#137
Unanamous? That means Boxer, Feingold, Sanders, and Kerry supported this	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-08-09 01:06 PM	#17
Not to mention Biden and Clinton. nt	rateyes	Jan-08-09 01:32 PM	#33
It means that every single one of them is wrong.	The Stranger	Jan-08-09 01:32 PM	#34
It's Just Palestinian Lives,	NikolaC	Jan-08-09 01:55 PM	#42
Feingold Statement on Gaza	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 06:20 AM	#123
It likely means it was a voice vote	karynnj	Jan-08-09 06:59 PM	#94
I'll send a note of thanks to my Senators n/t	Mudoria	Jan-08-09 01:09 PM	#18
Nobody ever notices the conflict until Palestine starts shooting back.	Wizard777	Jan-08-09 01:13 PM	#19
I see your point, but.... don't go there	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 01:33 PM	#35
It isn't any fun writing it either.	Wizard777	Jan-08-09 02:08 PM	#53
Ka-ching, country with torture camps backs civilian killing for $$$$$	specimenfred1984	Jan-08-09 01:16 PM	#20
The Senate is corrupt.	Gregorian	Jan-08-09 01:22 PM	#21
And so, the USA is now sucked into the conflict. Coming up next: More Bombings.	RCinBrooklyn	Jan-08-09 01:22 PM	#22
Senate unanimously supports the killing of 218 Gazan children	SOS	Jan-08-09 01:23 PM	#23
This makes me so sick. I used to feel sorry for the people of	eagertolearn	Jan-08-09 01:25 PM	#26
The vote was unanimous.	rateyes	Jan-08-09 01:34 PM	#36
there's not even ONE person of conscience on our side of the aisle?	stranger81	Jan-08-09 06:11 PM	#89
Sorry I read that wrong. n/a	eagertolearn	Jan-08-09 10:10 PM	#110
i can't believe it.	mimitabby	Jan-08-09 01:27 PM	#29
Shameful. Just shameful.	cali	Jan-08-09 01:30 PM	#30
My question - how can Democrats support this?	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 01:31 PM	#32
Time to Change to, or form, a new party if	byeya	Jan-08-09 01:43 PM	#38
I'm not sure home many votes Hamas or Hezbollah would get in most swing districts	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-08-09 02:00 PM	#47
It is the official policy of the Democratic Party to support Israel	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-08-09 01:59 PM	#45
you left out the word 'blindly'.	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 02:10 PM	#54
Only 31% of Democrats support the Israeli attack on Gaza	SOS	Jan-08-09 02:35 PM	#61
Israel is out of control. It's time to drop that policy. nt	ShadesOfGrey	Jan-08-09 04:08 PM	#75
The Dems get lots of money from AIPAC too	TOJ	Jan-08-09 07:26 PM	#102
"Democrats" have always supported the State of Israel.	totodeinhere	Jan-09-09 11:47 PM	#157
Fuck the US Senate and the House, too.	McCamy Taylor	Jan-08-09 01:44 PM	#39
WTF????	NikolaC	Jan-08-09 01:53 PM	#40
...	Libertas1776	Jan-08-09 01:57 PM	#43
Thank you, Senate.	robcon	Jan-08-09 01:58 PM	#44
So what if they kill hundreds of children and innocents...	ShadesOfGrey	Jan-08-09 02:06 PM	#50
They're getting way more than one terrorist...	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 06:25 AM	#124
... and the babies are future terrorists so it's no biggie, right? nt	ShadesOfGrey	Jan-09-09 08:44 AM	#128
It's not like Hamas goes to great lengths to protect the civilian population...	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 04:53 PM	#143
Wow! I should kill myself and innocent Israelis because ???	ShadesOfGrey	Jan-09-09 06:38 PM	#146
That's what you're defending!	ellisonz	Jan-09-09 09:27 PM	#149
and here is the proof	bstender	Jan-08-09 02:06 PM	#51
Thanks! Bookmarking that page. nt	ShadesOfGrey	Jan-08-09 02:11 PM	#55
Thank-you for sharing that. we have to see this so this can eventually stop!	eagertolearn	Jan-08-09 02:40 PM	#63
