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Ursprungligen postat av TrialByError
Det var väldigt länge sedan jag hörde någon använda uttrycket kvad.
Kanske du läser för lite goda gamla europeiska texter, vad vet jag?
Beowulfkvädet exempelvis:
http://www.foteviken.se/art_50_99/viking_art62b.htm
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Kanske att du kvider när vi andra samtalar?
Nej, jag mäler och kväder.

Andra får förstås mala och kvida om de känner att det är deras naturliga sätt att uttrycka sig.
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Exempelvis har USA pressat Israel att avsluta byggnation av bosättningar:
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Diplomacy/5305.htm
Detta gillas inte alls av ZOA:
http://www.zoa.org/pressrel2004/20040803b.htm
Condoleezza Rice har varit på besök ett par gånger för att sätta press på Israel samt donera lite pengar till Abbas:
http://www.jnewswire.com/library/article.php?articleid=429
Bush lovar att sätta press på Israel om Abbas avväpnar Hamas och andra terroristorganisationer:
http://english.people.com.cn/200505/30/eng20050530_187373.html
Behöver du mer exempel?
Nja, jag antar att du gjort ditt bästa för att hitta något, jag får väl söka själv...men det du funnit är minsann inte särskilt övertygande, spel för galleriet, snarare bevis för Bushregimens fullständiga impotens visavi Likudisrael. I och för sig mycket osannolikt att en "demokratisk" presidentregim i USA skulle ha mer handlingsutrymme samt vilja att verkligen "sätta press" på krigsförbrytaren Sharon och hans anhang (John Kerry? Wesley Clark? Joe Lieberman? - nej, det faller på sin egen orimlighet).
Härligt krigshetsande och moraliskt oantastliga människor träffas för att köra igenom the AIPAC Strategic Tour 2005

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http://press.arrivenet.com/pol/article.php/636011.html
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"---AIPAC Strategic Tour 2005: Iran's Path to the Bomb. (Convention Center, Hall C); A groundbreaking interactive multimedia display entitled: How Iran is Building a Bomb and How We Can Stop It. This unique experience will allow visitors to step inside the nuclear fuel cycle, tracing step-by-step the paths that Iran is taking in order to mislead the international community and assemble an atomic bomb. AIPAC experts will be on hand as viewers explore the implications of a nuclear Iran, and what can be done to prevent this eventuality. The one-of-a-kind Strategic Tour combines dramatic staging with sophisticated multimedia to create an unforgettable experience.---"
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"---"At a time of unprecedented challenge and opportunity for America's ally in the Middle East, the deep and abiding support for Israel in all quarters of American society is truly exemplified by this years conference," said AIPAC President Bernice Maocherian. "Support for Israel is not a Democratic value or a Republican value, it is an American :smart: value," she said.---"
Utrikesminister Shalom deklarerar vad som gäller - de gör som de vill (från din första länk):
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"---Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said settlement expansions "need not be done with drums and cymbals," but made clear that the Israeli government had no plans to reverse its plans to expand the Jerusalem satellite city of Ma'aleh Adumim.
"Essentially Israel views the settlement blocs as parts of Israel and therefore we stand by our opinion on this matter and I would say that our opinion is represented by most of the political streams in this country," he told Israel Radio.---"
I den tredje av dina länkar gnäller någon selot om att Abbas och palestinierna får amerikanskt bistånd...största delen av de i sammanhanget försumbara fickpengarna hamnar förmodligen som vanligt på korrupta PLO-arslens privatkonton...har ingen exakt summa, Abbas tiggde ju vilt om bistånd i våras:
http://wcbs880.com/topstories/topstories_story_145063306.html
Vad tror ärade debattörerna om nedanstående uppskattningar av totala amerikanska kostnader för att stödja den lilla bibliskt megalomana ockupationsstaten? Förlusterna i att ha vänt hela den islamska världen och en stor del av den europeiska kulturkretsen mot USA kan förstås inte mätas i dollar:
http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm
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"---Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S.
Aid to Israel
Grand Total
$84,854,827,200
Interest Costs Borne by U.S.
$49,936,680,000
Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers
$134,791,507,200
Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli
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http://www.bestandworst.com/53/should-supporting-israel-continue-53738.html
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"---Total cost of US support of Israel includes, in addition to direct aid ($247 billion), the collateral cost of aid to Jordan and Egypt ($164 bilion), the costs of "rescuing" Israel in 1973 ($750-$1050 billion), ad hoc costs such as loan guarantees, etc. ($106 billion), cost of attempts to protect the US from a repeat of the 1973 Oil Embargo (at least $381 billion), and the cost of using US military to defend autocratic regimes in the Persian Gulf ($40 billion).
This sum, $1.688 trillion, is still probably low. It is based on low-end estimates and it excludes many costs such as trade and jobs lost.
All this immense loss results either directly or indirectly from the US decision to support Israel's refusal to accept an equitable peace based on international law. This is a main source of Arab resentment towards the US and this resentment costs a lot of money. It adds up to at least $5,600 lost per US citizen -- the monetary price all US citizens pay for the inequity of the US government.---"
http://www.habtoor.com/thinkingclearly/html/issue21.htm
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"---For many years we have read that Israel separately receives $1.8 billion in military aid and $1.2 billion in economic aid. Both these figures are accurate, but since they are never combined with indirect funding and are often quoted separately, it gives a false impression of the total annual US aid to Israel.
The blame for this false impression lies with the mainstream media; none has bothered to investigate this suppression of the facts about the financial support Israel receives from America. Some would suggest this is pro-Israel bias. Others claim it is carelessness. The fact is, the American Congress gives more than a third of America’s foreign aid budget to a country smaller in both area and population than Hong Kong. This fact is never mentioned in the Senate and has gone on for more than 20 years.
The only members of the American Congress who are aware of the true figures or even suspect the total of US funding to Israel, are the Congress members who sit on the committees that allocate these funds. These committees have mainly Jewish members. Often these committee members have received huge campaign donations from Israel’s Washington lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).---"