Iraq War was Good for Israel: Olmert

By Dan Williams
November 23th, 2006

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Iraq war was a boon for Israel’s security, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday, voicing fresh endorsement for a Bush administration sapped by the unpopularity at home of its Middle East policies.

The mid-term election losses of U.S. President George W. Bush’s Republican Party were widely considered a repudiation of his decision to topple Iraq’s Saddam Hussein as part of a vision of democratizing the region and bolstering allies like Israel.

Olmert avoided explicit comment on the Republicans’ fortunes during Washington talks with Bush earlier this month. But in a speech to visiting American Jews, Olmert made clear he had few regrets about the changes wrought by the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

“I know all of his (Bush’s) policies are controversial in America. There are some who support his policies in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq, and some who do not,” he said.

“I stand with the president because I know that Iraq without Saddam Hussein is so much better for the security and safety of Israel, and all of the neighbors of Israel without any significance to us,” added Olmert, who was speaking in English. (….Full Article Here)

David Duke on Kramer, the “N Word”, Racism, Violence, Israel and Palestinians

Transcript by Virginia Gentlewoman
November 22th, 2006

An excerpt from his archived show:

“I’m often accused of all kinds of radical statements, in fact, any time there is any sort of racism or anti-Semitism my name is used as the example. ‘Oh he sounds like David Duke’. They did that recently with the statement with the fellow that plays Kramer on Seinfeld, and he used the ‘N’ word, and repeatedly, and was very insulting to the Black members of the audience after they interrupted his comedy routine. I’ve read in a number of publications all over the United States, and you can see it for yourself in a Google search just put in there Kramer, Seinfeld and David Duke, and many people compared his tirade to me. They said ‘this sounds like something David Duke would say’. In fact, the Seinfeld show, quite often, would even take potshots at me during the show. But, other than some spurious quotes that the ADL uses from 30 years ago, which aren’t even accurate; I’ve made thousands of speeches, I’ve done thousands of interviews, and I don’t use the ‘N’ word, and I try to speak respectfully.

“I do believe that there are differences among people, and differences among races. I do believe that forced integration is not a good thing; that people should be allowed to associate with whom they like. But I’m not teaching hatred. I’m not using epithets against anyone. And I’m not a White supremacist; no matter how many times the media would like to lay that label upon me. In my whole life, even the allegations, I guess, of my enemies can’t come close to the statements of Yitzhak Ginzberg, who said that somehow it’s moral to kill a Gentile, basically, to take his bodily organs and give it to a Jew who might need one. This is insane. (more…)