Reply #26: Thank you this sounds way more like the JE of 2004 than the

[karynnj]

contentless comments suggest. Also, I was in NO WAY criticizing JE, I was demanding information because others were blasting him based on rants. JE is not my choice for 2008, but what they were describing was FAR out of line with anything I ever saw him say.

I was NOT objecting to anything (and from your review) his comments seem fine, as I would have expected. My critisism was to the knee jerk comments. I do think that for appearances sake, Aipac has problems.

I had seen things last month about enhancing Israel's relationship with NATO, but from the WP, it seemed that this is being talked of more in Europe. I have mixed feeling on it - it may distort NATO in ways that need to be considered, espeially as some are considering expanding to Arab Mediterranean countries.