Those damned dirty Palestinians! The horror of those pics!	Paint It Black	Jan-08-09 05:35 PM	#86
Thank you! I have asked many war apologists on these boards	mbperrin	Jan-08-09 07:36 PM	#103
WOW	fascisthunter	Jan-10-09 09:59 AM	#160
Did you forget the sarcasm indicator?	The Stranger	Jan-08-09 03:45 PM	#70
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There's nothing "defensive" about what's going on in Gaza. . . . .	stranger81	Jan-08-09 06:10 PM	#88
Yes. Thank you, Senate, for supporting the killing of 257 innocent children.	Kristi1696	Jan-08-09 07:03 PM	#96
But "the votes aren't there" for a Resolution in support of American working people!	Romulox	Jan-08-09 02:02 PM	#49
Times2 !	peace13	Jan-08-09 02:23 PM	#60
Exactly	SOS	Jan-08-09 02:39 PM	#62
Disguisting	Irishonly	Jan-08-09 02:06 PM	#52
All hail the Single Unified Capitalist War Party!	High Plains	Jan-08-09 02:18 PM	#58
Well this is interesting, does anyone want to make some calls...	slipslidingaway	Jan-08-09 03:02 PM	#65
Vote taken already per Reid's office S.Res. 10 - sorry for any	slipslidingaway	Jan-08-09 03:44 PM	#69
Disgraceful partisanship.	Zhade	Jan-08-09 03:46 PM	#71
Why is the U.S. so beholden to Israel...?	Turborama	Jan-08-09 04:17 PM	#76
When you get an answer...	ShadesOfGrey	Jan-08-09 04:39 PM	#81
here is the most comprehensive scholarly analysis of that complex question	bstender	Jan-08-09 05:28 PM	#85
Right now, the American government uses Israel.	LeftishBrit	Jan-09-09 05:09 PM	#144
For every Gazan killed in this invasion, 1,000+ Iraqis were killed by the US invasion...	Junkdrawer	Jan-08-09 04:29 PM	#77
True	SOS	Jan-08-09 07:08 PM	#98
WTF? I thought we were trying to repair our image in the world?	TEmperorHasNoClothes	Jan-08-09 04:34 PM	#79
I thought we had half a sense of humanity	subsuelo	Jan-08-09 07:19 PM	#100
Jakarta Post: Israeli strikes will only fuel radicalism	Turborama	Jan-08-09 05:22 PM	#84
Can anyone find this mentioned in any other news?	Pastiche423	Jan-08-09 06:01 PM	#87
Not I.	elleng	Jan-08-09 10:48 PM	#111
If it isn't being reported eslewhere - why not?	Pastiche423	Jan-08-09 10:52 PM	#112
u.s. public largely being kept in the blind	elleng	Jan-08-09 11:01 PM	#113
Congress Doesn't Represent US Citizens	fascisthunter	Jan-08-09 07:05 PM	#97
They don't care what we think	Hardhead	Jan-08-09 07:36 PM	#104
Conyers is against Gupta but apparently voted for this?	anonymous171	Jan-08-09 07:45 PM	#105
This is the Senate	Hardhead	Jan-08-09 07:54 PM	#106
My bad.	anonymous171	Jan-08-09 07:56 PM	#107
Deleted message	Name removed	Jan-08-09 08:22 PM	#108
ugh...you stay classy, congress....	Blue_Tires	Jan-09-09 08:17 AM	#126
Besides making radical Muslims even more likely to attack us, what is this non-binding	No Elephants	Jan-09-09 09:04 AM	#129
Give right wing Jews and neo-con's a warm and fuzzy.	harun	Jan-09-09 11:52 AM	#132
Great. That's really worth provoking people who enjoy killing us and/or raising the price of oil on	No Elephants	Jan-09-09 01:05 PM	#134
the problem with Obama's promises of change is that . . .	OneBlueSky	Jan-09-09 11:50 AM	#131
CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY! Then email your Senators and tell them you are angry.	No Elephants	Jan-09-09 01:17 PM	#138
Change you can believe in! nt	Marie26	Jan-09-09 03:10 PM	#140
Thus declaring war on the rest of the world	TOJ	Jan-09-09 07:25 PM	#147
But! But!	burrowowl	Jan-09-09 11:07 PM	#152
well, they do have an army, navy, airforce and nukes	okiru109	Jan-09-09 11:11 PM	#154
My message to my Congressman, Andre Carson	IndianaGreen	Jan-09-09 11:38 PM	#155
WTF is all I can say	JCMach1	Jan-10-09 11:12 AM	#161