Juan Vargas

I think this is the issue of religious liberty. We are not talking about people who are radical Muslims here.

Thus, in light of the realities on the ground and Hamas' unwillingness to accept peace, I fully support Israel's ongoing operation to destroy Hamas' terror infrastructure.

I want to add my voice to those that have commented how this committee... is led by you and Ranking Member Engel in a bipartisan way for the betterment of our country and our allies around the world.

It is genocide. And there has been a failure both on the Bush administration and now on the part of the Obama administration in speaking out clearly about this genocide against Christians.

No. It is clear that Hamas doesn't want peace. It doesn't want reconciliation. It does not want coexistence. It wants only the total demise of Israel.

I have been very skeptical of this process from the beginning. I think that we are negotiating with a regime that has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons program.

I really appreciate the statement that you gave about Israel. And many of us who are devote Christians have a very strong feeling for the State of Israel and its people.

I kind of believe in that same issue of this frog and the scorpion. I think that they do want to sting.

Israel has the right and really the moral obligation to defend itself. It can't sit idle as missiles rain down on their citizens.

I hope it is not inevitable that Iran would get nuclear weapons because, unfortunately, I think that they would use them.

Either you do away with your nuclear program completely--no enrichment, no ability to create a nuclear weapon--or we continue down this path of sanctions.

I have been very sceptical of this interim agreement. I think it was a bad deal.

I think the sanctions program was working.

Where is the Muslim outrage?

But at the same time, it seems, if there was more outrage in the Muslim world, there would be more pressure to try to find these guys and rescue these girls, and there doesn't seem to be.

I just want to bring that up because it has been a very important bank for a lot of the issues that confront poor neighborhoods and poor areas along the border.

He served our country very honorably, and unfortunately he is now in prison in Mexico for about a month.

But this poor Marine, he inadvertently crossed, I mean, in no way, shape, or form is he a drug trafficker, a gun trafficker.

I hope you can. Again, it seems like a very unfortunate situation that happens quite often.

Obviously you need more infrastructure in San Ysidro.

I believe it is his mother.

Israel has done more than any nation should have to do to try to achieve peace.

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