I have spent some time studying the Civil War. I was amazed at how many civilians thought they could fight the war so much better than those who were actually doing the fight. The same thing is happening on the War on Terror. Everybody knows better than those who actually bear the responsibility for the execution of the war.
It’s foolish to make campaign promises you’re not going to keep
I want to say this in a very joking matter... Where have you been all your life? For crying out loud!
Again... I am a strong supporter of Israel...but the issue of where one puts an embassy is a tempest in a teacup. Something to beat the President up over because he isn't towing a "Israel first" policy. Funny, Israel doesn't think that... Not from what I've been reading.
I didn't bring Hizbollah into the mix... I wasn't even thinking Hizbollah... I was thinking about some crazy Palestinian blowing up our embassy staff.
By backing down, he gave the Arab radicals a victory, and drove whatever opposition to terror there might have been deeper underground.
This is laughable... this line of reasoning is not based on anything but "feelings" and your sense that somehow the President hasn't been "forceful" enough. The Arab radicals aren't meeting in their conclave and saying, "oh my word...no embassy in Jerusalem! We've got the US on the run now. Oh, it doesn't matter that the US in Iraq and Afghanistan is killing us in droves. It doesn't matter that the US is shutting down our finances and keeping us in a state of disarray. No sir.. no embassy... now we've got them right where we want them."
Opposition to terror driven further underground? Who? The Palestinians? The US? The Israelis?
Of course they're not, that's my point. It really doesn't matter either way. They'd say the same thing about the Embassy in Tel Aviv, and they'd blow it up tomorrow if they could, regardless of anything we say.
As a political issue, sure, politician's lie, but that doesn't exempt them from criticism.