Netanyahu stands strong in the end

While appearing to bend to pressure from the West, Israel PM Binyamin Netanyahu publicly accepted in concept the idea of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel; however, the leader attached some preconditions that nearly assured Israel’s security under such a plan, such as that Palestine could have no standing military with which to attack Israel, and that the Palestinian state would have to recognize Israel’s right to exist.

Of course, this prompted a rejection of any peace talks by Palestinians, who are unwilling to accept anything short of total surrender and vacating of the land by all Jews as acceptable terms for a negotiated peace. So let President Obama assume victory if he wishes; at least President Netanyahu knows the real score, even if he’s more in need of a diet pill than our chief executive.

Ahmadinejad’s win has lesson for Franken

With the controversial, election-fraud-ridden victory over the weekend of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who won a second four-year term as president with an alleged 63 percent of the boat, it’s clear that Mr. Ahmadinejad has at least one lesson to share with Minnesota’s Al Franken: if you’re going to steal an election result – go big!

Franken’s ACORN-assisted election result is controversial because the election fraud perpetrated in his name was too modest, giving him a win of only a couple hundred votes. If Franken truly wanted to be Minnesota’s next undisputed U.S. senator, he would have fielded an Ahmadinejad-like win that put to rest all doubts that the fix was in.

Meanwhile, digital camcorders may be recording election fraud in Iran and Minnesota, but guess where the footage has the best chance of getting the camera man killed? Look to the west, young man…