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Former senator sounds off on the US' need to back up its key ally and protect its interests in the Middle East and the chances of a cease-fire
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I didn't Israel tonight -- -- state Hillary Clinton saying the US is pushing for a deal that moves towards a comprehensive peace for all people of the region.
Is that possible former senator Fred Thompson joins us you know I read then Obama hearts and I think why wouldn't that be great but it almost seems delusional -- we look at sort of the history and look at where we are.
You have we Israel.
Left goes and 2004.
Turned over to them you know felt like -- -- -- credit and international community felt like that.
-- my -- taken a step toward peace and reconciliation.
And of course they've been hitting missiles.
Loved Adam essentially -- sense.
Did very well may be that it would be best for them not to reach a ceasefire.
I hope we don't feel like that we should go in there and manufacture.
Some kind of a a ceasefire.
Because none of the underlying problems -- change.
The Hamas is sending their children and to dial in order to two to be able to kill -- innocent.
There's really children.
They feel like there and occupied territory by the Israelis that's not going to change.
We have devoted themselves in their lives to this endeavor to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
If they -- to stop.
Loving the missiles they're still going to have missiles underground they're still -- other tunnels are still going who have missiles pushed around enough.
Residential areas and all that pushed Obama over Iran and they're supplying.
The longer and longer and longer range missiles.
That can now -- terrorize Tel Aviv and almost reach Jerusalem.
They're still don't have the routes as you pointed out to get the missiles in there.
I'm afraid the Israelis are going to go in there with ground forces.
That their -- through some kind of controversies for our knowing all that framework is still there they're gonna have to go in and clean out the viper business.
Except for one -- in the human cost is tremendous just so happens we and then there's -- -- slaughter of so many innocent people for the Hamas terrorists in there.
There's no question about that.
But I wonder if you know all the attention is you know with our all our attention right now is in this narrow area but but without Iran be able to channel these weapons.
Two Hamas and without Egypt being complicit in in providing and the Sudan President Bush you're sitting at.
I wonder for you know for now looking farther down the chain of -- -- -- the world's attention should instead be on Iran because of me choke off their weapons.
Yeah you know there there arguing here that if you have a -- -- can't send Iraq there's.
Most personal solution was out.
Bring around them and compliance with the reason.
Do there's -- -- horizon to.
Think there's going to be the case what's most troubling even more so removed from the loss of life that you're talking about.
Is is the bigger picture -- -- you referred to is is rooted in and you were discussing.
And and then just.
We know recent history we have we have we have been -- Walsh Egypt I think we're still cinema billion dollars and have.
Every year but as they denounce around and so they wanna be I mean there's -- denounce Israel's really wanna be an honest broker.
Turkey used to be are stronger so on the area.
They've gone rogue on us now.
They're calling the Israelis terrorists.
We don't know what's -- -- happen in and Syria.
Hezbollah sitting up there to Israel's north.
Waiting.
They're turn -- occupied now and series.
But of course around his right hand them to Syria Hamas from the worst -- -- Hezbollah from the north.
And and the entire squeeze play is in his own way we've got we were pledged to defend Israel than their existence.
We have told Iran that they we will not let them -- nuclear weapons.
Obviously the don't go down there -- is.
Is important to have some from energy central.
Vital interest there and yet who the situation seems to be getting worse as we kind of step back.
And just Connell at all that take care of itself -- -- losing out.
But did that but I have 200 I was in Sudan an -- and president Bashir is torturing and killing his people.
And it's just unbelievable he's good and he is the guy.
The Sudan who has its munitions factory that they suspect a song by Iran that that that the Israelis just took out about a month ago.
He's the one was alone in -- assemble these rockets to go to Egypt.
To go in to Gaza.
And he was given a state visit to essentially state visit by president -- two months ago when he should've been indicted the many stepped out of this country because he's under indictment for genocide for the dark for windows all these -- here of all these horrible people and -- looks the other way.
And there's some concessions.
You know big picture of -- -- -- -- as the expression of the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.
All of this is about Obama I think is Hamas warning to give their -- attention where players to along with Hezbollah.
And we want to speak -- on behalf of the Islamic radicals.
In this country and what it.
But because if Iraq can supply -- they be cut off.
I mean that say yes they they can't -- -- -- hooked up and not only is that not happening but around the apparently continues toward a nuclear capability.
When that happens Saudi Arabia is going to have a nuclear capabilities every other country in the gulf area is going to be thinking about.
Developing -- than the situation to see today's going to be child's play compared to what it'll be like there.
Senate have more good news -- -- Thanksgiving.
I'd say thank you senator it is Thanksgiving.
And today that --
