Bush invites Abbas to White House

Haaretz ^ | 10/01/2005

[IAF ThunderPilot]

Freepers, what do you think about it?

[AppyPappy]

Chamberlain met with Hitler.

[IAF ThunderPilot]

Ping!!!

[asformeandformyhouse]

Freepers, what do you think about it?

I've always hated their music.

[weenie]

Ping.

[conservativebabe]

Abbas, Arrafat, what's the difference?

[The Lumster]

Abbas is the one in the nice suit

[IAF ThunderPilot]

I have only one thing to say about it:

"The Palestinian people have already demonstrated their commitment to democracy," Straw told a news conference."

-Hitler used the democracy as a tool in order to take control over Germany with the Nazism.
He succeeded.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Well, then, they'd better have a bowl of THESE:

out when he visits!!

[Convert from ECUSA]

Feh! Bush doesn't speak for many Americans. I wouldn't invite Abbas to a sewer-cleaning contest. I expect Bush and Company will start putting real pressure on Israel. This looks too much like Munich in 1938.

Churchill warned then that it was suicide to undermine a strategic ally. Nobody listened to him then, and I don't think anyone is listening how. Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. IMO, Abbas is just Arafat in an expensive Italian suit. Says one thing to the western media and something else in the Arabic media. Same ole same ole.

[jveritas]

Very dumb analogy. President Bush is not Chamberlain he is our Winston Churchill.

[sukhoi-30mki]

plus he seems to have far better teeth(atleast from the angles Ive seen).

[JoeV1]

Perhapa it is better to allow this man (Abbas) to reveal himself fully before we paint him with the same brush as we did Arafat.

[trebb]

I think it's a good thing to get to tell him face-to-face that he can only have signifigance if he stops the terror.

After that, I wouldn't want to hear of him getting a second invite unless he actually does it. Of course, he probably wouldn't survive a real attempt, but the Prez is right in the initial invite.

[bushfamfan]

Bush also saw the good in Putin's soul. He thinks he has a 'mutual respect' with Clintoon, hahahaha... Sure.

[KMC1]

Israel seems hopeful...at least their ambassador to the U.S. said so this morning...

[AmericanInTokyo]

Or, invite THESE guys:

to play at the White House, if they're still around.

[killjoy]

Freepers, what do you think about it?

Good move. I think it will put a lot of pressure on him. Various groups in the Middle East will not like him meeting with President Bush. This will cause them to step up efforts against him and force him to react.

[xp38]

Given that they married each other, divorced and then turned down a billion dollar offer to tour again I think the tension might be even higher than having Mahmoud.

[Publius6961]

Another Bush faux pas.

I voted for him and would probably vote for him again, considering the likely alternative.

Screwups like this one, however, tend to accumulate. It blows my mind that he would invite a "winning" candidate elected by killers who used weapons and fired into the air (in at least one instance) to cut in line at one voting place.

How much will it take and how long, before it becomes obvious beyond ignoring that these subhumans don't deserve diplomatic discussions?