Posted on 09/07/2004 1:05:00 PM PDT by yonif
Secretary of State Colin Powell disapproved on Tuesday of an Israeli helicopter attack on a Hamas training camp in Gaza. "Retaliation is not a solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said.
Powell said the way out of the conflict is to implement a road map for peacemaking proposed jointly by the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia.
Unfortunately, Powell said at a news conference, Palestinian leaders have not taken control of all Palestinian security groups to crack down on violence.
Powell has called in the past for uprooting Hamas, the Palestinian terror group that has claimed responsibility for bombings in Israel, including two attacks on buses last week in Beersheba that killed 16 and wounded over 100.
But his remarks Tuesday suggested he looked to the Palestinian Authority rather than Israel to put the group out of business.
Asked about Israel's raid on the Hamas training camp in Gaza that killed at least 15 and wounded 30 others, Powell said, "I don't think they (retaliatory raids) are very helpful. The situation is very tragic."
He again praised an offer by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to remove all 7,500 Jews who live there and the troops that protect them from Gaza as well a handful of Jewish settlements on the West Bank as an opportunity to get started on peacemaking.
Powell called on Palestinian leaders to respond with measures designed to improve security.
Israeli retaliation "is not a solution to the problems we face in the region," he said.
Another report.
How did Powell ever make it in the armed forces? nothing worse than a soldier who won't fight.
Powell, we don't negoiate with terrorists
I hope our next Secretary of State does not let the career diplomats lead him around by the nose as does Powell. When I read the report about the US urging Putin to negotiate with the Chechnyans, I thought it must be a mistake by the media. After reading this report, I understand completely.
With that kind of language Powell is on the verge of painting himself as an anti-Semite and terror-weenie.
How about asking the terrorists nicely to be good boys and girls? ....Or just giving in to their demands for as much land as they want? < /sarc >
God, I hope Powell leaves after Bush is re-elected.
Newt for SecState!
So how does Powell want to deal with a camp like this? Through zoning laws?
One could say the US should not have retaliated after 9/11. Israel has a 9/11 every other day.
Powell was the wrong man for the job. He was the wrong man for the job when he worked for the first Bush. He should have been allowed to retire into obscurity where he belongs.
So we can hit terrorist training camps, but no one else can?
So how are we supposed to fight terrorists, Mr. Secretary? With SPITBALLS?
Colon Bowell (spit)...
Powell, we don't negoiate with terrorists""
I respect Colin Powell for his years of military service.
I will never vote for him in a higher position than he currently occupies.
He projects a tone of appeasement that bothers me when the whole world is dealing with terrorism. "The PA hasn't done enough" to stop Hamas. BS- The PA is the kickstarter of Hamas. They have funded it, opened doors of supply for Hamas, and done nothing except LIP SERVICE in the effort to take down Hamas once and for all.
Arafat is been a double speak master since he got out of diapers. There is only one solution for Hamas and the PA and Arafat. They will all have to be eradicated for the world to even start thinking about peace. The sooner the better.
Powell knows he's goner for the second term so he's reverting back to his old lefty appeaser ways.
You know very well how he rose in the ranks.
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Powell is just a bone for the Left, nothing more...
Secretary of State Colin Powell disapproved on Tuesday of an Israeli helicopter attack on a Hamas training camp in Gaza. "Retaliation is not a solution"
He again praised an offer by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to remove all 7,500 Jews who live there
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