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Winds of change?

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Submitted by Rebecca Moulds (United States), Mar 11, 2009 at 09:48

If a people elect someone to power, and if it is believed to be an honest election, then it is not only the minority who didn't vote for that person who will suffer if things fall apart---it is also the people who voted for the person.

So far, Binyamin Netanyahu seems to say one thing, then does another; there is nothing unusual in that, because he is just being a politician. Of course he wants to stay in power---don't all leaders think they are right? And don't most people vote in someone who they naively think cares about them? It may be impossible, but until Israel realises that it needs leaders that truly care about the people, there will be a continuous string of weak leaders who support only themselves. Dwight D. Eisenhower summed it up perfectly: "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Pipes is right [13 words]JamesMar 29, 2009 22:22152955
Daniel Pipes IS right! [28 words]Antonetta MooreApr 12, 2009 02:58152955
no title [6 words]anonymousMar 20, 2009 06:49152522
Avigdor Lieberman [13 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Kyle N.Mar 17, 2009 14:18152404
AIPAC will run out of steam in the next 8 years. [77 words]mannyMar 14, 2009 16:44152291
Deja vue? Unlikely [165 words]yuval Brandstetter MDMar 13, 2009 02:52152218
Optimism for Israel [63 words]Sandy BrownMar 12, 2009 21:53152202
Wrong! [86 words]Barbara Grantham-MartinezMar 12, 2009 20:55152194
Deja Vu for BIBI? [155 words]MauriceMar 12, 2009 06:14152146
BIBI [281 words]Tess McNamara Australian and Pro Israeli supporterMar 12, 2009 04:21152142
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu- Deja Vu, or more of the Same! [49 words]Anne- USAMar 11, 2009 11:02152097
So we must make a choice [38 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 11, 2009 21:38152097
Likudnik [78 words]DavidMar 11, 2009 10:52152096
Winds of change? [149 words]Rebecca MouldsMar 11, 2009 09:48152094
Netanyahu as the Israel PM [224 words]IsaacMar 11, 2009 09:35152092
FREEMAN [29 words]MannyMar 11, 2009 09:19152091
Congratulations on the role of the MEF in this affair ! [29 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreMar 12, 2009 01:04152091
AIPAC will run out of steam in the next 8 years [49 words]Ibn MasudMar 14, 2009 00:32152091
A horrible thought [159 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 11, 2009 01:50152072
Netanyahu's promises. [72 words]David SternlightMar 10, 2009 21:54152060
Netanyahu's promises [156 words]IsaacMar 12, 2009 10:29152060
Dejuvu/ BiBi Netanyahu [158 words]vigilantMar 10, 2009 21:17152056
A wiser Bibi? [83 words]Larry B.Mar 11, 2009 18:14152056
I'd give anything [41 words]ArlindaMar 10, 2009 19:17152050

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