[ambrose]

they adopted a stray dog and named it "George W. Bush". "He's a cowboy," one soldier said as the brown pit-bull terrier prowled an Israeli hilltop encampment overlooking the city of Nablus. "He barks a lot," said a second. "But he's useless," another chimed in.

Haha... wow... truth hurts sometimes. Remember CFR?

[Sender]

Ever notice that most articles from Reuters are written by a--holes and take every opportunity to bash conservatives?

[madison46]

"If the U.S. had this problem of terrorism, they wouldn't ask for permission. They would finish the job like they did in Afghanistan,"

Yep. We need to leave Isreal alone and let them finish their job.

[Trailer Trash]

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[linn37]

I guess Bush needs to be the whipping boy all over the world. I guess it does'nt occur to the man that we are buying them some time.

[lilylangtree]

Bush's call for Israeli withdrawal is so very wrong. I voted for him, and he's embarrassing my vote by acting like a wuss.

[truthandlife]

This truly is left wing bashing Bush but this thing is going to get worse before it gets better. If we (U.S.) keep demanding that Israel withdraw their troops and innocent civilians as well as troops keep getting killed, our friendship with Israel could sour very quickly. God help us!

[montag813]

I do not believe a word of this British Arab-loving Reuters report. Ari Dan, Dori Gold, Newsweek and Israeli websites have well documented what a farce this faux criticism by Bush of Israel is. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz are squarely oppsed to restraining Sharon. Powell and Rice got a reluctant Bush to agree to the SoS visit. An admin. "aide" (read Mary Matalin) told Newsweek that the "hardliners" see nothing wrong with Powell wasting his time while they prep for the war on Iraq. My friends in D.C. have told me aides have told them that Israel would be given "carte blanche" once our boys were on the ground in Iraq.

[modern_orthodox]

I was just thinking that it must be a weird feeling for Bush, dealing with someone more stubborn and blunt than he is. Clearly, both men are acting in what each deems his own country's best intrests and can't back down. In the end, though, Bush can afford to lose face in the Arab world - its not like he's going to get a coalition to attack Iraq again anymore anyway. Sharon can't lose face without risking a fall from power.

[FixitGuy]

Aw c'mon....

"Give war a chance"!

[luvzhottea]

ELON MOREH, West Bank, April 9 (Reuters) - Members of an Israeli tank brigade waging an offensive in the West Bank found a unique way to show how they felt about the U.S. president -- they adopted a stray dog and named it "George W. Bush". "He's a cowboy," one soldier said as the brown pit-bull terrier prowled an Israeli hilltop encampment overlooking the city of Nablus. "He barks a lot," said a second. "But he's useless," another chimed in.

What despicable ingrates!!!!!
U.S. Aid To Israel

A Conservative Total for U.S. Aid to Israel: $91 Billion-and Counting, by Shirl McArthur, Jan/Feb 2001

[tessalu]

I want Elijah's God to lead this battle, for he knew just what to do with the evil prophets of Ba`al. 1 Kings 18:40": And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Sometimes, the evil is so great that there is no reason for it to continue any longer.

[Texbob]

The Israeli soldiers really know what Bush is---Worthless. That statement hit the nail on the head. Bush is also becoming the target of ire from million of Americans because of his double talk about getting rid of terrorism. He thinks he has the right but the Israeli's do not have the right to fight terrorism.

[Nachum]

If Gore had been elected, what would the dog have been called then?

[F16Fighter]

Since the Jewish state can ill-afford to alienate it's chief ally and provider of $3 billion in annual aid...

Bottomline. Period.

As for the malcontents in Israel AND the instigating brats in Egypt for whom even $3,000,000,000 apiece yearly can't help keep the peace, why continue as it were? It's not as though these are the 51st and 52nd States of the Union -- OR ARE THEY?

[Hibernius Druid]

Now is the time for trying to salvage the Bush Doctrine on terrorism, which is self-destructing with each passing hour. Here's the type of feedback methinks President Bush, Vice President Cheney and all the top Congressional leaders should be hearing before Secretary Powell pulls a Chamberlin on us:

Secretary Powell in the Court of Arafat: Resurrection or Last Rites for a World-Class Terrorist?

The wobbly Bush Doctrine on Terrorism appears to be imploding into foreign policy incoherence.

Today we hear that Secretary Powell will answer Arafat's summons to appear before that mass murdering soul brother and co-religionist of Osama bin Laden.

This can go only two ways: Secretary Powell either (1) delivers terrorist Arafat his last rites or (2) guarantees his resurrection. There is no middle term.

It is not too late to salvage the Bush Doctrine of non-appeasement, which right now is looking very Chamberlinesque.

We must stand by Israel as it purges the terrorists in its midst. Otherwise, forget United States homeland security.

[MJY1288]

Does anyone here believe for one second that George W. Bush and Sharon didn't plan out exactly what's going on right now. The U.S. and Israel are in constant contact and what is going on is POLITICS, pure and simple. If George W. Bush was to go in front of the world and publicly give Israel a green light, the entire middle east would be up in smoke right now.

President Bush is trying to keep a coalition together and nothing else. WWIII is not what he's looking for, and by demanding that Israel pull back and making the statement "Without Delay" is just politics. If president Bush says "Today we are cutting ties with Israel"... then it's serious. Until then he's just buying the Israeli's time without losing the coalition we currently have.

All the Bush bashers here on FR have been calling for Bush to spend some of his political capital, and now that he is spending that political capital so that Israel can go after the Palestinian terrorist, nobody can see what's going on here. After this deal is over in the west bank, does anyone think our relationship with Israel will be damaged in any way? GET A GRIP FREEPERS, WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT ISRAEL