Ping
I do believe that it’s in the Constitution now that every president, in his final year, must make an empty gesture to solve the Arab/Israeli conflict. It’s the law!
Besides, they may hate him in the Middle East, but they don’t hate him as much as the Democrats here.
Bolton still getting less than 1% of the GOP votes so far, my bad John Bolton is not running for the WH in 2008...sucks does it not??
I am more pessimistic about Lebanon. It used to be a majority Christian nation not to long ago but is now a majority Muslim nation.
What is helping the Christians hang on is the minority Sunnis are afraid of a majority Shiite takeover of the country.
IMHO As the Christians bail out, it is only a matter of time until Lebanon becomes an Islamic Republic. - Tom
There will never be peace in the middle east in our life time. Even if we pull out, they will fight each other. If Israel doesn’t stand up and confront the 200 rockets that were fired on them, they deserve more. If we had 100, 50, 20, 10 rockets fired on us we would have gone to all out war. Get out of the middle east but let them know that if they threaten us, we will retaliate without warning.
Mr. Bolton seems to have completely rejected the plans of the Council.
He’s the only member of the CFR that I have seen that is so outspoken against them at every turn. He seems to truly love his country.
Wonder if they’ll be content to kick him out, or if they’ll demand a greater punishment.
Bolton is not in the loop but he is free to sound off like any American.
Bolton nails it.
It seems at teh end of every presidency term we have to endure another lame effort to do the same failed mideast effort and expect a different result.
Then you have a man like John Bolton. He plain-talks one thing here, and the same thing there. Bolton is the geniuine article and he isn't even an ex-POW.
I wish Bolton was our Secretary of State. Condi has followed the path of her mentor, Powell, much to the disgrace of our nation. We need Bolton-like leaders at State and the UN.
Five years, 3,800 dead soldiers and a trillion dollars later, I've lost hope. The Muslim Religion of Death will never allow a free society to develop.
Bolton for Secretary of State!
once desires for a Palestinian state become a reality, the terrorist threat to Israel will decrease
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It’s hard for me to believe that western leaders, experts and the peace at any cost crowd continue to push this kind of thinking. There will N E V E R be peace in the middle east until Arabs decide to love their children more than they hate Israel. Looking at the education and indoctrination the Palestinian children are getting this is unlikely to happen during the lives of any one of us.
Saying, as the State Department undoubtedly will, that we must continue the peace process now that it has started represents what economists call “the fallacy of sunken costs.” Noneconomists know this phenomenon as throwing good money after bad.
Also known as reinforcing defeat.
John Bolton nails it as usual - ping!
I wish he were Secretary of State. No, I take that back, I wish he was President!