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Raise your hand if you're surprised: Romney trashes the two-state solution in Israel.
And the melding of the Likud and the GOP is now complete.
We have ourselves now a transnational political party. Any light that existed between these two organizations is now gone. The GOP, at least its foreign policy wing, is officially led by Benjamin Netanyahu. If it hadn't been already for years, which I suspect it has. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...dle-east-peace SECRET VIDEO: On Israel, Romney Trashes Two-State Solution At a private fundraiser, the GOP candidate calls Middle East peace "almost unthinkable" and says he would "kick the ball down the field." —By David Corn Tue Sep. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT At the private fundraiser held May 17 where Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney candidly spoke about political strategy—noting that he saw half of the American electorate as freeloaders and "victims" who do not believe in personal responsibility—he discussed various foreign policy positions, sharing views that he does not express in public, including his belief that peace in the Middle East is not possible and a Palestinian state is not feasible. Mother Jones has obtained video of Romney at this intimate dinner and has confirmed its authenticity. The event was held at the home of controversial private equity manager Marc Leder in Boca Raton, Florida, with tickets costing $50,000 a plate. During the freewheeling conversation, a donor asked Romney how the "Palestinian problem" can be solved. Romney immediately launched into a detailed reply, asserting that the Palestinians have "no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish." Romney spoke of "the Palestinians" as a united bloc of one mindset, and he said: "I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there's just no way." Romney was indicating he did not believe in the peace process and, as president, would aim to postpone significant action: "[S]o what you do is, you say, you move things along the best way you can. You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem…and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it." Romney did note there was another perspective on this knotty matter. He informed his donors that a former secretary of state—he would not say who—had told him there was "a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis." Romney recalled that he had replied, "Really?" Then he added that he had not asked this ex-secretary of state for further explanation. Here's Romney's full response; he starts out saying he has "two perspectives," but as he answers the question, it turns out that's not really the case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ukhFBJgrZxM Quote:
On his campaign website, Romney, whose foreign policy advisers include several neocons known for their hawkish support for Israel, does not explicitly endorse the peace process or a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the Republican Party platform does state unequivocal backing for this outcome: "We envision two democratic states—Israel with Jerusalem as its capital and Palestine—living in peace and security." The platform adds, "The US seeks a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East, negotiated between the parties themselves with the assistance of the US." In public, Romney has not declared the peace process pointless or dismissed the two-state solution. In July, when the Israeli newspaper Haaretz asked Romney if he supports a two-state solution and the creation of a Palestinian state, he replied, "I believe in a two-state solution which suggests there will be two states, including a Jewish state." Yet Romney’s remarks to these funders—this was one of his longest answers at the fundraiser—suggest he might be hiding his true beliefs regarding Israel and the peace process and that on this subject he is out of sync with the predominant view in foreign policy circles that has existed for decades. Throughout the hourlong fundraiser, Romney discussed other foreign policy matters with his patrons, especially Iran. He repeated the tough talk he has issued on the campaign trail, but he also provided an odd reason for drawing a red line with Tehran about its nuclear program: Quote:
Talking to these funders, Romney also demonstrated that his campaign-long efforts to criticize Obama's handling of foreign policy in simplistic and exaggerated terms—he's an appeaser, he's an apologist—are not reserved for public consumption. Romney told these well-to-do backers that the president is a naïf with an oversized ego: Quote:
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Yeah, I'm the racist.
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Israel has offered land for peace many, many times over its history. Remember Arafat rejecting the deal broker by Clinton at the end of his second term? Israel was giving the Palestinians virtually everything they were asking for....but Arafat rejected because he would have to acknowledge that Jews and Israel have a right to exist on this planet. But Israel is the one that never compromises. When are the Palestinian supports going to acknowledge that their side has never offered a compromise on anything? Name one compromise that the Palestinians have offered Direckshun. Name one time when they have even remotely come close to acknowledging the basic human right of Jews in Israel, and around the world, to live. As long as the Palestinian position fails to acknowledge Israel's right to exist and call for the genocide of the Jewish people...I don't think Israel should compromise on anything. Why compromise when the ones you are negotiating with are just going to try to kill you the first chance they get?
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I agree, he isn't paralyzed, he's reckless and everyone should be concerned about the reckless republican legislators in congress, those that voted to shove this great nation into default in order to screw the private sector.
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Someone needs to Photoshop one of those inspirational posters with Mitt and "Leadership" underneath. Then, the quote, or at least the bolded part: "You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem…and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it."
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Ha ha, reckless. Yeah, Romney the Reckless. It's got a nice ring. Run with it.
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Does it seem to anyone else like the incidence of Internet liberals having at least a dull resentment toward Jews, if not an outright dislike for them, is quite high?
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The ones most closely associated/aligned with this President, yes.
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How long are we supposed to wait? It's been 65 years!?! Israel's been attacked twice. They have crazed fanatics trying to get nukes for the expressed purpose (or so the Iranians say) of wiping Israel off the map. I'm all for diplomacy, but you have to have a willing partner for it to work and neither the Palestinians nor the Iranians can legitimately be counted on as willing partners. |
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Having just seen Romney's response, again, I don't know what he's saying that's untrue.
I wish he'd talk like this more in public... |
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Bill Kristol on Obama
Obama is a "born-again neocon," boasts Kid Kristol). The elephant has morphed into a donkey!
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