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BS.
Israel showed that it didn't have the leadership to do what was needed.
It was a candyass response that Bill Clinton would have authorized.
This article is a prime example of 'putting lipstick on a pig'."
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I'm confused. Why do I need links to articles I don't care about?"
Your use of only rhetoric and lack of care about links to facts is obvious. They're for other readers to compare with your comments.
Here's some more background information. Although I've been a Republican voter for a long time, I do disagree on foreign policy with the appeasing "elite" who make the decisions on foreign policy and defense.
Bush and Sharon disagree over Israel's future
Wednesday June 27,
2001http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,513410,00.html
President Bush Calls for New Palestinian Leadership
The Rose Garden
June 24,
2002http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020624-3.html "
So I challenge Israel to take concrete steps to support the emergence of a viable, credible Palestinian state."
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The United States, the international donor community and the World Bank stand ready to work with Palestinians on a major project of economic reform and development. The United States, the EU, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund are willing to oversee reforms in Palestinian finances, encouraging transparency and independent auditing."
Quartet Joint Statement
Summary
July 16,
2002: Text of a joint statement issued by the "Quartet" (United Nations, Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union) following their meeting in New York
[Document behind the link.]
http://europa-eu-un.org/articles/sk/article_1489_sk.htm "
The new international Task Force on Reform, which is comprised of representatives of the U.S., EU, UN Secretary General, Russia, Japan, Norway, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and which works under the auspices of the Quartet, will strive to develop and implement a comprehensive action plan for reform."
Most Americans Support Right of Jews to Live and Build in Judea-Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/927783/posts June 10, 2003
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By a margin of nearly five to one, Americans oppose the Bush administration's demand to halt all further Jewish construction in Judea-Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza . . . The poll, carried out by John McLaughlin & Associates, surveyed a scientific sample of 1,000 American adults on May 21, 2003.
Sharon presses Putin to drop UN resolution on road map
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013908/posts 4 November 2003
Rice: Israel Must Withdraw from More than Gaza and Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333354/posts February 1, 2005
ALTERNATE (includes mention of UN Res. 242: Some of you asked about why our US Government is funding the Palestinian Authority. The reason is that much of the rest of the world wants the "road map" to continue happening, and our Government is appeasing those obsessed nations.
President Bush Calls for New Palestinian Leadership
The Rose Garden
June 24,
2002http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020624-3.html "
The United States, the international donor community and the World Bank stand ready to work with Palestinians on a major project of economic reform and development. The United States, the EU, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund are willing to oversee reforms in Palestinian finances, encouraging transparency and independent auditing."
Quartet Joint Statement
Summary
July 16,
2002: Text of a joint statement issued by the "Quartet" (United Nations, Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union) following their meeting in New York
[Document behind the link.]
http://europa-eu-un.org/articles/sk/article_1489_sk.htm "
The new international Task Force on Reform, which is comprised of representatives of the U.S., EU, UN Secretary General, Russia, Japan, Norway, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and which works under the auspices of the Quartet, will strive to develop and implement a comprehensive action plan for reform."
...little more background material:
Rice: Israel Must Withdraw from More than Gaza and Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333354/posts February 1, 2005
Bush and Sharon disagree over Israel's future
Wednesday June 27,
2001http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,513410,00.html
Sharon presses Putin to drop UN resolution on road map
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013908/posts 4 November 2003
In 1967, the leaders of our various nations showed their vanity with UN Security Council Resolution 242. They again ignored the Mandate (binding world agreement on the Jewish Homeland) and demanded that Israel give land to the Arab nations. We can go back further than that, though. The "road map" is really not a new thing, but our leaders will go on saying that it was Israel's idea all along. The canard of blaming Israel in advance for its own destruction by other nations/religions goes back through a couple of thousand years of history.
2004 Republican Party Platform (see "Road Map")