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I'm not saying you are incorrect but please link any info regarding Karl Rove minions working on foreign campaigns.
Good grief. You cannot blame a BN for civilian deaths when responding to attacks and your attackers are using civilians as shields.
Private citizens of other countries or our citizens want to campaign in other countries, sure. Not our government and not another government.
First of all ISIS wouldn't be holding elections.
Second yes it's the risk you take with democracy.
Third are you really comparing Netanyahu to ISIS?
Why not? The Nazi Regime held elections. Saddam's regime held elections. Iran currently holds elections.
I can and I will. I hold persons responsible for their decisions. The persons making these decisions believe with great certainty that civilians will be killed by their own strikes. And, they go ahead and make the call and authorize the strike.
You seem to be under the impression that because the Palestinian fighters are using unjust tactics then anyone who opposes them must be just and justified. That's a fallacy.
The blood is on both the hands of Palestinian terrorists and the hands of the Israeli government and forces.
With respect to other countries, Obama is a private individual, as he holds no public office in other countries. Now, if you want to claim that US tax-dollars ought not be used for such things, that, to me, is an interesting argument. But, if you want to claim that US politicians and elected officials ought not support political campaigns in other countries, I share no common sentiment.
Here are some references that I found quickly on Republican consultants being involved in overseas campaigns. Vincent Harris has a background with Rove in Texas. There are a few lesser known names out there as well. Not to mention everyone's favorite fetish guy and worst prognosticator ever Dick Morris.
President Obama campaign consultants make mark overseas - Kenneth P. Vogel and Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
American advisers, money shape Israel's election
American media guru denies Republicans sent him to help Benjamin Netanyahu re-election campaign - Israel Elections - Jerusalem Post
Thanks for the links. Interesting that you have State Department funds that went to One Voice but from the USA Today article it only says the money was spent on "Israeli Palestinian negotiations". That is pretty vague IMO
The blood of the innocents is on the aggressors hands and only theirs.
In this case the responsibility for the spilt blood lie's solely on the Palestinians.
Obama is not a private citizen, to claim such is asinine.
Israel is an aggressor, as is are Palestinian terrorists. Again, you make the fallacy of thinking that where there is a conflict and one party is an aggressor, the other cannot be. That's simply not the case.
Unfortunately, it does not. It lies with those who make the decisions to kill, knowing that civilians will be killed.
Obama does not hold public office in any other country. In that respect, he is just like anyone else who campaigns and supports elections. It appears that your argument reduces to something of the following sort, "The President of the United States has more influence across the world than other Americans, so while other Americans are permitted to work to influence elections in other countries, the President ought not be permitted."
If that is the case, I still fail to see why the President ought not be permitted? Why is it that one who has the capacity to greatly influence ought to be limited in how they can actually go about influencing?