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Psychoblues
10-19-2008, 04:34 AM
Maybe Armeggedon is farther away than many of you Palin worshippers believe?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

Source: Ha'aretz

President George W. Bush announced a decision over the weekend to exempt the citizens of seven more countries from the need to apply for U.S. visas; Israel was not among the seven.

The U.S. is also supporting the same measure for an additional six countries - Israel, again, is not one of them. The countries that received the exemptions are Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and South Korea.

The six additional countries on the road to visa exemption are Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Romania. Several of these countries have assisted the U.S. in its war on terror, particularly in activities in Afghanistan.

Despite the special relationship between Israel and the U.S., the latter has refused Israel's requests in recent years to expedite visa exemptions. Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit made an official request on the matter two weeks ago when he met in Washington two weeks ago with Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.............

More: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029679.html

Perhaps we can pray for the rapture in another vein or circumstance?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!


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