Meir Culpa
June 5, 2008 at 3:43 am
Hillary Clinton speaking to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Wednesday:
Let me leave you with just this glimpse of why America matters and why AIPAC matters. In her memoir, one of my personal heroines, Golda Meir, wrote about the wonderful moment 60 years ago when Israel joined the family of nations and America stood at her side.
Here’s what she wrote: “A few minutes after midnight, my phone rang. It had been ringing all evening and, as I ran to answer it, I wondered what bad news I would hear now.”
The news couldn’t have been worse than this phone call…
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