Former Ambassador Charles Freeman withdrew his name from consideration yesterday after controversy arose regarding some of his positions on Israel, and financial ties to Saudi Arabia and China, through his position on the board of a Chinese oil exploration company and an allegedly Saudi funded Middle East policy group.
More change in Washington, I see.
Yea, I’m in the dissent on this one, but not because I’m some rabid always-blame-Israel anti-semite.
As I take a break from packing for a work trip I’ll be on next week, I’ve been reading tons of blog posts around the Internet about this latest Israeli-Palestinian war. Then I saw this comment by our own Jason Steck. The following is the portion that piqued my interest:
If the Palestinians had elected a government that was open to peace with Israel in ANY form, you might have a legitimate point. But they didn’t. They elected a government that openly declares its desire and intention to commit genocide. There can be no compromise with that.
I have no misconceptions on the goals of Hamas. They wish to see the State of Israel utterly destroyed, and would do it today if they could. This is simply a fact. However, I do have some questions.
