OPENING PANDORA'S BOX: AMERICA'S FOREIGN-POLICY SUICIDE WISH...

Iconoclast.ca ^ | April 2, 2002 | The Iconoclast

[Apolitical]

It's sad watching George W. Bush waffle so much on this issue. He's obviously lost his focus or has being relying too much on Colin Powell on this one.

[weikel]

Great post.

[Terriergal]

I know what you mean... I hate to criticize him... I was so sure he was going to be strong on all these issues. I think he has some wishy washy people advising him and he doesn't trust his conscience enough.

[samson1]

Bush should Search the internet: Keyword: Neville Chamberlain

[Dog Gone]

The "war on terrorism" seems to have stopped in its tracks.

I guess you missed the story this week about capturing the #2 guy in al-Qaida.

[liberalism=failure]

Exactly right, and that's why it's always better to do what's right and let the chips fall where they may. manipulation and political gamesmanship only work so long and usually backfire in the end.

I would love to see Bush say. "Yes, what's going on in Israel is as bad as 9-11. Yassir Arafat is a terrorist, and he harbors terrorists. Israel has every right to defend itself, and we back it all the way."

But alas he's too worried about non-existent Jewhater coalitions to do what's right.

[mrsmith]

"watching George W. Bush waffle so much "

I haven't seen the "waffling", though I've heard of it from the DCmedia, Bush seems to be doing very little in public (and in private, I asume)- and I think that is the right tack, to let things work closer to a solution.

I agree with the author's point in re the US, however it's obvious that Israel is no super-superpower like the US and therefore doesn't have the options we do.
And it's not in our interest to give them those options.

We've already done a great help to them by finishing the large action in Afghanistan before this mess could be started by the terrorists.
There would be unfortunate synergetics if both conflicts were in full bloom concurrently as Usama had probably hoped.

[Twodees]

Dag. I thought I was bad about run-on sentences. This guy has me beat.

[finnman69]

I would love to see Bush say. "Yes, what's going on in Israel is as bad as 9-11. Yassir Arafat is a terrorist, and he harbors terrorists. Israel has every right to defend itself, and we back it all the way."

I would love to see it too. But W is thinking Iraq and how to let Sharon clean out Arafat and his mess and at the same time get ready to take out Saddam. Maybe it can't be done, and perhaps that's why there seems to be a bit of a vacuum from the US on Israel. But if Bush were to say the things you quoted above, I am not sure it would help our long term goals. If Arafat is knocked out, who takes his place. I think there must be a moderate palertinian out there willing to be reasonable but he likely fears for his life from the radical terrorist groups.

[tomahawk]

If the U.S. makes Israel "Czechoslovakia 1938", the Jihadists will learn the lesson: Suicide bombings work. They "worked" on 9/11 and they will have worked in Israel.

Why is Bush not listening to Cheney and Rumsfeld? Ultimately, the buck stops with Bush.

[TheDon]

It's naive in the extreme to think that the US is not going to be involved in a major war against several Middle East nations, for their support of terrorism. It is also naive to think there is anything we can do to prevent it from happening. Whatever happens between now and when the US formally declares war against the first Middle East nation is nothing but temporizing. Mark my words.

[gcruse]

. Tomorrow it may be the streets, restaurants and gathering places of ordinary
Americans in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Topeka or who knows where?

This needs to get onto the American radar screen, and fast.

[The Green Goblin]

We need to declare war on Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Lebannon and possibly Saudi Arabia as well.

While we're at it, let's declare war on China and North Korea as well. The US currently doesn't have the military resources required to fight a war on six fronts.

[tm22721]

I am convinced that Islamic militancy cannot be reigned in until Arabs have had 'enough'.

And that will not happen short of nuclear conflagration.

BUMP

[Brian Allen]

The "war on terrorism" seems to have stopped in its tracks.

Eight years of the traitor, Kli'ton's, "administrative" treachery has depleted the armoury.

If you search on this topic you will find that American munituions factories are all working triple shifts seven days per week to try and catch up on eight years of capital-treasonous anti-American hatred at the helm!

[tomahawk]

On our Form 1040's we ought to be asked if we'd like to contribute to building more PGM's. I'd like to contribute several hundred dollars. If ten million Americans would do the same, we could have all the PGM's and other tools of democracy that we need to kick jihadist ass.