I'd sign up for 'pay-per-view' to hear the President make that statement on live TV. Won't happen, of course.
Posted on 05/08/2002 3:29:21 PM PDT by RCW2001
Bush calls Arafat condemnation of terrorism 'incredibly positive'
RON FOURNIER, AP White House Correspondent
Wednesday, May 8, 2002
©2002 Associated Press
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/05/08/national1822EDT0809.DTL
(05-08) 15:22 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
President Bush called Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's condemnation of terrorism an "incredibly positive sign" Wednesday. He urged Israel to consider the consequences of retaliating for the latest suicide bombing.
"Israel is a nation that is a sovereign nation, but whatever response Israel decides to take, my hope, of course, is that the prime minister keeps his vision of peace in mind," Bush said.
"You've got to want peace to achieve peace," Bush said. He spoke at the beginning of a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
©2002 Associated Press
I certainly hope he meant this literally!...the 'incredibly' I mean. ;^)
As I said before, Bush can speak for himself.
I WANT TO FREAKING SCREAM!!!!!! HAS BUSH GONE MAD ??!!
President Bush, say something intelligent like "Arafat has shown that his words are meaningless and that he is a pathological liar in the extreme."
Here's a great quote from the article:
The essence of understanding "oriental war" is watching what the participants do rather than what they say -- a talent lacking in journalists and intellectuals with a primary talent for arguing over the parsing of political statements only they take seriously
He balanced the cautionary note to Israel with a warning to Arafat: The Palestinian Authority must enact democratic reforms to earn economic benefits from the international community.
Bush met with Abdullah a day after a suicide bomber killed 15 people in an attack on a pool hall in Israel. The militant Islamic group Hamas claimed responsiblity. Arafat, in a speech on Palestinian television, said in Arabic that he had ordered his security forces to prevent terror attacks against Israeli civilians.
"I hope that his actions now match his words," Bush said.
I'd sign up for 'pay-per-view' to hear the President make that statement on live TV. Won't happen, of course.
Araft works from the same playbook. This is elementary stuff.
Right now, I'm not entirely sure I can support this man again. It breaks my heart to say that, but he's leaving me no choice. I've never been so disappointed in a President.
President Bush needs to just shut up and let the PM of Israel handle it. "Consider the consequences of retaliating?" Give me a *@&^$*@ break! Bomb them back to the stone ages. They must be shown they cannot simply walk into the stores and threaters and blow people up with no retaliation in return. An eye for an eye. Very simple. Very positive. Very plane. I cannot understand how Bush now says Israel cannot defend its self from this stuff yet we are doing exactly the same thing. Just unbelieveable. Totally.
A caller on Rush's show today listed the 11 things that Bush has flip-flopped on. They were:
1. Campaign Finance Reform
2. Utah Monuments
3. Education Bill
4. Farm Bill
5. Food stamps for immigrants
6. Unemployment benefits extension
7. Let Pickering bet Borked
8. Didn't campaign for Schundler
9. Abandoned Bush doctrine in middle east
10. Steel tariffs
11. Airport security bill
To that I add supported the RINO in California against the conservative Bill Simon; making pals with the communist Fat Teddy Kennedy; becoming a bigger liberal than most Blue Dog Democrat socialists; giving the socialist their agenda while abandoning a conservative agenda; not telling Colin Powell to shut up and support the team or get the hell off the team, a total lack of guts; failure to show guts on #1 above by failing to veto this unConstitutional law; and finally, by allowing Tom Dash-hole to become the pain in the butt he has become because Bush does not have a set big enough to call Dash-hole (who openly said about conservatives and republicans as "right wing") a socialist that he is.
So, some can flame me on for all you want. I voted for Bush and would again simply because of the alternative, but I have had it with his liberalism. I hate liberals, socialists and communist and cannot support someone who continues to do their agenda for them. It is destroying this country and our way of life.
Flame on
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