Bill Clinton says he would die for IsraelIn Toronto speech, former president pledges to defend Jewish state.NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton, who avoided the Vietnam War, told Jewish supporters in Toronto that he would fight and die to protect Israel if Iraq ever invaded."I would personally get in a ditch, grab a rifle, and fight and die," Clinton said to cheers at a Hadassah children's charity fund-raising dinner this week. His comments were first reported in the Toronto Star.
>>17277943You should have told him: "don't bullshit a bullshitter."
List (which doesn't include lower staff levels) of Jews in Clinton administration. (updated 1/4/1998): Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State) | Robert Rubin (Secretary of Treasury) | William Cohen (Secretary of Defense) | Dan Glickman (Secretary of Agriculture) | George Tenet (CIA Chief) | Samuel Berger (Head National Security Council) | Evelyn Lieberman (Deputy Chief of Staff) | Stuart Eizenstat (Under Secretary of State) | Charlene Barshefsky (U.S. Trade Representative) | Susan Thomases (Aide to First Lady) | Joel Klein (Assistant Attorney General) | Gene Sperling (National Economic Council) | Ira Magaziner (National Health Care) | Peter Tarnoff (Deputy Secretary of State) | Alice Rivlin (Economic Advisory) | Janet Yellen (Chairwoman, National Economic Council) | Rahm Emanuel (Policy Advisor) | Doug Sosnik (Counsel to President) | Jim Steinberg (Deputy to National Security Chief) | Jay Footlik (Special Liason to the Jewish Community; no other group has a special liason) | Robert Nash (Personal Chief) | Jane Sherburne (President's Lawyer) | Mark Penn (Asia Expert to NEC) | Sandy Kristoff (Health Care Chief) | Robert Boorstin (Communications Aide) | Keith Boykin (Communications Aide) | Jeff Eller (Special Assistant to Clinton) | Tom Epstein (Health Care Adviser) | Judith Feder (National Security Council) | Richard Feinberg (Assistant Secretary Veterans) | Hershel Gober (Food and Drug Administration) | Steve Kessler (White House Counsel) | Ron Klein (Assistant Secretary Education) | Madeleine Kunin (Communications Aide) | David Kusnet (Dept. AIDS Program) | Margaret Hamburg (Dir. Press Conferences) | Many Grunwald (Liason to Jewish Leaders) | Karen Adler (Dir. State Dept. Policy) | Samuel Lewis (National Security Council) | Stanley Ross (National Security Council) | Dan Schifter (Director Peace Corps.)
I honestly wish he was more dedicated to Israel. Imagine how good life would be if he went into Tel Aviv after Rabin was shot and started blasting Likud.
