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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5405)	7/6/2004 3:52:49 PM
From: steve kammerer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Saw this from The Republican Jewish Coalition. Notice, the major subject of importantance is how someone feels about Israel or what have they done for Israel. This is the republican's reach out organization. I wonder if it should register as a lobby for a foreign government. The RNC is not reaching out to Catholics, Baptists, Budhists or anyother special ethnic group. I guess the RNC feels all the other groups are truly American and are interested in what's good for America. Dem VP Hopeful Edwards Lacks Experience, Leadership Washington, DC - July 6, 2004 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democrat vice presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) lacks national security and foreign policy experience and, like the man who picked him - presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) - is a follower, not a leader, on issues of greatest concern to the American Jewish community, says the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC). "John Edwards lacks the national security and foreign policy experience necessary for leadership in a time of war," says RJC Executive Director Matthew Brooks. "Like Sen. Kerry, Sen. Edwards is not a leader in the Senate on Israel and the Middle East. Neither Edwards nor Kerry have ever been the lead sponsor of legislation dealing with Israel and its security or about peace in the Middle East. They never have taken the lead on circulating a letter in support of Israel. Clearly their priorities are elsewhere. Neither holds a candle to President Bush and his unprecedented support for Israel as a Jewish state." Brooks points out that during the recent Democrat presidential primary process, Kerry was often critical of Edwards' lack of experience. For example, Kerry told the Los Angeles Times on Feb. 3, 2004, "I think the American people want an experienced hand at the helm of state. This is not a time for on-the-job training in the White House on national security issues." Later that month (2/23/04), the Boston Globe reported that Kerry took aim at Edwards' lack of military and foreign policy experience. "I think the world is looking for leadership that is tested and sure," Kerry said. On Jan. 19, 2004, Kerry talked to The New York Times about Edwards, saying: "In the Senate four years - and that is the full extent of his public life - no international experience, no military experience, you can imagine what the advertising is going to be..." Neither Kerry nor Edwards has been a Senate legislative leader, Brooks said. "Like Sen. Kerry, Sen. Edwards has never been the lead sponsor of major legislation that has become law," Brooks said. "In fact, of the 74 bills Edwards has sponsored since becoming a senator in 1999, none has emerged from committee for a floor vote - and none of them mentioned Israel or the Jewish community. In fact, rather than always being a vote in support of Israel, Edwards voted twice against bills funding U.S. aid to Israel for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001." Further evidence of Edwards' lack of foreign policy experience and his limited knowledge of the subject was revealed by the Washington Monthly, which reported on June 1, 2003: "One evening when he was campaigning for the Senate in North Carolina, Edwards was faced with a choice of several events he might attend. An advance man suggested, 'Maybe we ought to go to the reception for Leah Rabin.' Edwards responded, 'Who's she?' 'Yitzhak Rabin's widow,' replied the aide. 'Who was he?' asked Edwards." In this post 9/11 era, Brooks says he hopes the American Jewish community looks closely at the records of the Democrat ticket. "They both have the rhetoric down now, but they have never taken a leadership role," Brooks said. "This is in sharp contrast to President Bush, who is a real leader against terrorism and the strongest supporter of Israel in the White House we have ever seen."