Republicans follow their leader, swiftly repudiate two-state solution.

[geek tragedy]

That was fast. They even beat AIPAC to the punch.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-17/tom-cotton-there-s-not-going-to-be-a-palestinian-state-

"I think to some degree that's just a statement of fact. There is not going to be a Palestinian State in the short-term because there is not a serious interlocutor on the Palestinian side," Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton said Tuesday during a breakfast with Bloomberg News. "Hamas is still in control of Gaza, Israel had to fight a weeks-long war last summer because they were shooting rockets and mortars and missiles from Gaza into Israel's territory. So I think it's simply a statement of fact for the time being.

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Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey portrayed the prime minister as simply stating the obvious.

"There is nobody who has the ability to unify the various factions of Palestinians and be able to deliver on the peace that has to be a condition of a separate state,'' Toomey said in an interview in the Capitol. "And in that absence you can't have the two state solution.''

And just like that, our white nationalist party lines up behind apartheid. What a shock.

[delrem]

1. These politicians are from wing-nuttery-land. I'm waiting to see what Dems do.

I've been waiting a long time to hear a rational voice on the issue, from any US politician.
To be honest, and clear, I don't expect to hear such a voice any time soon.

When 100% of US D & R politicians supported the Israeli bombing of Gaza, coming after so many many repetitions of similar actions, I decided that it was definitive of the US culture.