tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938611792662101437.post4168122125215579456..comments2009-05-06T21:57:52.155+03:00Lenny Ben-David -Director of I*Consult, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10604940384386020059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938611792662101437.post-14971507388675170802009-05-06T21:41:00.000+03:002009-05-06T21:41:00.000+03:00Fabulous piece!PetraMBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938611792662101437.post-13531743423998525382009-05-06T17:10:00.000+03:002009-05-06T17:10:00.000+03:00Mr. Ben-David,<br />Since you quote James Baker, it may be time to revisit the bloc voting of American Jews. <B>What were they thinking?</B> Not alone, of course, in casting votes for our current president, American Jews nonetheless voted for a man who:<br />*spent time in a Madrasah<br />*traveled to Pakistan as a college student, on a foreign passport<br />*spent 20 years in a church led by an admirer of Louis Farrakhan<br />*was sired by a Muslim and is therefore (under Sharia) either a Muslim or an apostate.<br />It seems to me that no one should be surprised if Pres. Obama wants to link Israel's self-defense to caving in to Hamas and their ilk.<br />Sincerely,<br />Grant Bratrud,<br />Woodbury, MNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938611792662101437.post-53235732437154965492009-05-06T11:19:00.000+03:002009-05-06T11:19:00.000+03:00Hi Lenny,<br /><br />Another great piece. <br /><br />If I may add, some excellent backgrounders on State Department attitudes toward Israel are now available online. <br /><br />US State Department Documents: FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1964-1968, Volume XVIII Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1964-67<br /><br />http://nasser.bibalex.org/Data/USDocWeb/HTML/XVIII-Arab-Israeli%20Dispute-1964-1967/www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/vol_xviii/r.html<br /><br />Declassified State Dept. documents. Absolutely fascinating!<br /><br />I also highly recommend "My Mission In Israel 1948-1951" by James G. McDonald, who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Israel.<br /><br />http://www.archive.org/details/mymissioninisrae002443mbpMorey Altmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886157582583010411noreply@blogger.com