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Kissinger went even further than just leaning against Israel

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Submitted by Shishir (United Arab Emirates), Apr 25, 2013 at 03:27

The Jewish Secretary of State for Nixon who served in WWII went so far as to state that if he were in charge during that time he would prefer that U.S and allied powers not go out of their way to put a stop to the Holocaust as it wouldnt have served the war efforts.

I believe he said something similar about helping Israel in the Yom Kippur war in that they helped Israel only to get more political leverage in the Middle East. Richard Nixon,who interestingly had made many anti semitic remarks particularly with regard to Jewish media personalities, wanted to help Israel because it was the right thing to do. In this he resembles the Zionist champion Harry Truman under whose administration Israel and founded and was recognized first. However he kept his distance from Jews on a personal level so much so that he refused to invite them to his house

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Nixon and Truman were also on record saying anti-semetic things [27 words]PezDispenserNov 4, 2013 06:37211197
1Does Israel have any other friend besides the God of Abraham? [38 words]LynnApr 30, 2013 09:12205751
1I hope we support Israel due to love not politics. [39 words]Phil GreendApr 27, 2013 17:57205682
1Not Buying It... [94 words]Shel_TRApr 25, 2013 11:55205597
1Pr. O. & the ME [40 words]Steven LApr 25, 2013 11:07205594
1Kissinger went even further than just leaning against Israel [154 words]ShishirApr 25, 2013 03:27205582
7A message from England [827 words]AntonyApr 25, 2013 03:24205581
1of course Chuck smiles at Israel [44 words]DanS.Apr 25, 2013 01:39205579
1he said what he had to [33 words]DanS.Apr 25, 2013 01:32205577

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