What's the capital of Israel?

[Big Black Dog]

What's the capital of Israel?

New York City.

 

[SniperFire]

Obama is a terrorist.

 

[Plasmaball]

No there is more to it than that. He talked about "our policy" WTF does that mean? He could have said Jerusalem, NEXT!!!!!!!! but he didnt, why?

because the question was beneath him and annoyances don't deserve an answer. He was very nice to those people in not having them escorted out by security for disrupting a white house function with their assinine behavior. About the only thing this shows is the white house is treating the right with far more respect than they deserve.

No. Because the White House is full of pussies who are in line with the Pussie in Chief and they are too busy spitting in the eye of a major and strategic ally.

Damn pussies always squirting you when you least expect it...

What a dumb topic,naturally this would get you loons up in a tizzy..

 

[tererun]

So the white house press guy doesn't want to answer completely pointless questions meant to disrupt a news conference? I don't blame him for ignoring the useless loudmouth twits in regards to their pointless question that seems to be way out of context. There comes a certain point when the person in the front just has to ignore the rabble and let them make the stupid assumptions they wish.

If only they ignored disruptive twats more often we might get something done.

Oh, and the only people who admitted to not knowing the capital was the woman who was playing a game and the loud guy next to her. If it was geography class and the teacher ignored the question there might be a point, but this is a damned white house press conference, and not a college class. Go back to your office and google it, don't waste the white houses time asking them for geography lessons.

You don't get the point, why am I not surprised?

no matter how much i drink or how many times I wack my head with a hammer i still cannot sink to your level of insanity. It is a failing of mine to not see a twisted and really stupid point of view, and i guess i will just have to live with being too smart to understand the retards.

She was not asking because she wanted to disrupt a news conference, she wanted an explanation of the official White House position on the capital of Israel.

Is there some reason for them to suspect obama has new policy? Aftyer 3 and a half years of the same thing should we be worried that all of a sudden obama is going to forget everything he has done and start doing something completely new despite never having mentioned it? This is the same irrational fear and bullshit where the right claims obama is going to take our guns despite supporting america's gun rights. There is no base to the question, and here is nothing behind it.

That is a politically loaded question because Israel claims Jerusalem is the capital, but the UN refuses to recognize it as such, they insist it is Tel Aviv. That is why Carney responded "Our position remains unchanged."

if the point of the question was to point out the political disagreements between the world and isreal then they should have made a question about that. The topic should also be much different than the claim that trhe Obama admin doesn't know what the capital of isreal is. Are you really trying to imply that the Obama administration has no idea about the social and political problems with isreal after 4 years? If that is the question, then the goal of the entire thing is far more sinister as an attempt to provoke a negative reaction which could destabalize the area and situation with isreal further. It is bad enough the right is calling for the republican house to trash the economy over obamacare, but to outright promote a war is just fucking stupid. I was waiting for someone to go down that road and put it flat out that the right deliberately is trying to get the white house to make a comment that is offensive to one side or the other and destroy US relations and provoke war.

That is you geography lesson for the day.

Please do not assume that you know what i do, or that you have the mental capacity to avoid such traps. I have generally found with your type it is best to back you into the corner and then pounce after you admit to the bullshit you are pulling. really, to promote a conflict in the middle east just because you want Obama to make a gaffe is downrigh dangerous, and it is a shitty thing to do.

By the way, Jay Carney's entire job is dealing with the press, even the twats. He gets paid to do it, and has absolutely nothing else to do. Him fielding stupid questions is not going to slow Obama down on anything he wants to do, including playing golf.

Yes, and he did a good thing by not walking into the right's trap and dismissing the idiots who were trying to stir up violence for their own gain. that is exactly what he is supposed to do. Deflect the question and have obama deal with the world leaders through his position and not through the distortion of the right wing press. He didn't succumb to their taunts that he was ignorant, and he answered their question with the only real answer available for such a short interview. Really, could he have addressed the multitude of concerns and nuances of the issue of isreal with a soundbite? no, and he probably would not be the person to do it either. That answer, if given to the press, should come from Obama.

Nice to see someone on the left showing their usual respect for the female gender.

I think you should be aware of my position on the female gender. Wow, that does work well for really assinine comments.

 

[tererun]

What's the capital of Israel?

New York City.

no no, stonybrook is the capital of no isreal, or as most people know it Long Island.

 

[sealadaigh]

I never knew there was an international problem with their capital till this post, and thats totally why obamas guy wouldnt answer the question. Thanks for the thread, it brought something to my attention that i didnt know. He should have said what side obama was, but they are too scared to be firm. Socialism first, truth last.

the question was improper and impolite and designed to trash obama needlessly. it embarrassed the office of the presidency on what is sure to be an international stage. furthermore, the jewish woman (BBC News America) knew the answer to the question and jay carney correctly stated the answer.

not one single president since truman has recognised al quds/jerusalem as the capital of israel. before truman, it was not a state. the fate of al quds/jerusalem is rightfully relegated to the final status negotiations. israel has consistently refused to negotiate that final status on some pretext or another since what seems like forever. some are fooled. i am not. the reason for such delay is to build more settlements on the west bank and erase any possibility of a viable palestinian state.

now i a going to sat something, and i am sure every single one of you will disagree with me. i imagine you have already. what i have said above is genocide according to the 1948 UN convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, whose signatories include the USA and israel.

history will record that. i do not want this country, that i served in the u.s. army in the sixties and that my son is serving now in the u.s. navy, to be any way complicit in such atrocities. this is no time to continue playing politics with the lives of israeli and palestinian children at stake.

only two countries around the world recognise al quds/jerusalem as the capital of israel, el salvador and guatamala.

