Comments on: Despite BDS protest, water agency board OKs Veolia

By: Rich Rifkin

Rich Rifkin — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:24:33 +0000

" These other "muslim" countries that you mention get nothing from the US" You are mistaken. Egypt, in fact, is the largest US aid recipient after Israel. As a share of its government revenues, US aid is more important to Egypt than it is to Israel, in spite of the fact that no foreign countries are threatening Egypt, while Israel has been under attack from the Arab states for 64 years and more recently Iran's leaders have said they intend to "wipe Israel off of the map" with their nuclear weapons. Turkey also receives US military help and Turkey is a member of NATO. Yet, again, the Israel-haters on the extreme left in the United States and elsewhere never call for boycotts against Turkey, despite that nation's very poor treatment of its ethnic minorities.

By: tarbash

tarbash — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:37:42 +0000

It is right to “single out” Israel because it is the single largest recipient of US aid in low interest loans and military aid from the US.
These other “muslim” countries that you mention get nothing from the US, unless they are dictatorships that are pro US. US constitution calls for separation of church and state and yet we support a country that is officially jewish state and discriminates against non jewish citizens.
This would have been like giving billions of dollars to apartheid south africa and at the same time saying we stand for equality of all races.

By: Rich Rifkin

Rich Rifkin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:36:50 +0000

It is wrong of you to try to pose under my name as your own.

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By: Rich Rifkin II

Rich Rifkin II — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:03:19 +0000

Rich, it is hard to fathom why you take the time to drag Mikos’ name through the mud. Try focusing on what he says, and not on what he doesn’t say. I don’t recall ever hearing him disparage the brutality of anti-gay crimes, either, but I don’t think he is anti-gay…….or is he? Bwah hah hah!