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As featured on p. 218 of "Bloggers on the Bus," under the name "a MyDD blogger."

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Invading Iraq has made Israel less safe.

Bottom line.

I can't tell you how disgusted I was to hear from my family that the Jewish Exponent (local Philly Jewish paper) had a full-page ad disguised as an article about how Democrats abandoned that great supporter of Israel, Joe Lieberman. We have to combat this. It's ridiculous. Support for Israel is not about mindlessly parroting "I support Israel," it's about avoiding policies that put them in grave danger, as invading Iraq, which has done nothing but embolden their biggest rival, has done. This left them vulnerable to getting into a futile war with their proxy in Lebanon, which ended up as a great symbolic victory for Hezbollah (who is now engaging in the time-honored policy of buying off the public by spending all kinds of money to reconstruct the region. Somebody give them directions to New Orleans.)

Sometimes it comes down to simple slogans. Anyone interested can dig deeper. But you need to keep it simple. Invading Iraq Hurt Israel. Republicans Hate Government; Don't Let Them Govern. Breaking The Law Has Consequences. Where's Osama?

See occams hatchet's excellent diary for a variation on this theme.

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