Replies

If this is a night and day issue for you, you're totally misjudged George Bush and his policy.

The minute he mentioned this roadmap last year, everybody on this forum KNEW that it would never work........ever.....and that the PA wouldn't make it to the first requirements, stopping the violence.

What I see that you don't see -- or don't want to -- is that he couldn't come right out the very first day and say KILL THEM ALL -- we have to at least LOOK like we're trying to do it by the book for the consumption of the rest of the world.

You see night and day; I see a well worked out plan.

Well Howlin, I'd love for you to be right, but you aren't.

I have spent the last twenty-four hours discussing this issue with one individual who disagrees with you completely. And he is an ardent Bush supporter, so I don't know how you can state what you do.

There was another individual I spent three hours discussing this issue with who is also a Bush supporter who stated that I must be a traitor to the US if I backed Likud's policies over Bush's. All this because I advocated Israel defend herself.

I tried to explain that we set our policy, but Israel must set her own. Well I was the biggest traitor the US has ever seen because this simple concept was wrong according to him.

I tried to mention to you in another discussion that if we do not come out and openly advocate Israel's right to exist and defend herself, nobody else will. Sadly the Bush administration states once in a while that Israel has a right to exist, but when terrorist attacks occur, they criticize Israel heavily for responding.

Today this was different. Even if the was a planned strategem for long term effect, it left Israel out there dangeling for years while the UN, the EU, the middle eastern nations, Russia and others condemned it resoundly, while we seemingly felt compelled to remain neutral.

Whatever the reason, I welcome what I percieve to be a change.

>>>What I see that you don't see -- or don't want to -- is that he couldn't come right out the very first day and say KILL THEM ALL -- we have to at least LOOK like we're trying to do it by the book for the consumption of the rest of the world.

I basically told him that the other day Howlin, twice, but he didn't want to hear it. Let's take a look back.

"The fact PresBush condemns Israel for comitting this specific attack, is important to keep his appearence of being an honest broker in the ME."

...and ...

Bush has presented what is being called a "Road Map to Peace", so he would look pretty foolish, if he didn't try and appear to be the honest broker, he says he is.