Posted on 04/01/2002 11:57:11 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Nice commentary!
thanks again for defining anything according to your own liking.
The last thing I want is for the Left to be able to find a criticle wedge aspect of this issue that will really hurt Bush. The fact is, Bush may be handing them one. So far the Dimocrats have tried to play the, "he's not involved enough" card. That won't work. But if he continues to refuse to label Arasplat a terrorist, I don't care how dumb the Democrats are, sooner or later they're going to latch onto the issue and Bush will be playing catch up from there.
The man better wake up and smell the roses cesspool. If the Democrats were to come out calling Arasplat a terrorist and damning Bush for equivocating, there wouldn't be a damn thing he could say to defend himself. From that moment on, Bush would be unable to erase the impression that he had to be drug kicking and screaming to the point that he'd label Arasplat for what he is, and support Israel unconditionally for what they have to do.
Now, you folks may think this is exactly what I'd like to see, the Dems gaining leverage on Bush. Frankly it isn't. And frankly you shouldn't either. The whole reason I've been trying to urge this issue upon Bush, is because I think he's wide open for a frontal assault on this issue. If the guy doesn't get off the pot and take action, he's going to pay for it big-time.
Arasplat is a terrorist Mr. President. You damn well better get that through your head before someone else gets out front on the issue. Back Israel in no uncertain terms in it's battle against unbriddled agression. It's okay to say you wish it were different over there, as long as you state that until the bombing stops, those who are perpetrating those bombings should and will be stomped! And whatever you do, quit urging Israel to play the wimp, and for God's sake trash those that do!
Nobody with half a brain is going to damn you for backing Israel in a just cause. But if you don't wake up, millions are going to be quite disgusted that you didn't.
Ask yourself this. If the terrorism had stopped, fully and completely, would Israel have continued and furthered its armed invasions of the Palestine territories. No. But if Israels armies had put down their arms, would the terrorism and effort to push Israel into the sea and kill its citizens continue. Yes. One side will not stop until the other is dead. The other side will not stop until there is law and order and a chance for peace and prosperity for all.
I don't normally cut off living pieces of my flesh. But if one part is cancerous, and that is the only remedy available to me, then I ask only that the knife is clean and used with as much skill as can be mustered to avoid cutting on healthy flesh nearby.
Huh? You on the same forum I am? On nearly every thread there have been comments agreeing with Biden and Lieberman that Bush is not doing enough. Some freepers have gone much further and said Bush thinks oil is more important than Israeli blood, Bush is in the pocket of Arab campaign donors, Bush won't allow Israel to defend herself etc.etc.
Thanks for your comments, John.
If the authors had read your and rumsfeld's comments, they wouldn't have had much of an article.
My sense is that Bush's political advisors are more concerned with avoiding being a lightning rod for something that would antagonize the average voter, than they expect to pick up many hard core Democrats. In other words, I don't see the Demos getting much traction here.
And Bush is too open, too realistic, too transparent, too smart, too feeling and too honest to be drawn into being the "star" of the conflict by ringing a bell and holding the principle parties at bay. This time the referee is not ringing the bell to give the appearance that something is happening or to elevate the ludicrous notion that Arafat is doing something to stop the terror.
Let the world see how much they want peace. Let the world consider how this would have been played out if the situation had been reversed. How patient would Arafat have been year after year after year, if it was his people being terrorized by stone throwing, bomb wearing Israelis and he had the ability to move in and stop it?
This isn't High School. This isn't about being "fair" and treating everyone alike. This is doing what is in America's best interest. We treat countries differently all the time. If we have to muscle Israel a little to protect America, so be it. Israel would do exactly the same to us (in fact, it does).
Even Netanyahu thinks acting together right now is playing into the hands of the Arabs. He warned this weekend that the worst thing which could happen is for America's war on terror to become an America/Isreali war on Arabs.
We can't turn a switch and fight a war. We have 8 years of Clinton to fix. We have munitions expanded in Afghanstan to replace. A build up is needed before we go all out.
The Arabs don't want us to have that time. Neither do Democrats. Lieberman and Biden are urging action now because they know it will get messed up and they will have an issue. somthing they haven't had since 9/11.
Psychopathological Projection Syndrome is kept alive and well in and by the party of institutionalized envy.
[Thank you John}
[I think he learned about the politics game by watching "DemocRATS"]
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