Ted Kennedy Statement on The Middle East

[oberliner]

“I am extremely concerned by the ongoing violence in the Middle East, which we cannot allow to escalate any further.

The stakes are enormously high, and American leadership is essential. In 1996, Secretary Christopher brokered an agreement to end the violence between Israel and Hezbollah, and Secretary Rice could play the same role. This is an international crisis of the first order. While I’m glad that Secretary Rice has announced she’ll go to the region some time in the future, she should be on the first plane to the Middle East. We should send high-ranking diplomats across the region to avert an even larger crisis. We must do all that we can to find a diplomatic path away from the escalating violence.

The Israeli people should not be terrorized by Hezbollah rockets coming over the border into their country. The Lebanese people should not be held hostage to Hezbollah terrorists and their backers in Syria and Iran.

We all pray that Hezbollah’s rockets will be silenced and that a diplomatic path away from the escalating violence will be found.”

- Ted Kennedy
July 17, 2006

Source: http://www.tedkennedy.com/journal/1017/kennedy-statement-on-the-middle-east

[alarimer]

1. Funny how he didn't mention how the Israeli response

is totally disproportionate. Too entralled to AIPAC like all the rest of the assholes in Congress.

[oberliner]

4. Nothing to do with AIPAC

EDWARD M. KENNEDY (D-MA)
Top Contributors

1 Cassidy & Assoc/Interpublic Group $47,990
2 Blank Rome LLP $45,350
3 PolyMedica Corp $39,900
4 Boston Scientific Corp $30,000
4 Girardi & Keese $30,000
4 Microsoft Corp $30,000
7 Cooney & Conway $27,700
8 Foley Hoag LLP $25,900
9 Time Warner $25,750
10 Sippican Inc $25,300
11 Weitz & Luxenberg $24,700
12 Nixon Peabody LLP $23,900
13 Verizon Communications $23,650
14 Marwood Group $22,800
15 Cytyc Corp $22,400
16 FMR Corp $21,950
17 Northeastern University $18,300
18 DLA Piper Rudnick et al $18,200
18 United Liquors $18,200
20 Blue Cross/Blue Shield $18,000

I think he can live without AIPAC.
Maybe he just actually just holds the views that he is presenting?

[cali]

2. Better than most of the

statements I've seen, but not good enough.

[lastknowngood]

3. Jusat another AIPAC whore

n/t

[DemonFighterLives]

5. The statement of Kennedy from your other thread sounded better

From the Telegram:

This week U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., also called for a diplomatic solution in a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld co-signed by Senate Democratic Leader Harry M. Reid and Armed Services Committee ranking member Carl Levin.


----
Everyone has their own take on who started things and which side terrorizes the other more, but diplomacy is still the only solution.
:dem: