tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post680951511355511967..comments2023-09-16T03:06:44.703-07:00Comments on III Percent: So, you're walking down the street...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-10509590773041826912012-03-13T00:04:26.432-07:002012-03-13T00:04:26.432-07:00RegT.....I believe you are an American Jew who &qu...RegT.....I believe you are an American Jew who "worships" at the same temple as the likes of Schumer, Feinstein and Boxer. Benjamin Netanyahu himself declared before Congress that Israel doesn't need American help.<br /><br />You dismiss the trouble on our Mexican border as trivial compared to rhetotic spoken by Iranian leaders.<br /><br />Again....are you willing to send the government of Israel a large, PERSONAL check and/or move to Israel and join the IDF ? Or are you just another hypocritical coward ready and willing to tell others to do as you say rather than practice what you preach ? I believe you are the latter.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-34136587289540839852012-03-12T23:45:24.293-07:002012-03-12T23:45:24.293-07:00RegT....you're correct. Questions have been a...RegT....you're correct. Questions have been answered on USS LIBERTY. 34 murdered Americans and more than 170 wounded, the LIBERTY so shot up it went to the scrap heap and the Israelis paid 10s of millions of dollars to the victims in reparations.<br /><br />Again....are you going to send a personal check to the state of Israel to show your support ? Again....are you willing to forsake your comfortable lifestyle and move to Israel and volunteer for the Israeli Defense Forces ? Or are you another American Jew who more proudly wears the Star of David moreso than flying the Stars & Stripes or the Gadsen flag ?<br /><br />Methinks you are a hypocrite who dismisses Israeli murders of American citizens on the high seas. Further you are not an American Patriot as you would gladly commit American blood and treasure to fight and die for a foreign country that has no bearing on America's well-being.<br /><br />So....I'll ask you a third time....are you going to send a large, PERSONAL check to the state of Israel to support Israel ? Are you preparing to move to Israel and volunteer your services to the Israeli Defense Forces ? Better yet are you willing to do both of the above ?<br /><br />If you aren't preparing to stroke a check and/or volunteer for the IDF I would venture to guess you're just another hypocritical, American Jew willing to forsake American blood and treasure for Israel while you yourself are not committed to putting your money and your ass where your mouth is.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-76384532024863502702012-03-12T12:49:13.069-07:002012-03-12T12:49:13.069-07:00Dan,
Haven't you read several of us - includi...Dan,<br /><br />Haven't you read several of us - including myself - say time and time and time again we don't have to go to war for Iran, just stay the hell out of her way. How could you have missed that? <br /><br />And the Liberty Incident isn't as black and white as you would like to think. But I am probably wasting bandwidth here. Since you are continuing to push questions that have already been answered, I think you might not really want to listen to what some of us have been saying. That doesn't mean I'm angry with you, just that I'm probably speaking to a mind that will not try to see both sides on this particular issue. We'll have to agree to disagree on this.RegTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-62626007932715479882012-03-12T11:42:53.685-07:002012-03-12T11:42:53.685-07:00As bad as the border is, and the damage to our nat...As bad as the border is, and the damage to our nation from the flood of illegals, we will all suffer much worse problems if Iran is allowed to nuke Israel. <br /><br />Before someone here replies "No chance", remember that Ahmadinejad has promised to destroy Israel. Their "religion" (death cult, remember?) talks about the appearance of the Mahdi. Ahmadinejad wants to - and has stated so - to provoke the "Tribulation" in order to speed up the appearance of the Mahdi.<br /><br />The risk is too great to allow Iran the opportunity of possessing nuclear weapons. They aren't talking about a Cold War, with MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) being the mechanism of keeping the peace. They are talking of the End Times and wiping Israel off the face of the earth.<br /><br />That is why some of us are fixated on Israel, Dan, and why we assign it a higher priority. Besides, if we simply let Israel do as it wishes instead of interfering, this problem will get solved a whole lot faster than we will solve the problem at our border.RegTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-34938982183991946732012-03-12T01:00:04.474-07:002012-03-12T01:00:04.474-07:00Hey RegT....we have military "sons" in I...Hey RegT....we have military "sons" in Israel as I write this right now. <br /><br />You truly know not what you write.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-90797824788861000062012-03-12T00:51:06.224-07:002012-03-12T00:51:06.224-07:00RegT,
How willing are you to put your "money...RegT,<br /><br />How willing are you to put your "money where your mouth is" regarding Israel ? When are you going to stroke a personal check payable to the Israeli government ? How about you performing the ultimate show of support and physically move to Israel and join the Israeli Defense Forces ?<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-91343143726935983062012-03-12T00:40:03.416-07:002012-03-12T00:40:03.416-07:00Allow me to correct myself and clarify the intenti...Allow me to correct myself and clarify the intentional attack by Israel against USS LIBERTY occured in June 1967. Not 1968. I errored.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-16730695871325629312012-03-12T00:29:50.523-07:002012-03-12T00:29:50.523-07:00Mr. K,
I agree.
