Posted on 04/04/2002 8:05:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
I don't have any real problems with Bush's speech, except for this one line. The statement is patently false: No number of suicide bombings will ever "blow up the hope for a Palestinian state." Taking Palestinian statehood off the table would be seen as punishing the Palestinian people for the crimes of their unelected leaders, something the "enlightened" world will never countenance.
The PLO could send ten suicide bombers a day into Israeli preschools, and the world would call on both sides to "show restraint." The PLO could set off a nuclear device in Tel Aviv, and the world would call on both sides to "end the cycle of violence." The PLO could release smallpox in Israel and kill three million Jews, and the world would say the time had come to "address the legitimate desire of the Palestinian people for security and dignity." The PLO will never, under any circumstances, end its terrorism, because it has absolutely no incentive to do so. Bombings do nothing to hurt its cause and everything to aid it.
The only path to peace is to eliminate entirely the PLO, with as little harm to Palestinian civilians as possible. Bush can "expect results" all he wants, but he had damn well better have a response planned for the next time a Palestinian decides to claim the $5,000 bounty our loyal Saudi ally places on the lives of Jewish children. I know Bush isn't amoral or an idiot, so for the time being I'll take it on faith that he has such a plan. It would sure be nice to be given a little hint about what that plan might be, however.
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Bush Demands Israeli Withdrawal as Tanks Advance Thu Apr 4, 1:28 PM ET - (Reuters) BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) Tanks thrust into another Palestinian city Thursday shortly before President Bush called on Israel to begin withdrawing from West Bank towns it has reoccupied over the past week. |
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Bush Calls on Israel to Stop Incursions
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Says Arafat Betrayed Hopes Of His People
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Bush Sends Powell On Mideast Peace Mission President urges Israel to show restraint but says Arafat is in a position "of his own making." Video: Bush on Mideast | Text Live, 2 EST: Palestinian Columnist Israel Tightens Its Grip Forces control Nablus as tense Bethlehem standoff continues. Israeli Forces Bar Ambulances Bethlehem Eclipses Arafat's Siege Egypt Suspends Israel Ties |
NY Times: UPDATED THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2002 1:23 PM ET
Bush Is Sending Powell to Middle East
And Urging Israel to Stop Incursions
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President Bush urged Israel today to end its military offensive and called on Arab nations to crack down on terrorists. |
If eventually they act civilized (which I doubt) and they get a state, and then they continue terror, the puma is out of the bag, and Israel will have right to demolish the state which attacks it.
I'm pessimistic on long term peace. I see the inevitable large scale war.
Lets dont forget some key things that have happened since Bush has been in office. *States are now targets of our military if they merely support terror. I firmly believe that primarily Iran and followed by Syria and the pathetic nuisance of Iraq...will all be targets of our military if they follow the path they are currently following.
I am one American that that considers Iraq effectively neutered - and that Iran (which is the real center of world terrorism) should be first on the list. We should assist Israel in regard to one terrorist org. (Hizbollah) as it is directly trained, financed, and planned for in Iran - indeed Iranians are in Hizbollah.
And...
I speak as a committed friend of Israel; I speak out of a concern for its long-term security, the security that will come with a genuine peace.
"No peace" is a good phrase to plug into a KJV search.
Failing modification of the "koran", the alternative is removal of islam, like smallpox, from the face of the earth.
Remember, islam is out to kill ALL non-islamics, not just jews! On the other hand, maybe I merely imagined 9/11....
1) It is made clear that, although Arafat will be given a genuine chance to do the right thing, it is apt to be his last.
2) Powell goes to Europe before going to the Middle East and obtains firm face-to-face commitments from those hand-wring, rifle-dropping, hypocritical m___-f___ers that, when it comes time to put the screws to Arafat and force him to act, and hold him accountable if/when he does not (and we all know it will come to that), THEY WILL NOT STAB US IN THE BACK and let Arafat off the hook like they did the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that...
This will only work if the Western World is united, and it must be made clear that anyone who breaks rank will pay a severe price (e.g. be publicly nominated and pressed to provide peace-keeping troops in the West Bank).
Whatever he said they would put their spin on it.
I liked the part where he called the suicide bombers murderers. Especially after the Muslim nations wouldn't even call them terrorists. Let the press try to spin that one.
Very fair, very serious. Go W.
GOOD JOB!!!
YOU TELL 'EM GEORGE, WE WANT RESULTS!!!!!
Peace.
What are you trying to say .. that they slant the truth???
Well I never ... I'll never vote for the press again ..
Geee what a concept .. lol
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