Sharon in 1974: "I Would Not Fulfill Such an Order"

Speaking in 1974, Ariel Sharon added that neither would he issue such an order. He was referring to evacuating Jews from the Land. Sharon said this on June 4, 1974, during an attempt by IDF soldiers to remove a group of would-be settlers from the area that was planned to become Elon Moreh in the Shomron. Maariv reporter Yossi Valter reported on June 5, 1974 that one of the IDF officers said to Sharon, who had been elected to the Knesset for the first time only five months earlier: "Arik, when you gave us the order to cross the Suez...

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'There's No Such Thing As The United Nations' (John Bolton)

'There's no such thing as the United Nations' (Filed: 19/03/2005) The wit and wisdom of John Bolton, President George W Bush's nominee for the job of US ambassador to the UN: "There is no such thing as the United Nations." —On the United Nations itself"If you lost 10 storeys, it wouldn't make a bit of difference." —On UN headquarters in New York"If I were redoing the Security Council, I'd have one permanent member: the United States." —On the UN Security Council"A gleam in one beholder's eye but looks like flat-out aggression to somebody else." —On humanitarian intervention"It is a big...

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PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON ALL BOARDS!

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

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Rethinking The Alliance

Many on the left, most visibly Presidential contender John Kerry, often claim that the "coalition of the willing" is weak and that participation from the international community has been minimal if anything. Opponents of President Bush use such claims in order to discredit the legitimacy of this noble endeavor for freedom. It may not be such a bad idea to look at the state of our coalition, not in an effort to attack President Bush, but rather to conduct a healthy reassessment and critique of the coalition and our allies. Several weeks ago, Michael Rubin returned from the Coalition Provisional...

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