It's a sad state of affairs when some in congress have more allegiance to Israel than the US.

[Drunken Irishman]

[TxVietVet]

1. None dare call it treason. If the tables were turned,

the conservanazis would be calling to execute Democrats for doing such a thing.

Where is the outrage?

[oberliner]

8. Pelosi met with Assad against Bush's wishes

It was not really all that long ago.

[Cha]

12. Met with him.. not asked him to address congress to undermine ongoing peace talks.

[oberliner]

13. Ongoing peace talks?

What are you talking about?

[elleng]

2. Damn right it is,

and then appears to exercise 'foreign policy' authority in 'doing' their job.

'The Vandenberg Resolution was the landmark action that opened the way to the negotiation of the North Atlantic Treaty. While it is clear that the concept of such an alliance first arose during the Pentagon Talks in Washington in March, American action would have been stymied without the Senate action endorsing an internationalist role for the United States.

As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he asserted that "politics stops at the water's edge" and cooperated with the Truman administration in forging bipartisan support. Francis O. Wilcox, first chief of staff of the Foreign Relations Committee, recalls that Vandenberg's Senate career stands as a monument to bipartisanship in American foreign policy: "his legacy continues." Recently, "the Senate bestowed a unique honor on the Michigan senator," voting to add his portrait to a "very select collection" in the United States Senate Reception Room.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_resolution

[geek tragedy]

3. It's not allegiance to Israel. It's an alliance between the Israeli rightwing

and the American rightwing.

There are some economic liberals who are very much rightwing on foreign policy (see Menendez, that douchebag).

[Cha]

4. +1 for "..(see Menendez, that douchebag).

[madville]

5. Is Israel not still an ally

Last I checked Israel is still a major US ally that Congress allocates billions of dollars to annually.

All this treason and sedition talk makes it sound like they invited the head of an enemy or terrorist state to address Congress (I realize that's what many here consider Israel with it's current elected government).

[geek tragedy]

6. Israel is not an ally/friend to the United States, but we are a friend to them.

If our foreign policy were rational, we'd have cut them loose some time ago.

[JI7]

7. it's not about Israel but about Republicans hatred of Obama

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Correct.

But it will be made "about Israel" by the right, just as it is being done here, just in the opposite way.

[oberliner]

9. None do

That is a preposterous statement.

Republicans think Obama is wrong about everything, including Iran.

They are using Netanyahu as a prop and as a means to piss off Obama.

[ND-Dem]

11. no, there's an element in the christian far right that's strongly pro-israel. nothing to do with

Obama at all.

[oberliner]

14. True - but they don't have "more allegiance" to Israel than the US

They want the US and Israel to be super friends for rather spurious religious reasons.

[ND-Dem]

18. I think the truth is rather different cause I don't believe in the religious reasons. Don't know

what the truth is, but the official story smells like BS.

Pat Robertson is one of those people, and he's up to his ears in international crime.

[dilby]

15. Like Bill Clinton who would join the Israeli Army.

But did not go to Vietnam. Why not just say what you really want to say, "The Fucking Jews control the media, Hollywood and Washington." That is the point of this post after all.

For those on the Jury who read this, I am Jewish who read through the OP' s lines.

[Drunken Irishman]

19. lol oh boy.

[Hutzpa]

20. Spin much? nt