Posted on 01/18/2005 4:35:22 AM PST by Convert from ECUSA
"When you wish upon a star your dreams come true." That line from Jiminy Cricket in "Pinocchio" seems to sum up the wishful thinking the Bush administration wants to employ after last Sunday's Palestinian election. "If your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme" might describe the false hope being placed in the election of Mahmoud Abbas as the new Palestinian leader. President Bush called Mr. Abbas and invited him to Washington. Mr. Bush praised the election and the turnout, as if an election held in a dictatorial culture resembles one in an open society in which political opponents are not murdered. In a replay of past failed strategies, Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners, though most were jailed because they tried to violently obliterate the country. He claims their release would be a "confidence-building measure." The Palestinian side has all of the confidence it needs. It is confident it can roll the United States and Israel by continuing to promote the fiction Israel alone determines the region's political climate.
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