Bush demands Israel's blood

WorldNetDaily ^ | November 22, 2003 | Mike Evans

[Tabi Katz]

Interesting article. The pander-o-meter does seem to surge when Blair enters the scene. Blair has been a good friend to the U.S., but he's no lover of Israel and all too eager to kiss Arab pitoot. Bush needs to stand his ground here.

[GrandmaPatriot]

What an inflammable headline this is.

[McGavin999]

God, am I ever sick of this over the top rhetoric. NO president has EVER supported Israel as much as Bush has and yet he is consistantly bashed, belittled, and insulted. This makes me absolutely sick!

[NetValue]

"Happy Thanksgiving! It's time to carve up the turkey. It is, however, customary to kill the bird and drain its lifeblood before serving it. I find it strangely coincidental that every time Tony Blair is in trouble over the Iraq war, Bush runs to the rescue by donating Israel's lifeblood!"

What hype! Establishing settlements and fencing off space are inflammatory acts not indicative of sincerity in achieving peace.

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Bush demands Israel's blood

He must be making pastries for the Palestinian children.

[TheBattman]

God, am I ever sick of this over the top rhetoric. NO president has EVER supported Israel as much as Bush has and yet he is consistantly bashed, belittled, and insulted. This makes me absolutely sick!

Well....if the shoe fits...

Seriously, if GW is to be believed as a supporter of Israel, he shouldn't make such inflamatory statements. Any leaning towards not allowing Israel to defend itself and it's citizens is anti-Israel - Period.

[Piranha]

I support Bush 99-44/100%. On Israel, he is pandering, either to Blair (whenever he is with him) or to the Arabist State Department.

There is no question in my mind there never has been a President of the US who was more understanding of the problems faced by Israel than President Bush. However, he also is the only President to ever call for the West Bank to be carved into a separate Palestinian state, thereby giving the Arab terrorists the message that...terrorism works.

The US has adopted many of the techniques used by Israel's army to defend its homeland, because they are successful. Yet whenever Israel does these things Bush sends out Colin Powell to condemn Israel for its actions. When Bush is with Tony Blair, he says these things himself.

Clinton also was a very pro-Israel President, but he was led by Shimon Peres and his friends to support the Oslo Accords, and he was horribly wrong, both in terms of the damage to Israel and also -- and more significantly -- in the damage to the US.

Israel is the canary in the coal mine. When Islamist terror affects Israel, and Israel is restrained from responding, it will hit the rest of the West. We in the US would be much better off if Bush took the handcuffs off of Sharon and let the Israeli government handle the palestinian Arab terrorists the way that it should.

[ml/nj]

NO president has EVER supported Israel as much as Bush has

Ever hear of Ronald Reagan?

I don't recall the Gipper calling for a Palestinian State.

ML/NJ

[Piranha]

Even Reagan went ballistic when Israel bombed the Osirak nuclear reactor (an action that subsequent presidents -- and his top aides -- later expressed gratitude for.

Reagan also bought into the story of Israel bombing a little child in Lebanon, until that story was proven to be a fake.

[HankReardon]

It is all Israel. There is and never was a nation named Palestine. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'd want to know.

[LarryM]

In my view, Bush is a craven appeaser willing to donate the blood of the last Jew to appease his Arab enemies. The people here stating that Bush is Israel's best friend must be smoking something. The only reason Yasser Arafat remains alive is because George Bush is protecting him. Bush is Arafat's guardian angel.

Imagine if Osama Bin Laden had a compound 5 miles from Washington, DC where he was plotting suicide attacks that killed thousands of Americans. If a third party tried to protect him, all hell would break loose.

The truth is that Bush is too weak to defend our country and has his lips surgically attached to the butt of the Saudi despot (just like his oil-stained daddy). Yes, the Rats are worse, but Bush is absolutely pitiful!

[ml/nj]

Even Reagan went ballistic when Israel bombed the Osirak nuclear reactor (an action that subsequent presidents -- and his top aides -- later expressed gratitude for.

Some things are said for public consumption. I think Reagan's comments about Osirak were made in that vein. I'm not sure what "subsequent presidents" praised the raid. Maybe you could enlighten me.

I keep hoping that some of Bush's comments (E.g. "religion of peace") have been made for public consumption, but unfortunately his actions (maybe not in regars to Israel) indicate that he might actually believe some of these things he has been saying.

ML/NJ

[cookcounty]

" "Israel should freeze settlement construction, dismantle unauthorized outposts, end the daily humiliation of the Palestinian people, and not prejudice final negotiations with the placement of walls and fences." " is it really all that inflammatory? Let's see:

"Israel should...

1. freeze settlement construction,
2. dismantle unauthorized outposts,
3. end the daily humiliation of the Palestinian people,
4. and not prejudice final negotiations with the placement of walls and fences." The only objection I would have is to (1) and (4), and really only 4 is a serious problem, yet even that is a bit ambiguous. Earlier Bush said that in principle, he has no problem with a wall on the greenline.

[Mo1]

This article is a bit over the edge

[HankReardon]

Is there something wrong with oil? And the man as a name, and it's not Bush's daddy.

[Piranha]

I couldn't find any direct quotes from George Bush I,Bill Clinton or our current President supporting the bombing of the Osirak reactor.

However, I did find a comment from Richard Cheney (VP, I know, not President) stating that Israel's bombing of Osirak made the 1991 Gulf War much more possible.

I also found a suggestion (but not primary material) that Clinton, in his 1992 campaign literature, supported the bombing of Osirak.

In addition, the bombing of Osirak clearly fits into George W. Bush's doctrine of pre-emption. Whether he would acknowledge this, of course, cuts to the core of what this thread is about.