Posted on 06/24/2002 12:48:28 PM PDT by RCW2001
Bush Middle East Speech Discussion Thread
The 'stick' will have to come from 3rd parties, else the continuing characterization the the Israelis are 'invading Palestine' by crossing the border will continue.
You summed it up perfectly.
I didn't hear him say that. You must have been listening in NPR.
Deuteronomy 30:19
This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.
Anyone beside me get the significance of our President quoting the Bible to Mulims?!
I agree. This was really more about setting the stage to gain international support for attacking Iraq.
Hussein has been talking about placing his son in his seat of power, and Bush places the ball back in his court with a call for peace.
You believe that?
He is a general in the war on Isreal!
ROFL!! Well, I was just citing recent history, and the Middle East hasn't exactly been CandyLand (for centuries), and sppeches very rarely get murderers to stop murdering... but I'll try.
It was a good speech, well-delivered, and uplifting for those who hope that the Palestinians will ignore their leadership, their education, their tradition, and the last 50 years of their history and suddenly and unexpectedly adopt Western Values.
Better? ;^)
If you dump Arafat...
If you stop blowing yourselves up...
If you straighten up you internal mess and clean out the corruption...
If you start behaving in a civilized mannar...
But as Mom used to say, If the dog hadn't stop to $%&t, he'd have caught the rabbit. I don't see the Pali's jumping over themselves to do any of this, hence Israel right to clean up the mess its own way.
I believe the Palestinians will find it easier to suppress their 'wipe out the Jews from Palestine' hard-liners. I think it is a harder task for the Israeli to suppress their 'wipe out the Palestinians from the West Bank' hard-liners. Let the games begin.
It hit me strong! I liked his choice of words. The words show unity between the Jews and ("Christian") US, as they words are from the Old Covenant, which both the Jews and Christians read.
It is a madness they have had poured into their brains - day after day.
One speech won't change the brainwashing - but it is a start. And it is clear. So clear.
It's almost like there is this sound and fury of a terrible storm - and there in the middle of it - you hear a quiet but strong voice of calm and sanity.
Everything stops.
The people who have been whipped by the storm winds stop and look up and if they are listening - hear words of hope. But the storm of the brainwashers will likely commence again.....bringing the storm back down upon them.
I hope somehow our people and the Israeli government will find a way to get this speech into the hands of the Palistinian people and then let it go from there.
Surely - the "Arab street" has heard the words in the midst of the storm. Will they stop and move towards peace or not?
"This moment is both an opportunity and a test for all parties in the Middle East: an opportunity to lay the foundations for future peace; a test to show who is serious about peace and who is not. The choice here is stark and simple. The Bible says, "I have set before you life and death; therefore, choose life." The time has arrived for everyone in this conflict to choose peace, and hope, and life. "
What calm words. The truth, as quietly and calmly as it can be said. They can choose peace and life or they can choose war and death. Every peace-loving person in this world should be in prayer that they choose peace and life.
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