FLASHBACK: Bubba says he'd die for Israel

[Regis Philbin]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2002%5C08%5C04%5Cstory_4-8-2002_pg1_6

Daily Times - Site Edition Sunday, August 04, 2002

Clinton says he would have died for Israel

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: Former US President Bill Clinton who many Arab thoughts was more even-handed on the Palestine question than his predecessors shocked many when he asserted in Toronto last week that had Israel been attacked by Iraq or Iran during his presidency, he would have been ready to “grab a rifle, get in a ditch and fight and die.”

“The Israelis know that if the Iraqi or the Iranian army came across the Jordan River, I would personally grab a rifle, get in a ditch, and fight and die,” Clinton told the crowd at a fund-raising event for a Toronto Jewish charity Monday.

[Richard Tafoya]

As usual, Bill Clinton shows more courage and character in a single sentence than Jr. has shown in his entire political career.

[Regis Philbin]

As usual, Bubba was pandering to his audience (Jews) and if he were speaking to Muslims he would say just the opposite. Junior just does what needs to be done whether people like it or not---which shows far more courage than Bill Clinton's pandering.

[Whoda Thunk?]

Jr. does what he wants, without regard for how it effects the country or world.

[Richard Tafoya]

Jr. does what needs to be done to serve his ongoing constituency (wealthy mega-corporations and lobbyists).