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Barak, Israel's Defense Minister, Abruptly Quits. | |
pink cat User ID: 28454161  United States11/26/2012 01:17 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27614234  Canada11/26/2012 01:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to news.yahoo.com] Quoting: pink cat ERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday abruptly announced he was quitting politics, injecting new turmoil into the Israeli political system weeks ahead of general elections. Barak, Israel's most-decorated soldier and one-time prime minister, said he would stay on in his current post until a new government is formed following the Jan. 22 balloting. His resignation could mean the departure of the most moderating influence on hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who holds a wide lead in polls and is expected to easily win re-election. Barak, who heads a small centrist faction in parliament, often served as Netanyahu's unofficial envoy to Washington to smooth over differences with the Obama White House. you know what that means  |
| Sleeping Giant Haste The Day User ID: 543618 United States11/26/2012 01:21 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is a karma pin on this- Thread: BREAKING!! Israeli defence minister Barak says he's leaving politics, shaking up election campaign "You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." ~C.S. Lewis "And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul." Thread: 37 Survival Downloads and Handbooks – Pioneering, SHTF, Engineering, Urban Gardening, Defense, and More |
Lady Jane Smith Forum Moderator User ID: 1956197 United States11/26/2012 01:23 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hmmm ... 5 Stars. Will be interesting to see how this impacts the ME stew. Life is karma and karma always reflects both past and present circumstance. Our time here is short, so choose carefully and behave well, for all of your tomorrows are presently being decided. "Don't die on a small cross..." Saddletramp's Mom "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." -- William Shakespeare, born April 23, 1564. |
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| Resister In God we trust User ID: 669410 United States11/26/2012 01:43 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well he's 70 years old. Could just be that he wants to retire. If it isn't that then it could be that he either doesn't want ot be a part of what is coming or has decided that his more moderate politics aren't going to be getting any more popular as rockets fly overhead in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. He and Bibi are usually at ods over how far to go in fighting the terrorists at the doorstep. "God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed... If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty... Let them take arms... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. " - Thomas Jefferson in 1787 [link to line-in-the-sand.blogspot.com] |
| Saratonin User ID: 6418504 United States11/26/2012 01:43 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Does this mean doom? My Blog - [link to blog.emergencyoutdoors.com] Online Survival Store - [link to www.emergencyoutdoors.com] Heirloom (Non-GMO) Survival Seeds - [link to www.emergencyoutdoors.com] |
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| superflyscot User ID: 14397275  United Kingdom11/26/2012 01:45 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do we think that.. a) he is annoyed at Bibi for going too far with Gaza b) he is annoyed at Bibi not going far enough with Gaza My gut says b. If you believe that corruption exists,would it not then be clear that corrupt people would do anything to hide evidence of their corruption?This is why conspiracy theories exist.Only because corruption exists. |
| wastedrockranger User ID: 11757208 United States11/26/2012 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do we think that.. Quoting: superflyscot a) he is annoyed at Bibi for going too far with Gaza b) he is annoyed at Bibi not going far enough with Gaza My gut says b. I'm thinking b also, but who knows. I didn't realize he was 70 years old. But it seems a lot of these guys that have been in power for a long time don't just quit. I think it's ego because they think they are the only ones who can do it right, which is why I find it suspicious when they just quit. Other possibility is he was told too. |
| godzilla85 G User ID: 1077295 United States11/26/2012 02:04 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | he's not leaving politics...he's being forced out..Bibi probably found out he was selling him out to the current administration or already knew and had enough of it getting in the way of decisions he's trying to make as prime minister. Probably gave him two options..resign or be fired. "the only limits we have are the ones that we set for ourselves.." I provide analysis on a myriad of int'l issues...if you don't like my opinion...I don't care I'm not here to please you. |
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| ASV User ID: 3632498 United States11/26/2012 04:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Barak may be 69 or 70, but that's not that old. Current Israeli President and father of Israeli nuke program, Shimon Peres, is almost 90 years old. Bibi Netanyahu's father Ben-Zion Netanyahu died at 102. Former PM Izhar Shamir just died at 95. Our own Ron Paul is like 124 years old in Planet Batshit-Libertaria's years. |
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| davvi Doe: A Female Rabbit User ID: 3677166 United States11/26/2012 06:42 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do we think that.. Quoting: superflyscot a) he is annoyed at Bibi for going too far with Gaza b) he is annoyed at Bibi not going far enough with Gaza My gut says b. my gut says a. barak is a lefty and bibi is well rid of him, in my opinion eb tried harder to please barack obama more than he did his own prime minister. the left is falling apart in israel. "Arguing with a leftist is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board and strut around like its victorious." “I am the senator. You are the citizen. You need to be quiet.” Senator Tommy Tucker and your tax dollars at work. Scared yet? The people who rob Peter to pay Paul can always count on Paul's support. Obama's Death Panels: Cruel and Unusual punishment for people whose only crime is getting old or getting sick. The IRS used to investigate criminals, under Obama the IRS is the criminal. |
