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.
We have heard this foolish delusion before. 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.
Some people suggest that if the United States would just break ties with Israel, all our problems in the Middle East would go away. This is a tired argument that buys into the propaganda of our enemies, and America rejects it utterly. Israel’s population may be just over 7 million. But when you confront terror and evil, you are 307 million strong, because America stands with you.
America stands with you in breaking up terrorist networks and denying the extremists sanctuary. And America stands with you in firmly opposing Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions. Permitting the world’s leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations. For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
Now, this proves to you--not that any intelligent and rational person needed the proof--how much Obama cares about himself and only himself. Obama answered this defensively, believing that because he is so absolutely special, because the secular left has anointed him their new Saviour, that Bush must have been referring to him. Obama answered:
This is all published at NY Times online right now.It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence to launch a false political attack. It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel. Instead of tough talk and no action, we need to do what Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan did and use all elements of American power - including tough, principled, and direct diplomacy - to pressure countries like Iran and Syria. George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the President’s extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel.
Aside from the fact that Obama did say he would "talk" before acting with Iran (a complete contradiction here--notice his statements in November 2007), I think there is only one thing to say here--other than something about Obama's Solipsism and why exactly he attracts mostly college aged kids who want to live without consequences. I have one name--Jimmy Carter. In what capacity, other than in his utter selfishness, does Obama actually think he is the target of Bush's criticisms. Isn't Jimmy Carter the one toting around talking to Terrorists? Isn't Jimmy Carter the one that fits the description of Bush's imaginary "talker"?
Need I say more? I think this is yet another example of Barry Obama's solipsistic live-without-consequences world view. After he said he didn't want his kids "punished with a baby" I knew it was only a matter of time before he started to look more like one of those college professors driving a hybrid (I got nothing wrong with hybrids--just don't make it a political statement) carrying around some Marxist pamphlet.

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