December 15, 2005
That boy's not naive. He knows that in order for Israel to be at peace, first the surrounding nations need to be at peace with themselves.
Getting Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Turkomen, Assyrians, et.al. to find common cause is a first step to getting them to realize that Israel is not the enemy.
Getting them to realize that "we are endowed by our Creator, with certain inalienable rights...that all men are created equal" would do wonders for the Middle East.
Call me an optimist, but I see the day when Iraqi diplomats stand up in the U.N. to denounce the constant criticism of Israel in that body.
After today, it could happen.
[personal note: I'm sick of off-topic comments by everyone showing up in my email. Stick to the subject or STFU]
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Posted by: greyrooster at December 16, 2005 04:03 AM (kkjRj)
That depends. Is he a Leftwing Jew? In which case he'll wring his hands and blame it on christian evangelicals.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 16, 2005 08:51 AM (8e/V4)
Posted by: Agent Smith at December 16, 2005 06:43 PM (oC6D4)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 16, 2005 07:17 PM (0yYS2)
Posted by: Agent Smith at December 17, 2005 03:17 AM (oC6D4)
My next hope is that the US will someday allow Israel to aggressively pursue its foes to the same degree that the US does.
Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,59711,00.html):
Tuesday, August 06, 2002
WASHINGTON — The turnover of territory from Israel to the Palestinian Authority won’t do anything to improve security, according to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.
That’s because the Palestinian Authority is involved with terrorist activities , Rumsfeld said during a “Town Hall†meeting with Pentagon civilian and military workers.
“There is no question but that the Palestinian Authority has been involved with terrorist activities,†Rumsfeld said, adding that Israel can’t turn over territory to “an entity that has a track record†like the Palestinian Authority.
Rumsfeld also did not call on Israel to abandon Jewish settlements , as has been a provision of most of the peace plans emerging, including one from the Bush administration. The West Bank and Gaza were seized during the 1967 Middle East War in which Egypt, Jordan and Syria sided against the Jewish state. Israel won, and U.N. resolutions since then have called for a return to pre-war borders.
“My feelings about the so-called occupied territories are that there was a war,†Rumsfeld said. “Israel urged neighboring countries not to get involved in it once it started. They all jumped in and they lost a lot of real estate to Israel because Israel prevailed in the conflict.â€
Rumsfeld said that Israel repeatedly has offered to pull back but “at no point has it been agreed upon by the other side…â€
“It seems to me, focusing on settlements at the present time misses the point,†he said. “The real point is to get an effective interlocutor. The real point is to get a condition so that you can have a peace agreement.
Why are we acting in league with Condhimmi Rice and the Saudi-pensioned State Department instead of Rummy???
Rummy-Hanson '08!
There is a policy that the US should say clearly: wear the bandana or wave the banner of Hamas, Islamic Jihad or the like and you choose to be framed by a crosshaired scope and that hiding behind civilians puts the civilian death on the heads of those who used them NOW and FOREVER.
Posted by: Aaron's cc: at December 17, 2005 10:06 PM (ov6Vw)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 20, 2005 10:48 PM (8e/V4)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 20, 2005 10:50 PM (8e/V4)
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