Posted on 09/16/2005 5:43:25 AM PDT by SJackson
Has America financed holy war (jihad)? Have we supported a "peace partner"? Or have we just helped create a terrorist state?
Maybe it was that last $50 million that George W. Bush forked over to the Palestinian Authority in May that made the Gaza transfer between Israel and the PA this week so ... What was Condoleezza Rice's word for the lawless Palestinian stampede of looting and desecration that erupted after the Israeli withdrawal?
"Successful."
That is, something must have sweetened the deal to make Israeli-Palestinian coordination on this territorial handover so very ... How did Ms. Rice describe the dynamic that led to the flags of jihad terrorism being hoisted into a sky darkened by burning synagogues?
"Effective."
Successful and effective? Not everyone's first reaction, but maybe it all depends on what Ms. Rice was hoping for. The fact that burning synagogues failed even to singe the Secretary of State's assessment of diplomatic success and effective statecraft is nothing less than chilling. But maybe it reflects our arrival at a cold, new reality that calls into question administration attitudes toward longstanding American motives and goals in the Middle East.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
Has America financed holy war (jihad)?---Yes
Have we supported a "peace partner"?---Yes, Abu Mazen is a peace partner too
Or have we just helped create a terrorist state?---and Yes!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Stop the madness, end PLO funding NOW.
I didn't see a link to any of your archives at http://www.lauramansfield.com
You wrote an essay about that interview you did with the professor that should go here.
It's probably too late to issue a stop payment on that $50 million.
Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Joe 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Zec 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
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