In keeping her commitment to run the worst presidential campaign in recent memory, Hillary Clinton has once again refused to step aside and let media momentum turn her opponent’s blunder to her benefit. She couldn’t get out of the way of Snobgate and now she’s about to go down hard in the wake of her own debate victory. Here she is speaking in Philadelphia today, overplaying her hand yet again:
I know some of my opponent’s supporters and my opponent are complaining about the hard questions . . .Well, having been in the White House for eight years and seeing what happens in terms of the pressures and the stresses on a president, that was nothing . . .I’m with Harry Truman on this. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Does she not remember literally crying only a few months ago because “it’s not easy” to run for President? Does she not remember turning that moment of perceived vulnerability into a battery recharge, claiming to have found her voice in those tears? Does she not remember scolding debate moderators on the spot for unfairly making her field questions before Obama?
Hilary Clinton is blind to history. Whether it’s Tuzla, her husband’s pardoning of terrorists, or her own recent words, she can’t imagine the possibility of being fact-checked or called out on a simple matter of public record. This quality is more than a little chilling in someone hoping to be President. It is only a matter of time before Obama exploits this recent burst of hypocrisy and Hillary looks even worse.
Let’s hope and pray that his nightmare comes to a happy ending very soon. Israel should get him back at almost any cost.
If it wasn’t for this blog, I would have completely forgotten that he’s still in captivity.
My heart goes out got Shalit and his family, but when those set free kill more innocent, that blood will be on the hands of people who have released those murderers for any reason.
And if that brings more votes to the criminals from Kadima, that is even worse.
It is so sad that Entebbe is so infrequently mentioned. I had to teach my daughter about it this past weekend. It’s even worth renting one of those two dreadful quickie movies they made shortly after. (Were those the last two pro-Israel movies?)
Israel’s release of 10:1, 20:1, 100:1 terrorists to Israeli is shameful. For a country filled with such smart Jews, they sure act stupid a lot.
While my heart goes out to Gilad, too, it is unbelievable that the release was not a precondition.
Horse manure. Any benefit would be more than offset by the damage sustained? What world is he living on? Hamas wants the damage sustained. It feeds the world’s sense of their victimhood. “Look at what the Jews have done!” 100, 200 450, 1,400 terrorists back in Gaza? Let’s simply rewind and get ready to do it all over again, shall we?
I have 2 major problems with a prisoner exchange that trades a large number of terrorists for one soldier.
First, it validates the practice of taking Israelis hostage. Hamas and their fellow travelers see that it works and will do it again and again.
Second, it explicitly says that one Israeli life is worth 10, 100 or however many Palestinian ones. This feeds the hungry global antisemitic propaganda beast.
Just like Cast Lead should have ended with the unconditional capitulation of Hamas, Israel should demand the unconditional release of Shalit.
Why doesn’t anybody dare say it? Israel Didn’t Leave, It Lost
By Jonathan Mark
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/mark_israel_lost.php3?printer_friendly
The first rule of pride is this: When they run you out of town, walk like you’re leading the parade.
I’ll give Israel this: When international pressure got to be too much, Israel left Gaza as if it was Israel’s bright idea, “a unilateral ceasefire.”
In truth, Israel surrendered. It is “surrender” if you leave with Hamas rockets still flying into Israel, and with Gilad Shalit remaining in his private Auschwitz. Imagine how Shalit was tortured these past three weeks. Imagine being his parents. If this Gaza operation even resembled a success, Israel could have said, OK Hamas, we’ll stop devastating your neighborhoods and killing your so-called civilians in exchange for two things: The rockets have to stop, and Shalit comes home.
What we see is that Hamas wasn’t all that devastated; if they were, they’d have taken the deal.
Instead, Israel quit, like Roberto Duran not coming out for the next round, “no mas,” throwing in the towel.
We know that Israel lost because Hamas set the terms: The rockets do not stop; Shalit stays where he is.
and that is what it is
Olmerde and his gang betrayed us and betrayed Shalit and every soldier who fought and died
Hmm, I wonder if this Israeli soldier will be able to walk. Will he be paralyzed, by chance? No, maybe not. That would happen only if he had been captured by Israel’s intelligence service.
JOhn Hartland, you silly slut, how did you miss this one?
http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Area=sd&ID=SP15000
.. in the records of the Palestinian police where there are many recorded cases of the bodies Arab children who had disappeared being found torn to pieces without a single drop of blood. The most reasonable explanation is that the blood was taken to be kneaded into the dough of extremist Jews to be used in Matzahs to be devoured during Passover.”
“Israelis Using the Blood of Palestinian Children
“The bestial drive to knead Passover Matzahs with the blood of non-Jews is [confirmed] in the records of the Palestinian police where there are many recorded cases of the bodies Arab children who had disappeared being found torn to pieces without a single drop of blood. The most reasonable explanation is that the blood was taken to be kneaded into the dough of extremist Jews to be used in Matzahs to be devoured during Passover.”
If what is written in the Talmud is implemented then every devout Jew who keeps the Lord’s edicts is forbidden to live in the cities that are holy for the Jews [Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed, Tiberius] unless he eats one of the blood Matzahs.
Otherwise he will be like the idol worshippers, the Muslims and the Christians… whose food Jews may not eat. Whose good deeds Jews may not mention, whose daughters they may not marry, and in whose tombstones they may not touch even though they are allowed to drink from their blood…”[3]
hahahaha
Livni and Barak have often said that it may not be possible to get Shalit back without giving up hundreds of murderers in exchange. However, this just shows their lack of imagination. First, all Hamas prisoners should be denied visits by family and Red Cross until Shalit gets the same. This would put pressure on the Hamas leadership from the families of those prisoners. Second, no humanitarian aid would go through until Shalit was released. Even if the Hamas leaders refused to release him, preferring the suffering of their constituents, at least Israelis would feel that their own leaders were trying their best to get Gilad back home.
David Yashar Says:
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Livni and Barak have often said that it may not be possible to get Shalit back without giving up hundreds of murderers in exchange. However, this just shows their lack of imagination
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not only their lack of imagination, but they are actually feeding these murderers with information and showing thier abject weakness
in the face of islamic threats..musims know well how much contempt and humiliation Jews wil endure
It is embarassing
the dhimmi jew lives