 

[konradv]

It's a sensitive issue, that Israel could easily defuse by giving the Palestinians E.Jerusalem. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

 

[WillowTree]

So the white house press guy doesn't want to answer completely pointless questions meant to disrupt a news conference? I don't blame him for ignoring the useless loudmouth twits in regards to their pointless question that seems to be way out of context. There comes a certain point when the person in the front just has to ignore the rabble and let them make the stupid assumptions they wish.

If only they ignored disruptive twats more often we might get something done.

Oh, and the only people who admitted to not knowing the capital was the woman who was playing a game and the loud guy next to her. If it was geography class and the teacher ignored the question there might be a point, but this is a damned white house press conference, and not a college class. Go back to your office and google it, don't waste the white houses time asking them for geography lessons.

What's he trying to hide?

 

[konradv]

What's he trying to hide?

He's avoiding a set-up that would inflame the ME debate. The questioner knew full well that the Palestinians never accepted Israel's unilateral move. Of course, if they gave up E.Jerusalem, that could solve a big problem. Israel, for one, wouldn't have to administer a largely Palestinian area.

 

[SniperFire]

It's a sensitive issue, that Israel could easily defuse by giving the Palestinians E.Jerusalem. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There are naive posts, and then there are extraordinarily ignorant posts.

Israel defuses nothing with giveaways.

 

[Contumacious]

Only been the capital of Israel for nearly 3000 years.

Is that right?

So Israel wasn't created in 1949 after they invaded Palestine, and terrorized its residents since , 1925 ?!?!?!?!!?

So Israel wasn't created when David Ben-Gurion "donated" 2.5 millions to the Truman presidential campaign?

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[konradv]

It's a sensitive issue, that Israel could easily defuse by giving the Palestinians E.Jerusalem. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There are naive posts, and then there are extraordinarily ignorant posts.

Israel defuses nothing with giveaways.

If the Palestinians start anything, their whole leadership would be just on the other side of town. I'm sure they'd think twice, when faced with the Israeli military.

 

[Plasmaball]

Only been the capital of Israel for nearly 3000 years.

Is that right?

So Israel wasn't created in 1949 after they invaded Palestine, and terrorized its residents since , 1925 ?!?!?!?!!?

So Israel wasn't created when David Ben-Gurion "donated" 2.5 millions to the Truman presidential campaign?

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Shhhhh don't annoy the religious nut with facts.

 

[Contumacious]

It's a sensitive issue, that Israel could easily defuse by giving the Palestinians E.Jerusalem. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There are naive posts, and then there are extraordinarily ignorant posts.

Israel defuses nothing with giveaways.

If the Palestinians start anything, their whole leadership would be just on the other side of town. I'm sure they'd think twice, when faced with the Israeli military.

Incorrect.

They would face the US Government who subsidizes the Israeli war machine.

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[konradv]

There are naive posts, and then there are extraordinarily ignorant posts.

Israel defuses nothing with giveaways.

If the Palestinians start anything, their whole leadership would be just on the other side of town. I'm sure they'd think twice, when faced with the Israeli military.

Incorrect.

They would face the US Government who subsidizes the Israeli war machine.

Whatever! I'm suggesting a solution to a problem, not engaging in old fights.

 

[SayMyName]

I thought it was Brooklyn?

 

[JoeB131]

So the white house press guy doesn't want to answer completely pointless questions meant to disrupt a news conference? I don't blame him for ignoring the useless loudmouth twits in regards to their pointless question that seems to be way out of context. There comes a certain point when the person in the front just has to ignore the rabble and let them make the stupid assumptions they wish.

If only they ignored disruptive twats more often we might get something done.

Oh, and the only people who admitted to not knowing the capital was the woman who was playing a game and the loud guy next to her. If it was geography class and the teacher ignored the question there might be a point, but this is a damned white house press conference, and not a college class. Go back to your office and google it, don't waste the white houses time asking them for geography lessons.

No there is more to it than that. He talked about "our policy" WTF does that mean? He could have said Jerusalem, NEXT!!!!!!!! but he didnt, why?

Because ownership of Jerusalem is in dispute, dumbass, and we can't see being a fair broker if we take sides in that dispute.

Eventually, Israel is going to have to give parts of Jerusalem back to the Arabs.

 

[Contumacious]

I thought it was Brooklyn?

actually, is further south:

Washington, DC

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[konradv]

So the white house press guy doesn't want to answer completely pointless questions meant to disrupt a news conference? I don't blame him for ignoring the useless loudmouth twits in regards to their pointless question that seems to be way out of context. There comes a certain point when the person in the front just has to ignore the rabble and let them make the stupid assumptions they wish.

If only they ignored disruptive twats more often we might get something done.

Oh, and the only people who admitted to not knowing the capital was the woman who was playing a game and the loud guy next to her. If it was geography class and the teacher ignored the question there might be a point, but this is a damned white house press conference, and not a college class. Go back to your office and google it, don't waste the white houses time asking them for geography lessons.

No there is more to it than that. He talked about "our policy" WTF does that mean? He could have said Jerusalem, NEXT!!!!!!!! but he didnt, why?

Because ownership of Jerusalem is in dispute, dumbass, and we can't see being a fair broker if we take sides in that dispute.

Eventually, Israel is going to have to give parts of Jerusalem back to the Arabs.

Don't really see why they'd want to administer a Palestinian area and with the government just across town, it'd be easier to keep an eye on them.

 

[konradv]

The real question that should have been asked was something along the lines of whether or not Isreal is a country or does the land belong to Palestinians.

Seriously, that little strip of land has never been under rule by Palestinians. It has always been controlled by some other empire other than the inhabitants. Hell, the Ottaman Empire controlled the land for 300 years until Britain gained control after WW 1.

Relevancy? Belarus, Slovenia, Slovakia and Moldova were never independent countries until the 20th century, either.