Comments on: Barny Frank Scales Back Criticism of Hagel

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:59:20 +0000

Thanks Jim. I concur.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:56:32 +0000

I think what Jim means is “show me what he does.” I also think the apology was lame and opportunistic, but if confirmed, Hagel’s going to be in a position in which he cannot act on whatever prejudices he might still harbor — he’ll be under a microscope.

I do think it’s the neocon/Israel lobby that’s going to be the problem.

By: Jim Burroway

Jim Burroway — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:23:10 +0000

I think Hagel is the one who needs to do the walking. Obviously I totally screwed up this metaphor.

By: chiMaxx

chiMaxx — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:14:05 +0000

After initial hesitation, Hormel accepted Hagels apology. Doesn’t that mean the doorway has been walked through?

By: Jim Burroway

Jim Burroway — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:01:16 +0000

The typos undoubtedly added to your confusion. What I meant to say is that I don’t find Hagel’s apology satisfying by itself. He needs to say more.

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:49:59 +0000

I don’t understand the update. Could you please clarify? It’s the first sentence that I don’t understand. I understand and agree with the second sentence.

By: Rob in San Diego

Rob in San Diego — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:13:51 +0000

Hey Barney guess what, there is no such thing as Portuguese lobbyists or Greek lobbyists, however there is a very large and very loud jewish lobby. No other country besides israel send their lobbyists to America to get them to veto any resolution regarding israel in the U.N. Oh and how about this one, for a country that is so against the spread of nuclear weapons and technology, we actually GAVE them nuclear weapons and technology. That’s right folks, we GAVE them nuclear weapons.

Look, no one on the right and most people on the left actually care about his comments regarding that gay ambassador, because you know the irony of it is that we’d be putting him in a position where he has to get a long with gays, and I’m not talking about gay ambassadors, but gay soldiers, it’s kinda the “well take that you homophobe, now shut up and do you job.”

Is israel worried that he won’t sell them more weapons of mass destruction? Are they worried that we won’t have their back when they continue to screw up the Middle East? Are they worried that the Palestinians might actually get a country of their own right next to them?

It’s all about israel, because in today’s time you can’t say shit about israel without being labeled a hitler, an anti-semite, or some other hatter. But you know what you can do, you can talk all the shit you want of Russia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, North Korea, hell, you can talk shit about England and NO ONE CARES! But don’t say a single word about israel or how it treats the Palestinians.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:46:14 +0000

“With the attack coming out of the right, I hope he gets confirmed,”

Yes, that sounds like Barney Frank.