Talk:Ehud Barak

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There is a picture of a vagina where his picture should be. I doubt his face is really a vagina. Somebody should correct that little bit of vandalism.

There was no quote, on that page stephen - just a excerpt from the quote - and it does not contradict the direct quote. Still, I admit, its not very flattering, if that what you meant to say...-Stevert

The quote on the page says "behave like crocodiles", which is much less inflamatory. It may be necessary to know the original Hebrew to see if there's been a mistranslation. --Stephen C. Carlson

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I feel the quotes for Barak and other Israeli leaders are intetionally biased (see also Moshe Katsav and Ariel Sharon). This is especially discordant in Barak's case, since he's a leftist and often expressed with sympathy to the Palestinians. I will add the following quote which somewhat proves my point:

"If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations." --Yunis 21:26, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

You can add as many quotes as you want, just don't remove any.Yuber^(talk) 23:39, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Except, of course, if they come from dubious sources known to promote hoax quotations, or for many other good reasons. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:47, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

I've removed the quotations - in such a short article as this, giving brief, out of context quotations is bound to be misleading and unencyclopedic. john k 20:39, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] source of quotations

All 3 quotations are from SocialistViewpoint. The first line of their statement (Who We Are) reads:

The Socialist Workers Organization was formed to advance the revolutionary Marxist political program in the United States.

In the absence of any independent sourcing for this material, I think it must be considered propaganda and should be removed. Telliott 19:08, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Correction

"Barak" means "lightning" in Hebrew, not "thunder". I edited it on the page, but the citation is incorrect as well. I'm not sure how people want to handle that.