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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-04 11:19 AM
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Convince me that Kerry's Support of Sharon's Plan Isn't a Deal Breaker...
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Edited on Fri Apr-16-04 11:27 AM by JCMach1
..."I think that could be a positive step," Kerry was quoted by The Washington Post as saying. "What's important, obviously, is the security of the state of Israel, and that's what the prime minister and the president, I think, are trying to address."

Kerry was also quoted, in The New York Sun, as saying: "I've always felt that the right of return is contrary to the viability of a Jewish state, and that's what Israel is." ...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1081998810231

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I don't want this to turn into a discussion (rehash) of the ongoing Israeli/Palestinian divide.

The Democratic party in our recent history has never been supportive of walls (physical, or legal) that separate and discriminate against people. Sharon's plan offers appartheid at the point of a gun and barb-wired cages for all.

I have grave misgivings about a Democrat who would support such a policy.

Bush must go, but at what price...?

Someone convince me why I should continue supporting Kerry.


...currently pissed and confused :grr:
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