Archive for September 13th, 2008
Hurricane Ike Red Cross Update
Red Cross shelter San Antonio
The figures are very fluid but, the latest tally follows:
They have opened about 155 shelters in Texas and Arkansas, sheltering nearly 20,000 people.
More than 100 mobile feeding trucks have been moved into Texas. That gives them the capacity to service half-a-million meals a day.
There are some 21-hundred disaster workers in Texas.
Palin Gets A Major Foreign Policy Issue Right
Getting it right
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been criticized by many, myself included, for her lack of foreign policy experience. But on one issue, she is showing an understanding and resolve that, if nothing else, should bring the Republican ticket votes.
On three occasions during her interview with ABC, Charles Gibson asked her whether she would support an Israeli strike on Iran. And on three occasions Palin said the United States should not second guess what Israel must do to secure itself as a nation.
Bravo.
This is not merely about Iran’s possible quest for nuclear weapons (we’ll know more about that on Monday when the IAEA issues its latest status report). It’s about U.S. interference in Israel’s security affairs in general.
It’s also a brilliant political move. Many Jews, even those who are otherwise left leaning, are concerned about Barack Obama’s changing stance toward Israel. First Obama said Jerusalem should be the undivided capital of Israel. Then when Palestinians complained, he took that back. It makes a lot of Jews nervous about whether Obama would really support Israel next time things hit the fan.
