Three Pillars of Wisdom

http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200602030807.asp ^ | Victor Davis Hanson

[mal]

Public relations between the so-called West and the Islamic Middle East have reached a level of abject absurdity. Hamas, whose charter pledges the very destruction of Israel, comes to power only through American-inspired pressures to hold Western-style free elections on the West Bank. No one expected the elders of a New England township, but they were nevertheless somewhat amused that the result was right out of a Quentin Tarantino movie.

Almost immediately, Hamas's newly elected, self-proclaimed officials issued a series of demands: Israel should change its flag; the Europeans and the Americans must continue to give its terrorists hundreds of millions of dollars in aid; there will be no retraction of its promises to destroy Israel

[Coleus]

"The lesson from all this is that in order to free the United States from such blackmail and dependency, we must at least try to achieve energy independence and drive down oil prices — and see that no Middle East autocracy gains nuclear weapons. Those principles, along with support for democratic reform, should be the three pillars of American foreign policy. "

[gakrak]

"Almost immediately, Hamas's newly elected, self-proclaimed officials issued a series of demands: Israel should change its flag; the Europeans and the Americans must continue to give its terrorists hundreds of millions of dollars in aid; there will be no retraction of its promises to destroy Israel"

GWB conservative response "we will not deal with Hamas."

Bill Clinton Lib response. Give them a chance and engage them work for compromise and every thing will work out. Yeah, Like it did it North Korea and with the USS Cole and the Twin Towers.

Now who do ya want for your leader. DAH. Amen.

[prognostigaator]

re-read ^^bttt