Posted on 11/11/2009 5:32:01 PM PST by SJackson
The senior heads of the Quartet, including Pres. Obama, gutted the Road Map. The Road Map had at its core the principle of reciprocity. It required the Arabs to take certain steps to end the conflict (such as end incitement to war and dissolve terrorism), and that would require Israel in the next phase to make some concessions. The Quartet unilaterally declared specifically that reciprocity no longer is required. This means that the Arabs can stall, keep up their terrorism, while the Quartet would expect Israel to make concessions to people demonstrating disinterest in peace.
President Obama further unbalanced the agreement by no longer referring to UN Resolution 242 which called for just some Israeli withdrawal, but indicated he wanted a total withdrawal [without justifying it]. This contradicts former President Bush’s letter to former PM Sharon, stating that “…it was unrealistic to expect that Israel would withdraw from its large ‘population centers’ in the West Bank. This acknowledgment of the settlement blocs granted a portion of the settlements a degree of legitimacy that Obama's formal remarks denied.” Bush’s letter got bi-partisan congressional endorsement, including by Rep. Rahm Immanuel and Sen. Clinton [who now don’t remember it].
The Quartet statement also supports Palestinian Authority (P.A.) PM Fayed’s plan for establishing the institutions of statehood, without obligations on their part, but leaving the P.A. in a position to declare independence, or for the UN to do so, without having resolved the P.A. bases for having made war on Israel. The Quartet thus has removed P.A. incentives to negotiate fairly. It has given the P.A. an incentive to further work to de-legitimize Israel.
It is up to Israeli diplomats to insist on Israel’s rights and to retrieve the promises and guarantees made to it (www.imra.org.il, 10/2 from Jer. Post).
We see international perfidy against Israel. Israel should have rejected outside “mediation” in the first place. It cannot trust the U.S. or other foreign entities. They don’t keep their agreements. They prefer the terrorists. They have the double standard and arrogance to unilaterally change agreements, and demand that Israel adhere to its part in them and not that the Arabs do. Quartet policies are disastrous for Israel and beneficial for war.
Kind of ironic isn't it.
It doesn't help Israel though. I think they are figuring out they are on their own.
The Road Map had at its core the principle of reciprocity. It required the Arabs to take certain steps to end the conflict (such as end incitement to war and dissolve terrorism), and that would require Israel in the next phase to make some concessions. The Quartet unilaterally declared specifically that reciprocity no longer is required. This means that the Arabs can stall, keep up their terrorism, while the Quartet would expect Israel to make concessions to people demonstrating disinterest in peace. President Obama further unbalanced the agreement by no longer referring to UN Resolution 242 which called for just some Israeli withdrawal, but indicated he wanted a total withdrawal [without justifying it].
PING!
I could give my diplomatic response to the quartet with one finger.
Well, if you go into a small shop in Chicago with a baseball bat, you’ll get your protection money without having to swing at the merchandise displays. But if you try that on a combat veteran, you may be wearing the bat in an interesting place.
Thanks, mountn man!
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