Bush must have hit Dumbo's nerve.
Posted on 05/15/2008 8:47:48 AM PDT by tobyhill
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- In his first address to Israel's parliament Thursday, President Bush reiterated the United States' "unbreakable" alliance with the Jewish state and denounced calls to negotiate with "terrorists and radicals."
In a speech before the Knesset, Bush compared calls to talk with unnamed terrorist groups as a "foolish delusion" that was suggested before World War II.
"As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared, 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided,' " Bush said. "We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
Former President Jimmy Carter recently wrapped up a trip to the Middle East, which included talks with leaders of Hamas -- an Islamic militant group that controls the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
Carter hoped to persuade Hamas to negotiate with Israel in an attempt to reach a broader Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
Hamas has not been included in peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, under President Mahmoud Abbas, who control the West Bank. Israel and the United States refuse to negotiate with Hamas until it renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel's right to exist.
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Bush must have hit Dumbo's nerve.
I’m not voting for McCain, but if he does not back the president on this, I will actively campaign against McCain. As it is, I try to focus on opposing Obama, and supporting conservative local candidates, and just avoid discussing McCain, but if he comes out and disagrees with Bush, I will not be able to stay quiet.
Thank you President Bush. This is the kind of Truth Attack the Republicans need to make against Obama and the traitor Democrats.
The public needs to know that voting for Democrats is voting for more attacks on America and Israel and many more deaths.
Wrong. Chamberlain saw the light when Hitler invaded Poland.
Jimmy Carter is the Quisling of our time.
He doesn’t mention Dem’s but the dems have lost it over Bush’s remarks. “I think the lady doth protest to much”.
Say what you want about GWB, he is the man that stands between the Western civilization and all-out Muslim jihad.
President Bush is about the unlamest duck I've ever seen...
I have been pretty mad at Bush on some things but the GOP better learn how to fight and take some lessons from what he just did.
U.S. Senator William Borah After the German invasion of Poland, September 1939
They felt the heat. And rightly so...
I hope McCain doesn’t apologize, he should direct the MSM and the DNC to the White House for comment.
Jimmy Carter is more like Benedict Arnold.
Note Obama is lying, Defense Sec. Gates recently said we should not meet with Iran's leader.
Further note, why is it ok for Obama to snipe at Bush while Bush is on foreign soil??? Bush did not mention Obama and everything is not about that Dumbo eared leftist punk.
In either case they assume appeasement before strength....
Dr. Do-Little: "If I could only have talked with the animals..."
Which part of Bush's speech offended the Rats?
The hubbbub this has caused it so very entertaining.
All the Dems panties in a bunch has made my day.
“The sting in any rebuke is the truth!” - Benjamin Franklin.
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