DAN III
PennsylvaniaMr. K,<br /><br />I agree.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-73718926368359543392012-03-12T00:28:01.819-07:002012-03-12T00:28:01.819-07:00BTW....I mistakenly named the year 1968 as when US...BTW....I mistakenly named the year 1968 as when USS LIBERTY was attacked. It was in June 1967.<br /><br />Please enlighten yourselves on this murderous incident by those many of you call "friend".<br /><br />This country has no friends. Only interests.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-74451403580753087692012-03-12T00:12:40.862-07:002012-03-12T00:12:40.862-07:00Reg T.....read the history of the blatant, intenti...Reg T.....read the history of the blatant, intentional attack by Israel AGAINST a naval vessel of the US Navy in international waters in 1968. It was NO accident. Further, you dishonor the memory of those dozens of Americans murdered and hundreds wounded on an American vessel you're too unconcerned with to even know the name of. FYI....it was the USS LIBERTY !<br /><br />But hey....you stand with Israel. You planning on sending a nice, big personal check to the Israeli government to express your support ? Better yet....are you going to volunteer your services to the IDF ? You willing to move to Israel and fight for them ala scumbag Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel ?<br /><br />I always am amazed how folks like you are so willing to shed other American's blood for YOUR misguided principles. But you yourself are not willing to back your words up with personal actions. Support Israel with YOUR money and blood not mine and that of my friends, neighbors, relatives and fellow Ameri ans.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-69256741350392643862012-03-12T00:11:50.152-07:002012-03-12T00:11:50.152-07:00The broader point to this conversation, which Dan ...The broader point to this conversation, which Dan brought us back to, is the premise of helping a guy who needs it.<br /><br />We rage over helping good people in Israel while our own streets are filled with countless cases of good people being victimized by predators in and out of Government.<br /><br />Our moral decay has reached critical mass.<br /><br />KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465944474238091234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-89852292814790983082012-03-12T00:08:41.999-07:002012-03-12T00:08:41.999-07:00Dan: You're right, and that's part of the ...Dan: You're right, and that's part of the problem. Our Government is tied far too tightly with the private sector, underwriting way too much "research" and calling too many of the shots.<br /><br />KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465944474238091234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-60840250673670137162012-03-11T23:56:24.687-07:002012-03-11T23:56:24.687-07:00Mr. K,
The weapons industry in this country IS NO...Mr. K,<br /><br />The weapons industry in this country IS NOT private. It is supported by American tax dollars not free enterprise or citizen consumers. We give Israel billions of dollars in aid with stipulations they use that "aid" to buy American produced war materials. Look at Egypt....during the recent uprising there did you see pictures of Egyptian troops manning T-72 tanks ? NO ! Instead those troops had American M60 tanks along with US small arms, commo gear, LBE and a myriad of other items courtesy of the US taxpayer and the American military-industrial complex.<br /><br />Forty percent of ALL foreign aid from this country to other nations is American MILITARY goods procured from the alleged "private" sector. <br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-58000822410677007682012-03-11T23:37:42.241-07:002012-03-11T23:37:42.241-07:00Rollory....couldn't agree with you more. Well...Rollory....couldn't agree with you more. Well said.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-91686559383763812232012-03-11T23:35:22.788-07:002012-03-11T23:35:22.788-07:00Isn't it time all of you obsessed with Israel,...Isn't it time all of you obsessed with Israel, pro and con, start applying your energy and concerns toward defending YOUR nation? Why are we discussing Israel when our Mexican border is a sieve? Americans are being murdered by Mexican invaders and there is little if any discussion about that. Why are you concerned with Israel when your country and federal government has been usurped by an illegal and unconstitutional criminal BARRY HUSSEIN BARACK SOETORO OBAMA? Our citizens are having war waged against us by those in government and you are worried about Israel ? <br /><br />Seems to me all of you have your priorities askew.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-57266019847607947282012-03-11T23:16:10.536-07:002012-03-11T23:16:10.536-07:00I don't hate Israel. But I don't understa...I don't hate Israel. But I don't understand the belief of Americans that it is American responsibility to shed it's blood and remaining treasure on defending Israel. While many of you want to defend Israel I do not. Why do you want your sons, friends, neighbors and strangers to die for Israel (or any of 100 other nations we have as "friends") ?<br /><br />Read your history. Read of the blatant Israeli air attack on the NSA spy ship, USS LIBERTY, in 1968. <br /><br /> Israel is not our friend and they are not our responsibility.<br /><br />DAN III<br />PennsylvaniaDAN IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-71256078695291057352012-03-11T20:13:53.669-07:002012-03-11T20:13:53.669-07:00We agree that our tax dollars should not be used t...We agree that our tax dollars should not be used to defend Israel when alternatives exist.<br /><br />We also agree that many major companies have become larger than national boundaries, and can not be relied upon for national loyalty - so we bump into problems when major companies behave in ways that endanger Americans, and trying to make true Free Enterprise work.