President Bush Addresses Members of the Knesset and Obama is ‘outraged’? C’mon.
by Jerry Gordon
Then ask yourself what ‘so enraged’ Obama to pop off and beat up on Bush. With the exception of one paragraph ,regarding the faint hope of democracy blooming in the autocratic Muslim Middle East and the rise of a virtually non-existent Palestinian state, this was a fairly supportive Zionist speech. Whoever wrote it did a commendable job.
Senator Joseph Lieberman opined on the needless hyped kerfuffle:
“President Bush got it exactly right today when he warned about the threat of Iran and its terrorist proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah. It is imperative that we reject the flawed and naïve thinking that denies or dismisses the words of extremists and terrorists when they shout “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” and that holds that–if only we were to sit down and negotiate with these killers–they would cease to threaten us. It is critical to our national security that our commander-in-chief is able to distinguish between America’s friends and America’s enemies, and not confuse the two.”
A tip of the hat to Dr. Michael Welner who urged me to watch and read the Bush Knesset speech and post both for you to form your opinion.
Speech was par for the course, spelling out Bushesmostly first term vision for the world, ME and America. I like Isiah better. Isiah was more believable and after 2000 years his vision has yet to come to pass.
Bush was largely correct re: Japan and Europe but the WW2 consequences had worn down and devastated Europe so thoroughly that the 60 years since could only be a natural result of the consequences of that war. American help went a long way to establishing European Peace and prosperity. that said the Challenges Europe now finds itself can easily reverse this current reality and in no time can see Europe revert to some extent back to their natural state. (intolerance and internal/external conflicts. Or they can continue to slide into total irrelevance. Some cultures do not lend themselves to Bushes vision of peace and harmony, individual freedometc. You cannot explain to a person born blind what colors are.
Somebody better to Bush that the rescinded PLO charter of Fatah PA says essentially what the Hamas charter does and still most of the individual terrorist attack attempts are still coming from terrorists aligned with Fatah and Mazzen Bushes pet moderate poodle. I would like to know with all of Bushes Bullshit in this speech why he says we have right in defending ourselves( as if that should not be a given to any nation or country) and then he has handcuffed Israel and even condemned us for doing just that.
Should somebody remind Bush of his Policies of appeasement towards Russia, Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Albania, and the PA. as well as Turkey and Venezuela. For all his big talk on values Bottom line of American policy which is generational shit walks Money( big business and oil) talks! America has no friends on vassals and international interests that can change on a dime if conditions change. Having lived in many parts of the world I can say that nobody likes Americans not even many Canadians.
Interesting to note the only MK who voiced negative opinions to Bush were 2 MKs from National Union and all the ArabsMKs who never attended NU MKs walked out in the middle of Bushes speech. The rest of our Lemmings sat and applauded that imbecile like he was Israel’s Great White Hope and Savior.
The point is Mr. Gordon, Barack Obama is sensitive to the accusation, he is a bigger appeaser of Muslim jihadists than Bush, and rightly so. This is what President Bush said yesterday:
Isn’t this exactly what Bush is doing Mr. Gordon? Negotiating with terrorists and radicals? Fatah terrorists and other terrorists? Saudi terrorists? Bush is on his way to Saudi Arabia to negotiate with murderous Wahhabi jihadists. Only Bush calls “his” arch-terrorists, “men of peace” and good “friends.” If Obama had any sense, he would call Bush on this duplicity. Isn’t Obama the logical extension of Bush’s appeasement policies? Obama is simply going to carry Bush’s appeasement policies further.
What is declaring that he (Bush) would work to establish a 23rd Muslim jihadist state in the Mideast — only days after the 911 Muslim terror atrocities on American soil — other than appeasement? The following was the now comotose Ariel Sharon’s “initial” response:
Bush exclaimed: Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or
you are with the terrorists.” Bush himself is with the (Muslim) terrorists Mr. Gordon. Isn’t he?
Steve
Mr. Gordon, Bush is also negotiating with terrorist murderers. Only Bush’s terrorists are “men of peace.”
Only you, people of Israel and your leaders, can stop other countries treating Israel like vassal. When you stop acting like serfs, other will stop treating you like serfs. Until then you got what you deserve.
