George once again set up his strawmen,
"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.I don't know who it is that is notable that has proposed negotiating with terrorists, unless maybe he's referring to Jimmy Carter talking to Hammas in the West Bank. Since Carter has no authority beyond his standing as an ex-President that couldn't be called negotiating and Obama has already stated repeatedly that terrorists are excuded.
We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said in remarks to the
Israeli Knesset. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American Senator
declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
Now what I found really offensive was George II deciding to use a foreign government as a political sounding board for Presidential campaigning. What I found rather astonishing was the standing ovation given after this piece of garbage was uttered. I would have expected that group of people to have a passing acquaintance with World War II history.
Now America is one of the most conservative of the industrialized democracies and when its conservatives get involved in history, it tends to be for the sake of convenience rather than facts. They continuously get caught out at it and just keep on at it. I don't suppose that anyone would like to argue that Israel is more liberal than the US? Well, the Knesset sure seemed to love this piece of inaccuracy and strawman argument. That sure increases my appreciation of Israel's special standing with the US. It is nice to know that they won't leave us holding the bag as the only people led by ignorance and stupidity.
Does anyone honestly believe that the mess in Israel and Palestine is the entire fault of one side? I have found that killing, terrorism, oppression, and general violence seems to take two to play when it involves nations. I propose that in that part of the world there is plenty of stupidity and intolerance to go around, and here's our President egging it on. Damn, does the idiocy have no end? Where is January 20, 2009 and what's holding it up?
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It would take a truly ingenious argument to convince George Bush that he's been wrong all along. You know he's been wrong, and I know he's been wrong. It remains for George Bush to know it, too. Somehow, I don't think that's ever gonna happen, though. Some things are too dense for light to penetrate, and DUHbya's (yes, it's spelled with a capital DUH) head is one of them.
Actually, the mess in Israel is the fault of one side: the Arab side.
Arabs had in 1948 more than 167 Israels to live in; that is to say, Arab territory was 167 times larger than Israel. They were not short of places to live.
While it may be true that if you see 5 kids on one side ganging up on one child arguing over a candy bar, that it looks like all 6 are at fault, on closer inspection if you see that Ahmed and his buddies have 167 candy bars but are fighting to make sure that Hershel doesn't keep the one that he bought with his own money, would you still say both sides are to blame?
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