<br /><br />I'm not sure how to reconcile those two issues.<br /><br />KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465944474238091234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-79715931587514930712012-03-11T18:49:31.807-07:002012-03-11T18:49:31.807-07:00The Brits were putting down an unlawful rebellion ...The Brits were putting down an unlawful rebellion and coming to the assistance of the large number of colonists who were loyal to the crown and deserved the crown's protection. They were also putting a small fraction of the costs of protecting the colonies on the colonies - making them pay for their own defense (the Seven Years / French & Indian War wasn't cheap). Did the colonists have a right to military protection without paying for it? - any more than Miz Fluke has a right to fuck without consequences at somebody else's expense?<br /><br />(Mind you, once RevWar won they DID pay for their own protection - and paid much more for it than they ever did under the Crown, and the fraction of income going to taxes has increased ever since. But we voted for or against the guys who imposed it! So that makes it all ok, right?)<br /><br />Also: <br />http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=2429<br /><br />If anything that man says can be specifically disproved, I would be very interested to see it done. I have not yet seen any case made to that effect.<br /><br />As for Israel, while I am completely in favor of kicking Islam off the planet, it is not my neighborhood, and not my responsibility, and my tax dollars should on no account have any bearing upon the end results.Rollorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-24956134518971212692012-03-11T18:27:36.838-07:002012-03-11T18:27:36.838-07:00it's a good and valid question. Surely no one...it's a good and valid question. Surely no one will draw the same line, that's for sure. I guess I draw the line at what my tax dollars are paying for.. We arm Israel to the teeth and at the same time we arm her mortal enemies to the same extent. We pay the private sector to develop the latest and greatest then we stand by as they sell that technology to the highest bidder. It makes no sense.<br /><br />As far as the private sector is concerned... Arms merchants know no national loyalty. They are like bankers (and often they are bankers). When US troops are being killed by US weapons systems, I have a problem with that..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-83741990929453905612012-03-11T18:19:01.024-07:002012-03-11T18:19:01.024-07:00Where do you draw the line regarding Free Enterpri...Where do you draw the line regarding Free Enterprise?<br /><br />KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465944474238091234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-23319022493373357372012-03-11T18:14:37.292-07:002012-03-11T18:14:37.292-07:00so if selling weapons is a "private sector fu...so if selling weapons is a "private sector function", then US companies should be equally free to sell them to Iran, N. Korea, Palestine, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-32929664756201095812012-03-11T18:10:36.046-07:002012-03-11T18:10:36.046-07:00Yeah, because we (the US) would never support a NO...Yeah, because we (the US) would never support a NON "nation of liberty", right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-23795529056272577052012-03-11T18:08:27.057-07:002012-03-11T18:08:27.057-07:00Anon 06:02 - In fact, yes - the single Jew on the ...Anon 06:02 - In fact, yes - the single Jew on the street (and the average American) are often denied the right to arms and our Government takes the same high hand with Israel as a nation when it comes to export licenses for many weapons systems.<br /><br />Who said anything - on this blog - about unconditionally supporting Israel? I surely didn't. I noted that good people need to band together against bad people. Israel can handle her own defense, so long as American politicians stay out of their business.<br /><br />And you are right about being at war in the Middle East for too long. We should not be there.<br /><br />KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465944474238091234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-47314504503349533092012-03-11T18:02:36.453-07:002012-03-11T18:02:36.453-07:00is there something about the "single Jew on t...is there something about the "single Jew on the street" that prevents them from arming and defending themselves? Is there something about the nation of Israel that prevents them from arming and defending themselves?<br /><br />For a movement that preaches self reliance from a soap box we sure as hell spend an inordinate amount of time talking about why we need unconditionally support Israel. We have been at war for almost 20 years now against the Arabic nations of the middle east. In all that tim e I don't recall any Israeli forces fighting along side of us...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-90381258094935815802012-03-11T18:01:49.951-07:002012-03-11T18:01:49.951-07:00Anon 05:55 - so, since it wasn't tyranny from ...Anon 05:55 - so, since it wasn't tyranny from the Brit perspective, we should all now subscribe to moral relativity?<br /><br />I think not.<br /><br />And not one person here has said your tax dollars should go to Israel. Selling weapons should be a private sector function - you know, free enterprise.<br /><br />And you'll note I did no such thing as put TJ & GW on par with Muslims - except in the context offered putting Brit RevWarI soldiers on par with "Good Guys" - which is to say that I dismiss both on the premise.<br /><br />KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465944474238091234noreply@blogger.com