Staticidal Zealotry [Condoleezza Rice's desperate bid to launch a Palestinian state]

Town Hall ^ | November 20, 2007 | Frank J. Gaffney, Jr

[trisham]

I cannot find the words to express my disappointment in Rice.

[samadams2000]

Every meeting Rice attends we lose more treasure and become less safer.

[gonzo]

To clarify: "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, Introduction

I thought it was Santayana ................... FRegards

[Recon Dad]

The Gordian knot tied around the neck of the Jewish state strangles its more and more. One cannot untie it. The only way to prevent complete suffocation is by cutting the knot. This can only be done through the abrogation of the Oslo agreement and immediate annexation of Judea, Samaria and Gaza

This is the last part of an earlier post that sums up Israel’s only option.

[Recon Dad]

What a great post!

[metesky]

bttt

[Wuli]

Bush’s conditions, in 2003:

* an end to Palestinian terror;
* a Palestinian leadership that was not tainted by ties to terrorism; and
* the elimination of the infrastructure in Palestinian areas that enables such behavior.

None of which have been met, nor are internal conditions among the Arabs in Palestine in line to meet them any time soon, if not for decades.

Yet, the pursuit of the “objective” goes on, sans the conditions needed to make any agreement something more than a piece of paper.

Why?

Because, if we are not going to change the Presidency back to pre-FDR conditions, when they could serve more than 2 terms, then we need an new amendment that ends any “new and major foreign policy initiatives” at the end of their second year of their second term, because, as it is now, in their 3rd and 4th years of their second term they put aside all principled demands that our security and the security of our allies require and they make those things a lesser priority than their personal legacy.

Someone needs to remind Bush that it is not about his legacy, it’s about the security of our ally, Israel and it is about what the deterioration of her security will mean, adversely, to us.

[444Flyer]

Was just reading last night about the plagues of Egypt...

[CondorFlight]

How many times do you have to buy a lemon from the same used car salesman before you wise up?

How many times do we have to try to negotiate a fair and honest agreement, that will be kept, with Fatah, the PLA,
Hamas, etc., before we wise up?

[SunkenCiv]

To the extent that her actions are raising unwarranted expectations on the part of Palestinians and their Arab friends, past practice suggests it will translate into a pretext for new violence against Israel. That will be especially true if, as is also predictable, the Israelis are blamed for the outcome for not being sufficiently willing - in the face of Palestinian intractability - to make what are euphemistically called "painful" moves for peace.

Thanks C from E.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Exactly!

[Berosus]

It’s probably the Peter Principle. Upon moving into the State Department, Rice rose to her level of incompetence. Also, I suspect the State Department has drugs in its drinking water, because they have been anti-American and anti-Israeli for so long, at least since the Reagan years. Maybe that’s why the locals call it “Foggy Bottom.”