Posted on 10/20/2005 12:36:08 PM PDT by Alex Marko
10/20/2005 (Washington D.C.)- President Bush says during joint press conference with PA leader in Washington, ‘The way forward is confronting the threat armed gangs present to creation of a democratic Palestine.’ Abbas, in response, insists Israel lift curbs on Palestinian travel in the West Bank, saying they had turned the lives of Palestinians into 'Hardship and humiliation.' President George W. Bush heaped praise Thursday on Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and said prospects for Palestinian gaining a state seem to be closer than ever before. But Bush said at a news conference after one-hour meeting in the Oval Office that "The way forward is confronting the threat armed gangs present to creation of a democratic Palestine." Supporting Abbas, Bush called on Israel to stop constructing settlements on the West Bank. He assured Abbas he shared his vision of two states living side by side in peace and security.
"Israel should not undertake any activity that contravenes its roadmap obligations," Bush said, referring to a blueprint for peacemaking approved by the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia. Without elaboration, the president said Israel would be "held to account" for any actions that hamper peacemaking or burden the lives of Palestinians. But Bush said he was a "heck of a lot more confident" of peace prospects than when he first took office five years ago. Both Abbas and Prime minister Ariel Sharon are committed to making peace, he said. Abbas, in response, insisted on Israel lifting curbs on Palestinian travel on the West Bank, saying they had turned the lives of Palestinians into "Hardship and humiliation." The Palestinian leader also criticized Israel's security wall, particularly its location in Jerusalem, where the Palestinians intend to establish the capital of a Palestinian state. In contrast, Egypt has begun construction of a security fence around the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in an effort to stop attacks on the town, the BBC reported on 18 October. Which the US has barely voiced an opinion on the security barrier.
Officials said the fence will stretch for 20 km and force vehicles entering the town to pass through one of four checkpoints. Sharm el-Sheikh has been the scene of two devastating bomb attacks in the past 18 months; the latest, in July, saw more than 60 people killed by suicide bombers. The resort is popular with Israeli and Western tourists and the attacks have damaged confidence in the Egyptian tourist industry, a major source of revenue.
The government can-ill afford a collapse in visitors similar to that which followed the notorious attack on a tourist bus at Luxor in 1997 which claimed 58 lives. The construction of this fence must be seen as part of ongoing security operations targeting Islamist cells. Despite the arrest and killing of several people allegedly linked to the attacks of this year and last, the Egyptian authorities clearly feel that the threat of further bombings remains.
God have mercy on President Bush. What has gotten into this man's head?
That really is a nauseating thought.
Let's elect a REAl conservative in 08. I don't want Conservative Lite and I don't want someone who is interested in "changing the tone of Washington," or "reaching a hand across the aisle" or any of that crap. We need someone who is going to stand up to the DemonRats and their friends in the media.
It's important that the US be seen as providing leadership and empowering the moderate forces in the region. It is how progress is made, or at least how total disaster can be avoided.
This is a satire right ....
Please, someone tell me it is a joke
Please, anyone .....
Bush is self destructing at every move since the Miers appointment.
>>>Let's elect a REAl conservative in 08.<<<
That eliminates any strong Bush supporter.
>>>Please, someone tell me it is a joke.<<<
It is no joke. In his second term Bush had become anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian.
What did you expect? Bush will not even protect our borders here in the U.S.
I've rejected religion as mere superstition, yet the Jews are admirable in my eyes for their self-sufficiency, resilience and a history of honest struggle against forces who mean them harm for what they believe more than for what they do.
Bush has lost a great deal of my respect and I believe that this is one time in my life when I can genuinely say that I have chosen the lesser of two evils.
If the Palestinians are allowed to dictate the terms of a supposed peace once again, I must believe also that the peace will only come when the region is silenced for a lack of living voices.
Warning Israel against building security walls doesn't "empower the moderate voices in the region," it encourages the terrorist forces in the region.
Scraping the burnt toast doesn't salvage a ruined meal.
I thought Bush was an evangelical. How can an evangelical call Islam a "great religion". Somehow Bush has gotten on the politically correct track. How can he and Rice demand Gaza and more, all the while prosecuting a war against terrorists in Iraq?
Actually the real question is why does it seem like the entire world is choosing the path of pacifism? Israel decided to keep Sharon and his Chamberlain strategy of retreat. And now it seems the White House and entire Congress is jumping on the "diplomatic" bandwagon.
It began on September 11,2001; this nation shall never be the same again.
We don't need a president, we need a gatekeeper.
I was listening to Rice and Bush about how the priority is to secure the border, not to prosecute those already illegally inside the US. I totally disagree. The priority should be to deal with those in the US. Round them all up, hold them in detention and review their cases one by one. Deport some and fine the others 1 year's salary for being in the nation illegally. Make breaking the law costly. That will then possibly discourage those thinking they can sneak into the US and disappear.
Abbas, in association with Arafat, was the primary planner and financier of the massacre of the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympics, the event which launched the modern era of international terror.
"You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists." -President George W. Bush
I am absolutely discusted. Words fail me...
Bush can bypass St. Dept. "policy" if he so chooses.
Alas, he doesn't.
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