Senator Fritz Hollings (D)

Charles · May 21, 2004

Every president since 1947 has made a futile attempt to help Israel negotiate peace. But no leadership has surfaced amongst the Palestinians that can make a binding agreement. President Bush realized his chances at negotiation were no better. He came to office imbued with one thought -- re-election. Bush felt tax cuts would hold his crowd together and spreading democracy in the Mideast to secure Israel would take the Jewish vote from the Democrats. You don't come to town and announce your Israel policy is to invade Iraq. But George W. Bush, as stated by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and others, started laying the groundwork to invade Iraq days after inauguration. And, without any Iraq connection to 9/11, within weeks he had the Pentagon outlining a plan to invade Iraq. He was determined.
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U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings is defending statements he made in a newspaper opinion piece he wrote that President Bush went to war with Iraq to protect Israel and garner favor with Jewish voters in November.

Some South Carolina Jewish leaders criticized the statement, saying the senator from Charles-ton went too far in putting his statements in newspapers.

"Is he anti-Semitic? No," said Columbia Jewish leader Sam Tenenbaum, husband of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Inez Tenenbaum. "Is the statement anti-Semitic? Yes," he said.

For a second day in a row, Hollings, D-S.C., on Wednesday declined to accept media phone calls about the column. Instead, he released a letter he sent to a constituent as his statement on the matter.

In the letter, Hollings wrote that he could provide quotes from Jewish leaders in the United States and Israel to support his position. He said characterizations of his comments as "anti-Jewish stereotyping or scapegoating is ridiculous."

Hollings' column appeared in three South Carolina newspapers this month, including The Post and Courier. He wrote: "With Iraq no threat, why invade a sovereign country? The answer: President Bush's policy to secure Israel."
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Mr. Engineer · May 21, 2004

Why is it when you disagree with the policies and actions of the Israeli government you are automatically labelled anti-semetic? That is like labelling someone a an anti-Christ if they don't beleive in the policies of the United States. Big flaw in logic. While I support the Jewish religions right to exist and flourish, I certainly don't agree with the policies of the Ariel Sharon government and do not beleive our government should either.

Humm - I thought we were free to say what we wanted. I guess that only to applies to everyone else.

Howard · May 22, 2004

Originally posted by Mr. Engineer
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Humm - I thought we were free to say what we wanted. I guess that only to applies to everyone else. [/B]
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Might want to ask Trent Lott about that.

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