Well said. For once the onus is on the Arabs (including non-Palestinians) to put up before any concessions are made. If they refuse, they stand with the terrorists against the USA. I doubt that they will change, but the line has been drawn. I especially liked this part...
I've said in the past that nations are either with us or against us in the war on terror. To be counted on the side of peace, nations must act. Every leader actually committed to peace will end incitement to violence in official media, and publicly denounce homicide bombings. Every nation actually committed to peace will stop the flow of money, equipment and recruits to terrorist groups seeking the destruction of Israel -- including Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah. Every nation actually committed to peace must block the shipment of Iranian supplies to these groups, and oppose regimes that promote terror, like Iraq. And Syria must choose the right side in the war on terror by closing terrorist camps and expelling terrorist organizations.
Leaders who want to be included in the peace process must show by their deeds an undivided support for peace. And as we move toward a peaceful solution, Arab states will be expected to build closer ties of diplomacy and commerce with Israel, leading to full normalization of relations between Israel and the entire Arab world.
This speech offeres a return to the moral clarity of Bush's 9/20/01 speech while still offering a road to some kind of hope for the Palestinians, If they choose not to take it they stand with our enemies. Let's roll.
Oh, for heaven's sake.
Where have you been for the last, oh, thirty or so years? Did Israel ever initiate a war against an Arab nation?
The "onus" has been on the Arabs for almost two generations and they don't give a rat's ass about it.
The Arabs have been "offered" a road to peace for two generations. Every couple of days they make their choice clear about which road they're committed to when they blow up a half dozen more Israeli civilians.
"Let's roll?!" The Western "Establishment" will not "roll" against the Arabs no matter what the Arabs do or don't do. If 9/11 didn't do it -- Saudis, remember? 3,000 Americans dead, remember? -- then the Establishment is not going to "roll" about any new terrorist attack(s) against Israel (which can always be explained away as "radical extremists" disconnected from the "peace loving" Pallie people...).
One can draw a line and say this is the border between, say, Britain and France. But can anyone draw a line and say this is the dividing line between OPEC and the Western Establishment?
-- KotS