Israel/Palestine

Redfairen

(1,276 posts) Sat Feb 16, 2013, 08:56 PM Feb 2013

Rubio embarks on trip to Israel and Jordan

Republican rising star Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) departed for the Middle East on Saturday, beginning a journey that could do much to burnish the possible 2016 presidential candidate's foreign policy credentials.

Rubio will visit Israel and Jordan and will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad and Jordan's King Abdullah.

His trip comes as Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to visit the region in his inaugural trip in his new position, and ahead of President Obama's first trip to Israel in March.

“America's friendship with Israel is a truly special one, and we must continue to do all we can to support this beacon of democracy, religious freedom and free enterprise in the heart of an unstable region,” Rubio said in a statement announcing his trip.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/283599-rubio-embarks-on-trip-to-middle-east

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Rubio embarks on trip to Israel and Jordan (Original Post) Redfairen Feb 2013 OP

Does anybody else get the impression........ rdharma Feb 2013 #1

Israel trips locks Feb 2013 #2

Hence - the reason for his ill timed trip. Control-Z Feb 2013 #4

So any bets on whether he'll make a bigger A** of himself than Mittens when he went? CAG Feb 2013 #3

Funny, I was thinking Control-Z Feb 2013 #5

There is an awkwardly placed drink of water on a table in Tel Aviv R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2013 #6

How is it supposed to "burnish his credentials"? And with whom? Scootaloo Feb 2013 #7

It demeans the prayer. nt delrem Feb 2013 #8

rdharma

(6,057 posts)

1. Does anybody else get the impression........

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:12 PM

Feb 2013

...... that Rubio is trying a bit TOO HARD to fit in with the crazy righties?

locks

(2,012 posts)

2. Israel trips

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:33 PM

Feb 2013

I see tonite on FOX our favorite "Christian" Mike Huckabee is in Israel and saying that Obama should pull Hagel's nomination since he hates Israel. This is a terrible time for people like Rubio and Huckabee to be spouting the lie that Israel is the only democratic state in the Mideast and our only friend. And that all Muslims and Islamic states should be condemned by the US. It puts Kerry and Obama in a terrible bind on their coming trip.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

4. Hence - the reason for his ill timed trip.

Reply to locks (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 10:01 PM

Feb 2013

" It puts Kerry and Obama in a terrible bind on their coming trip." It IS what the republicans live for, after all. Though, I do expect it to backfire.

CAG

(1,820 posts)

3. So any bets on whether he'll make a bigger A** of himself than Mittens when he went?

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:53 PM

Feb 2013

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

5. Funny, I was thinking

Reply to CAG (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 10:05 PM

Feb 2013

the exact same thing. Rubio appears to be the republican's clown du jour.

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

6. There is an awkwardly placed drink of water on a table in Tel Aviv

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:58 AM

Feb 2013

so he is going over to be in reaching distance.

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

7. How is it supposed to "burnish his credentials"? And with whom?

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 02:23 AM

Feb 2013

Didn't work out too well for this loser, after all:

...As a side thought, do you think the people who go to the wall to actually, y'know, pray there get sick and tired of American politicians stopping by for photo ops every three days? I mean really, here's a Mormon, in a kippa, a crowd of photographers around him snapping away... I dunno, the whole thing just seems ridiculous to me.

delrem

(9,688 posts)

8. It demeans the prayer. nt

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 02:32 AM

Feb 2013

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