Posted on 01/02/2009 8:11:47 AM PST by F15Eagle
Edited on 01/02/2009 8:15:11 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused the militant Hamas organization of holding the people of Gaza hostage Friday and said the United States continues to seek a "durable and sustainable" cease-fire.
Speaking to reporters in the White House driveway after a meeting with President George W. Bush, Rice also said that the United States remains "very concerned about the situation there and is working very hard with our partners around the world."
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The only way to solve this is let it go...let one side beat the bejeezus out of the other side. Then you negotiate. This wont be over no matter what. How many ceasefires have there been since 1948?
Why does the Abbas government have no power to stop this? Why is no one concerened about that? Why is is always Israel that is the problem?
There’s a remote chance she’s just paying lip-service but given her history I tend to be a bit skeptical.
She’s still pushing the Saudi’s Annapolis “peace plan”.
But at least she’s blaming Hamas publicly.
No kidding. Stay out of it and let the Israelis clean out that rat hole. Where were all of these people when the rockets were being launched over the past three years? That was the time to jump up and down for a ceasefire.
What the Israelis are doing now is orchestrating a REAL ceasefire. Just give them a little more time.
Isn’t Rice the one that brokered the deal to give Gaza to the Palis?
You better hurry, Condi. You only have 17.5 days.
Then, it’s Hillary’s.
Sure would be cheaper than all the high tech stuff that's being used right now to assure a minimum of collateral damage as the IDF tries to blunt the Hammas attacks.
Talk about proportional response, that would be it exactly. Surely no one could complain about this approach. </sarc>
Agreed. Israel needs to terminate Hamas leadership, rocket factories and launching positions with extreme prejudice. It’s the only thing islamic terrorists understand.
Fatah had no problem killing Joooooos but Hamas killed them quite easily in Gaza.
A ceasefire is nothing but an opportunity for Hamas to regroup, rearm, recruit, and come back stronger than ever down the road. Israel should settle for nothing except unconditional victory and Condi Rice should butt the hell out.
I do believe that is correct. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
Disgraceful.
Absolutely correct. Hamas would declare “victory” in “repelling the Zionist forces”.
Crush Hamas, Israel. God said He would make you like torches of fire and devour the people round about.
Zechariah 12:6 NKJV
In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile,
and like a fiery torch in the sheaves;
they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left,
but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place—Jerusalem.
So we can have an Israeli surrender engineered by Rice or by Hillary. The only question will be how much money the US sends the Palestinians to help them re-arm.
In some cases, the only "sustainable cease-fire" is when one side is utterly destroyed, therefore unable to begin firing again.
Muslims have shown themselves to be in this category.
Time to enjoy your retirement and let Israel "handle" the "cease fire."
When the people "firing" at you are dead, there is a natural "cease fire."
The lies about the "peace process" is meaningless and only harms Israel.
The U.S. and our Allies, during WWII, didn't invoke a "peace process" or negotiate a "cease fire" with Germany or Japan. We bombed our enemies until THEY held up the white flag and agreed to surrender.
That is the only way "peace" is achieved and enemies(terrorists) want only to WIN not take a "time out," "recess" to "play nice." Sure that may pretend that's what they are doing. It usually means they're out of ammo and need to arrange for some additional terrorists to join in the fight to the death and bring along more ammo and firepower.
Nobody in the State Dept. understands this anymore, as it appears that nobody in all of DC and especially the White House either understands or cares - it's only Israel and Jews (right now.)
That's when you cease-fire. That's how peace is created: when your enemies are thoroughly convinced that aggression on their part will result in their own destruction.
Whoever it was: Big Mistake. I remember seeing footage of the Palis destroying everything that had been established. I also wonder if the election that gave control to Hamas was anything close to honest. (Rhetorical.)
Agreed. Condi needs to wish ‘em good luck, tell ‘em “we’re all counting on you” and go have a tall cold one.
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As as been stated, the creation of a palestinian state is the cornerstone of our foreign policy. And Hamas deserves it's little piece too.
Didn’t Jimmy Carter certify that election?
Did U. S. recently send 85 Million to Palis?
Oh well, now we know it was legit. /s
With Yellowstone’s super caldera rumbling...now is no time to mess with Israel (if you know what I mean...).
Yep. Israel is totally justified.
Hamas need only look in the mirror.
Hey Condi and neo cons-—you wanted “democracy” in Muslim societies—You got it.
Butt out.
Upwards of $600 million to the palestinians,but the $85 million bump was for UNWRA, we pay a third of the UNWRA budget, but we don’t count it as aid to palestinians.
The interesting question, how does she negotiate a ceasefire with Hamas when we claim we don’t talk to Hamas? Little bit of a fib there.
STFU Condi, you’ve done enough.
Nobody's listening, nobody thinks anything of you, nobody cares. Go home honey, and let the adults sort things out.
You tell ‘em cabbage, you got the head! LOL
Happy New Year Tony! Good to see you!
MKJ
It's starting out great, isn't it?
Obama's Senate seat for sale fiasco.
Israel at war with Iranian surrogates in Gaza.
No sun spots foretelling killer winters.
Yellowstone super-volanco about to destroy America.
And the year is only 2 days old! At least we can count on Condi keeping us safe...
Condiloser wants her legacy..
Peace in the middle east will not come until Islamic fanaticism has been destroyed... This may require the death of millions of “believers” and supporters of Jihad..
At present, Muslims think of Jihad as Muslims killing infidels..
Their view of Jihad did not include the reality of the “infidels” killing them....
They really need to see that the sword of war has TWO edges - and cuts in both directions...
You have to wonder when the Condi Rice’s of the world will wake up to the fact its a War of Annihilation, in slow motion.
Nobody screams in outrage when 6,000 rockets indiscriminately fall on Israel.
But let one kid get injured, let alone killed, in the Gaza Strip and all hell breaks loose.
My view is pretty simple. The Israeli’s should continue until there isn’t anything left to bomb, then bounce the rumble.
They may move in the next 12 hours or so. Guess we’ll see.
All of Hamas leadership and weapons, weapons factories must be utterly destroyed.
Dear Condi ... Shut up and BUTT OUT! We’ve tried your “Cease Fires” and they haven’t worked. TRY MY CEASE FIRE PLAN... “Keep shooting until ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER CANNOT Keep Shooting. THAT is a CEASE FIRE that will WORK!!”
I don’t see how the Israeli’s have any other choice. Of course, as we’ve seen, you can’t predict what Olmert might do.
I don’t see how the Israeli’s have any other choice. Of course, as we’ve seen, you can’t predict what Olmert might do.
Because nobody there likes him. He and his Fatah terrorist party were soundly thrashed in elections, which is how Ham-ass took over in Gaza.
The only reason he gets to act like a big shot is because our government props up his fool ass, as some sort of "better" alternative to the outright terrrorists in Ham-ass.
Actually, from what I do know about the Palis, if anything, the Ham-ass support was undercounted. They wanted the overt terrorists (as opposed to the faux statesmen of Fatah) and they knew exactly what Ham-ass is all about. It had nothing to do with Fatah being corrupt, blahblahblah.
You’ve got that right!
accused the militant Hamas organization of holding the people of Gaza hostage...any word from Condi on the Black Panthers in Philly on election night?
Heard a sound clip this a.m.: UGH.
Where is her faith in The One? The kumbaya kid will bring peace on earth here shortly.
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