*sigh*

[winterbadger]

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) told a prominent Jewish group yesterday that the "security of Israel is paramount" and pledged that as president he would never push Israel into peace agreements against its interest.

from the Washington Post

The actual quote from Kerry was

"As president, my promise to the people of Israel is this: I will never force Israel to make concessions that cost or compromise any of Israel's security," Kerry said. "The security of Israel is paramount. . . . We will also never expect Israel to negotiate peace without a credible [Palestinian] partner. And it is up to the United States in my judgment to do a better job of helping the Arab world to help that partner to evolve and to develop."

(They don't have the full speech on his website yet, so I can't tell what was omitted by the Post reporter.)

So, again, no matter what concessions or compromises Israel refuses to make, we're going to back them. And we wonder why we have no credibility in the Arab world? Senator, I'm still going to vote for you, but I'm very disappointed.

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It really comes down to the lesser of two evils anymore. Sometimes Cthulhu really /does/ seem like an option.