McCain, much like JFK, has pledged to fight for freedom around the world and not to retreat from our enemies. This is certainly what we need today, more than meaningless slogans like \”change we can believe in\” and \”we are the ones we\’ve been waiting for.\”
It would be far healthier for American democracy, as well as for our community, if we would reject the use of Israel as a partisan issue and look at the policy areas where candidates from the two major parties truly do differ.
The two vice-presidential candidates led the way Wednesday as the Obama and McCain campaigns worked to draw clear battle lines on Iran and Israel.
For Jews who are not necessarily Israel Firsters, she carries some positives and negatives. Positives: she is a crusader for good government and a fiscal conservative. She is smart and successful and patriotic. Jews like all these things.
Speaker after speaker at the Democratic convention on Wednesday night in Denver argued that GOP recklessness had emboldened Israel\’s enemies
Before he announced his vice presidential pick, Barack Obama said he wanted someone to spar with but who ultimately would be loyal enough to create a comfortable working relationship. No one knew then that he had picked Joe Biden, but his ISO ad fit Biden\’s relationship with the Jewish community perfectly
Natan Sharansky\’s previous book, \”The Case for Democracy,\” changed the world. It inspired a generation of U.S. policymakers and influenced President George\nW. Bush in his decision to go to war against Saddam Hussein. So when Sharansky\’s second book, \”Defending Identity,\” came out this month, I thought I\’d better read it, quick
\”I have been proud to be a part of a strong, bi-partisan consensus that has stood by Israel in the face of all threats. That is a commitment that both John McCain and I share, because support for Israel in this country goes beyond party. But part of our commitment must be speaking up when Israel\’s security is at risk, and I don\’t think any of us can be satisfied that America\’s recent foreign policy has made Israel more secure\”
\”Failure of Intelligence, The Decline and Fall of the CIA\” by Melvin A. Goodman (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008).
Dean Kamen, the multimillionaire inventor renowned for the Segway personal transporter, traveled to Israel with a message for teenagers: Careers in science will help make them the rock stars of their generation
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