Note the pattern
Dear President Obama, great work with bucking the trend on health care in the United States. Outstanding. Honest. Now give this one a try:
- 1968: Israel Colonizing Occupied Territory: First the land was designated as “captured,” then “occupied,” then “liberated,” and now it is being called the “new territory.
- 1968: Israel Rapped For Taking Arab land: The U.S. State Dept. announced yesterday that the United States had refused Israel’s move to incorporate a sector of old Jerusalem
- 1969: U. S. Deplores Israeli Acts in Jerusalem: Ambassador Charles W. Yost, chief of the United States delegation to the United Nations, today expressed regret at changes Israel is making in the occupied Arab sector of old Jerusalem
- 1976: US accuses Israel of taking illegal acts: US Ambassador William Scranton said Tuesday Israel’s takeover of Jerusalem and the construction of Jewish settlements are regarded by the US as illegal
- 1977: Israelis Deny Report of New Settlements: Israel had assured the United States that despite an Israeli press report to the contrary, it has not begun any new Jewish settlements in occupied Arab land.
- 1978: U.S. Again Says It Opposes Israel On Settlements: The Carter Administration underscored today its strong opposition to Israel’s continued establishment of settlements on occupied Arab land, as President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt was telling members of Congress that such Israeli settlements were a major barrier to peace.
- 1982: U.S. Assails Israeli Settlements: Ignoring President Reagan’s appeal for a moratorium on Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, Israel on Sunday approved three new outposts in the West Bank
- 1990: Israel Retracts Pledge to U.S On East Jerusalem Housing
- 1992: U.S. Offer Insists Israel Stop Building Settlements
- 1998 Jerusalem mayor defiant // Says Jewish settlement will go on in east sector
- 2006: Israel builds West Bank settlement: Action breaks vow to U.S. about not building in area
- 2009: Netanyahu defies U.S. on East Jerusalem settlement
- 2010: This is your year, man. Give us some of that change we can believe in.
Source: BLG432 on Reddit.com
UPDATE: Thanks, Obama. I knew you read this blog.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
