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Another leaked video...this one dealing with Isreal/Palestine...

Posted by on Sep. 18, 2012 at 8:36 PM
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Hard To Believe, But This Leaked Romney Video Is Even WORSE

Mitt Romney's plan for Israel/Palestine is literally to "hope that ultimately somehow, something will happen and resolve it." And that's not even the most damning line from this latest Mother Jones video leaked from a secret Romney fundraiser.

 

Here's the whole quote, with my incredulous emphasis added:

I'm torn by two perspectives in this regard. One is the one which I've had for some time, which is that the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish.

Now why do I say that? Some might say, well, let's let the Palestinians have the West Bank, and have security, and set up a separate nation for the Palestinians. And then come a couple of thorny questions. And I don't have a map here to look at the geography, but the border between Israel and the West Bank is obviously right there, right next to Tel Aviv, which is the financial capital, the industrial capital of Israel, the center of Israel. It's-what the border would be? Maybe seven miles from Tel Aviv to what would be the West Bank...The other side of the West Bank, the other side of what would be this new Palestinian state would either be Syria at one point, or Jordan.

And of course the Iranians would want to do through the West Bank exactly what they did through Lebanon, what they did near Gaza. Which is that the Iranians would want to bring missiles and armament into the West Bank and potentially threaten Israel. So Israel of course would have to say, "That can't happen. We've got to keep the Iranians from bringing weaponry into the West Bank." Well, that means that-who? The Israelis are going to patrol the border between Jordan, Syria, and this new Palestinian nation? Well, the Palestinians would say, "Uh, no way! We're an independent country. You can't, you know, guard our border with other Arab nations."

And now how about the airport? How about flying into this Palestinian nation? Are we gonna allow military aircraft to come in and weaponry to come in? And if not, who's going to keep it from coming in? Well, the Israelis. Well, the Palestinians are gonna say, "We're not an independent nation if Israel is able to come in and tell us what can land in our airport."

These are problems-these are very hard to solve, all right? And I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say, "There's just no way."

And so what you do is you say, "You move things along the best way you can." You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem. We live with that in China and Taiwan. All right, we have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it. We don't go to war to try and resolve it imminently.

On the other hand, I got a call from a former secretary of state. I won't mention which one it was, but this individual said to me, you know, I think there's a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis after the Palestinian elections. I said, "Really?" And, you know, his answer was, "Yes, I think there's some prospect." And I didn't delve into it.

Good on you, Governor.

 

Video in Link...

http://www.upworthy.com/hard-to-believe-but-this-leaked-romney-video-is-even-worse?c=bl3

Posted by on Sep. 18, 2012 at 8:36 PM
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UpSheRises
by Gold Member on Sep. 18, 2012 at 8:44 PM
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What a douche bag.

SlingsAndThings
by Bronze Member on Sep. 18, 2012 at 8:49 PM
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I really fear the future of foreign policy in this country.
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Friday
by Ruby Member on Sep. 18, 2012 at 8:57 PM
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I'd bet real money we will end up in another war if Romney wins. What a NeoCon tool.


Church of The Invisible Pink Unicorn (blessed be her holy hooves)

AdellesMom
by on Sep. 18, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Romney is an idiot.

Carpy
by carrot pants on Sep. 18, 2012 at 9:06 PM
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Romney stated that well.

Carpy
by carrot pants on Sep. 18, 2012 at 9:07 PM
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This should not need to be leaked, it should be part of his campaign.

Donna6503
by Gold Member on Sep. 18, 2012 at 9:11 PM
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What evidence does anyone have that Palestinians want peace?
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cueballsmom
by Silver Member on Sep. 18, 2012 at 9:21 PM
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Sliding over all the BS about welfare and what not, let's us vote for where we fight next!
Palestine has never wanted peace, we should not help them at all. We are not their dad or mom, we need to stop.
muslimahpj
by Ruby Member on Sep. 18, 2012 at 9:29 PM
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What a crock of shit.

Sekirei
by LoKitty on Sep. 18, 2012 at 10:21 PM
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Remember non christians.. your views do not matter to this man.

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