The debate should not be who we do speak with or who we do not speak with – it should be a debate over the message that we deliver to them when we do talk. Obama wants to soothe our enemies; Bush wants to say nothing thus giving them the green light to proceed unhampered with their objectives.
Bush has been weak on delivering strong messages to Hezbollah and Hamas, keeping Israel’s hands tied when it comes to doing what she needs to do to protect her citizens.
Bush concentrates on Al Qaeda because of 9/11 and because it is easy to say that you are targeting such an elusive and hidden enemy without tying them with Islam.
When it comes to real enemies with missiles, nascent nuclear facilities, troops on the ground and terrorists firmly planted in Mosques throughout Iran, Iraq, Saudi, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, etc, he does nothing because it is no longer an academic political argument, it is a case of having no good excuse to ignore the real threats.
I would like to see if Obama has the guts to speak before the Knesset. From all I have read about Obama, he does not support Israel or he supports a mythological Israel overwhelmed by Islamists, so small that it cannot sustain life and invaded by neighbors with rights to destroy Israel and Jews and with a “contiguous” second Islamic state as a companion state to the Islamic State of Israel.
Israel files a third complaint against Hamas
in the UN for rocket attacks from Gaza. Olmert’s government is always ready to defend Israeli citizens.
Barak: Wait till the Palestinians run out of rockets
Defense Minister Ehud Barak promised to residents of Ashkelon that the rocket attacks from Gaza won’t last forever if only the Jews are patient. Barak acknowledged that IDF’s targeted strikes on Gaza don’t prevent rocket attacks.
More lies from Bush
“Muslims will realize the injustice of their [Hamas] cause.” Oh yeah. The incorruptible Hamas is unjust, and the US-propped Fatah thugs are the justice incorporated.
“America won’t break ties with Israel.” Sure, it will rather break Israel, forcing her to give Judea to Muslims.
“[Iran], the world’s leader of terrorism, must not be allowed to obtain the deadliest weapons.” In case Bush missed it, the world’s premier sponsor of terrorism is Saudi Arabia, full of Bush’s cronies. Another Islamic state, Pakistan, provides the largest numbers of terrorists with safe haven and has nuclear weapons, about which Bush does nothing. He is only concerned with Iranian nuclear weapons because they threaten Saudi Arabia, not Israel.
Bush pronounced young Palestinian suicide bombers “innocent children” to whom the evil ones strap the explosive belts.
Bush showed his great understanding of the world’s affairs saying that Hamas and Hezbollah fight Israel because she’s a beacon of liberty. Not only the liberties in Israel would sound rather fascist to most Americans (censorship, administrative detention of Jews without charges, imprisoning for political expression, sentencing of minors for political dissent), but Hamas and Hezbollah fight Israel for a different reason: they want the Jews out from what they believe is Arab land. (And that’s why we should expel the Arabs whose hostility is unrelenting.)
Trying to be funny, Bush said that the Palestinian people will eventually get a democratic state governed by the law, respectful of human rights, and free of terrorism.
Barak: The time is not right for Sderot to live
The Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced he curtails his urge to attack Gaza and waits for the proper time to attack Hamas. It remains unclear why the time was not proper two years ago or now, or what Hamas has to do with PIJ and PRC attacks on Israel.
Ehud Barak promised the end to rocket attacks from Gaza within several months. It seems the army prepares for the confrontation with Iran, and don’t want to be bogged down in Gaza but relies on ending the Iranian support for the Palestinian guerrillas.
Bush goes to Riyadh
Israel’s best friend and a great peacemaker (just like Jimmy Carter was) finished celebrating Israel’s Independence Day and now flies to Saudi Arabia, the prime sponsor of Wahhabite Islam and terrorism worldwide, a sponsor for the Pakistani nuclear program. Bush will spend a day at the royal horse farm near Riyadh with the horse owner.
UN boss regrets the 1947 partition
The UN’s Ban Ki Moon called Abu Mazen to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian catastrophe, Naqba. The catastrophe means the founding of the Jewish state in accordance with the UN resolution.
Israel’s UN mission responded by petitioning the UN to avoid using the term “naqba”. As if that changes anything for 1.5 million of Israeli Arabs.
To Hussein Obama, if the shoe fits…
Mak is right you know!