Members of Congress are falling over one another to show their support for Israel.

[Cali_Democrat]

U.S. lawmakers falling over themselves to throw full support behind Israel
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Members of Congress are falling over one another to show their support for Israel.

While much of the rest of the world watches the Gaza war in horror and scrambles for a cease-fire, U.S. lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration to take no action that puts pressure on Israel to halt its military operations.

Many even have criticized the administration's effort to stop violence that has killed more than 1,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and more than 40 Israeli soldiers and three civilians this month.

"At times like this, people try to isolate Israel," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Monday. "We are here to stand with Israel, not just as a broker or observer but as a strong partner and a trusted ally.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/u-s-lawmakers-falling-throw-full-support-behind-israel-article-1.1883658

[arcane1]

1. Sadly, the RW spin machine will scream "Dems are neo-nazis" otherwise.

I'm sure they would LOVE to use that framing as we go into election season

[misterhighwasted]

2. cuz their balls are OWNED..

re: "Members of Congress are falling over one another to show their support for Israel. "

[earthside]

3. $$$$$$$ n/t

[cornball 24]

4. Members of Congres....

Spot on!!!!!!!!!!!

[JI7]

5. Brian Eno is attacking the US for support of Israel and what is happening to Palestinians

Brian Eno is not so diplomatic. In a letter on David Byrne’s website, Eno decried the United States for its continued support of Israel’s efforts to claim land in Palestine, efforts the legendary producer described as “ethnic cleansing.” Here’s an excerpt:

What is going on in America? I know from my own experience how slanted your news is, and how little you get to hear about the other side of this story. But – for Christ’s sake! – it’s not that hard to find out. Why does America continue its blind support of this one-sided exercise in ethnic cleansing? WHY? I just don’t get it. I really hate to think its just the power of AIPAC… for if that’s the case, then your government really is fundamentally corrupt. No, I don’t think that’s the reason… but I have no idea what it could be.

The America I know and like is compassionate, broadminded, creative, eclectic, tolerant and generous. You, my close American friends, symbolise those things for me. But which America is backing this horrible one-sided colonialist war? I can’t work it out: I know you’re not the only people like you, so how come all those voices aren’t heard or registered? How come it isn’t your spirit that most of the world now thinks of when it hears the word ’America’? How bad does it look when the one country which more than any other grounds its identity in notions of Liberty and Democracy then goes and puts its money exactly where its mouth isn’t and supports a ragingly racist theocracy?

http://www.stereogum.com/1695568/brian-eno-blasts-america-for-supporting-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestine/news/