Posted on 05/15/2008 11:18:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
So, Dubya goes before the Israel Knesset for their 60th Anniversary and criticizes appeasement:
"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along," the President said to the country's legislative body, "We have heard this foolish delusion before. 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.' We have an obligation to call this what it is –- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
A common sense statement, right? Prior to WWII, Neville Chamberlain got Hitler to sign a piece of paper, then announced that he had achieved "peace in our time." History 101 showed all of us, regardless if we have a D or an R after our name, that appeasement doesn't work.
Unsurprisingly, Barack Obama freaked out.
"It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack. It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel. Instead of tough talk and no action, we need to do what Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan did and use all elements of American power — including tough, principled, and direct diplomacy - to pressure countries like Iran and Syria. George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the President's extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel."
Uh, dude? If you are not an appeaser, why on earth do you take it personally when Bush criticizes appeasers?
I've done plenty of PR work in my time, senator. Although you shouldn't have released a statement at all, here's how you should have handled a press question about Bush's comments:
"One thing all Americans agree on is that appeasement doesn't work. As president, I will engage in tough, principled, and direct diplomacy just like Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan before me. And of course, no American president will engage with terrorists, least of all those who seek to destroy our stalwart ally, Israel. I look forward to celebrating the 65th anniversary of Israel's independence."
That was easy, wasn't it? If Bush gave a speech about drug dealers, would you release a statement saying, "how DARE you insult me!"? Of course not; you're aren't a drug dealer. So if you really aren't an appeaser, you shouldn't have willingly identified yourself with that group.
You'll be headed for McGovern territory if you keep this up, kid.
If the shoe fits, deny that there is a shoe, and pound the table with it.
Didn't work all that well for ol' fat baldy, did it? I really don't expect it will work all that well for his empty-suit would-be successor.
Hussein Obama’s strategy is to surrender Iraq to
the terrorists. Then he’s gonna talk them out of
conquering the middle east.
When he fails he’ll use the lame reasoning all liberals
love; “well, at least I tried”. Give the man a cookie and
put him to bed.
Is this the kind of numb-skull that comes out of
Harvard law school?
Is this the kind of numb-skull that comes out of
Harvard law school? Well he is the Best of the Harvard Numb-skull no-nuts....just say no to any Ivy League President in thie Century and we will be better off.
A so-called reporter on msnbc just proclaimed the President’s remarks “idiotic.”
Apparently the mere mention of an approach, technique, or attitude in the field of foreign relations can be off-limits.
The world’s going insane and just picked up a little more speed.
WTF? Whats false about it? Sounds dead on to me.
Obama's a fool and he knows he's been outed as such.
Those who want and believe Obama to be the reincarnation of JFK are ignoring the fact that Kennedy’s bungling of the Bay of Pigs led directly to the escalation of the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam! If elected, would the fact that Obama has even less experience than JFK did, lead to an even more dangerous world?...Veteran Aviator - Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct. ‘62
Yes!
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