[Nachum]

This is nothing more than the obligatory nod of the head to the Arabs so they won't go nuts. The day before he made the perfucnctory statements about Israeli security and never abandoning Israel. After all of the above, he goes back to Washington and tells everyone he did something.

It is all BS politicking at this point. Things are finished for the Bush administration as far as this situation is concerned. Thank God.

[DoughtyOne]

This is nothing more than the obligatory nod of the head to the Arabs so they won't go nuts.

I don't care for U.S. leaders who make statements to curry favor in the Middle-East at the expense of the Israelis. And IMO, that is precisely what this statement qualifies as.

We are one of Israel's staunchest allies, because... Israel has no other allies dedicated to it's survival. That being the case, no nations other than the U.S. advocate for it globally.

When we as an ally of Israel come out against it, sans Israel will have to make painful concessions, who sides with Israel and says no it won't have to? Nobody, that's who.

These statements by the U.S. leadership are nothing more or less than a betrayal of Israel. It gives hope to the terrorists. It causes other nations to think, "Wow! Even the U.S. doesn't agree with protectionist Israelis."

We put our full support behind the likes of ElMort, to the utter destruction of the state itself. Thousands of missiles rain down on Iraeli soil and the best we can come up with, is both sides must make painful concessions.

The only painful concession I have heard demanded from the Palestinians is a ceasation of violence, and even that demand is seldom voiced. Instead it is acted as if both sides are equals, Israel and the Palestinians both made of the same cloth, but needing to give in on a few points. That perception is a bald faced lie.

Israel has never demanded the utter destruction of the Palestinians or refused to recognize a Palestinian state if the Palestinians would live in peace. Can that be said of the Palestinians as it applies to Israel? No.

These are not two equal states. One is a terrorist entity, backed by the overwhelming majority of the Gaza populace.

It saddens me when I see Bush, Rice or Cheney make comments about Israel's concessions, while failing to mention the thousands of missile raining down on it. What nation in it's right mind would put up with what Israel has? And yet, who do we scold?

There are days when I am supremely embarassed by our leadership.