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To: TigerPaw who wrote (300647)	8/18/2006 6:05:21 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578528

Mr. Peretz, a former trade union leader whose army service consisted largely of repairing tanks. “The appointment of Amir Peretz as defense minister was a crazy idea,” Mr. Barnea wrote. The same kind of neocons that are screwing up America are also screwing up Israel. That's right. That's why Israel is one of the few nations with which we have solid relations at the present time. In fact, we get along famously.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (300647)	8/20/2006 12:57:07 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578528

Scare Them Back A better Democratic response to GOP fear-mongering. By John Dickerson Updated Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, at 5:03 PM ET Of course Republicans are trying to scare voters into voting for them. Why shouldn't they? As a policy matter, asking which party will keep us from being killed by jihadists in a plane or at a shopping mall seems a pretty fundamental question in any national election. As a political tactic, how could the GOP resist? Scaring voters has worked in past elections, allows Republicans to highlight issues of law and order and national security that have been their traditional strengths, and it forces Democrats into fits and unforced errors. Last Wednesday, the president joined the effort. "They want us to cut and run," he said, marking his first use of the loaded phrase to characterize his Iraq-war opponents. "And there's some good people in our country who believe we should cut and run. They're not bad people when they say that, they're decent people. I just happen to believe they're wrong." They're not bad sniveling cowards, I just happen to believe they're wrong sniveling cowards. The president went on to suggest that a show of weakness in Iraq will lead to more deaths in the United States. "If we leave before the mission is complete, if we withdraw, the enemy will follow us home." The message is clear: Vote for Democrats and more Americans will die. For the president and Republicans to pretend this isn't their political message is silly. And in the end it's counterproductive, because it imperils their reputation as the party that assesses threats clearly and speaks about them plainly. continued................ slate.com