Posted on 05/15/2008 8:52:15 AM PDT by tobyhill
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- In his first address to Israel's parliament Thursday, President Bush reiterated the United States' "unbreakable" alliance with the Jewish state and denounced calls to negotiate with "terrorists and radicals."
In a speech before the Knesset, Bush compared calls to talk with unnamed terrorist groups as a "foolish delusion" that was suggested before World War II.
"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,' " Bush said. "We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
Former President Jimmy Carter recently wrapped up a trip to the Middle East, which included talks with leaders of Hamas -- an Islamic militant group that controls the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
Carter hoped to persuade Hamas to negotiate with Israel in an attempt to reach a broader Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
Hamas has not been included in peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, under President Mahmoud Abbas, who control the West Bank. Israel and the United States refuse to negotiate with Hamas until it renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel's right to exist.
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Jimmah Carter is the Chamberlain of our times......
Obama took umbrage over the statement.
Guess he feels guilty.
Bullseye ! Both witless Obammy and Jimmah the Wise.
“Bush compared calls to talk with unnamed terrorist groups as a “foolish delusion””
There he goes, picking on poor Jimmy Carter again. LOL!
But handing them hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars is somehow a fine idea....
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The GOP better wise up and fire away because they've already screwed themselves enough and just maybe the American people will appreciate but at the same time fear the truth about the Rats.
Too bad he doesnt have the same attitude about Mexico...and it’s UNarmed terrorist invasion...
I give him Props on this though...judging by the sqeals...he nailed them...
Give him about 30 minutes.
I bet the fool does.
Just heard little snotnosed Tommy bitch about it on CBS radio.
Just when I had lost hope in Bush, too! If only he used his guts more often.
Obama is a follower of Black Liberation Theology. Black Liberationists believe that the US is an oppressive, hegemonic, imperialist nation, and as such, they do not support the use of the military by the US for any reason.
So, yes, Obama supports appeasement of all Middle Eastern countries, appeasement of all the enemies of the US. Obama believes of not only the redistribution of wealth, but the redistribution of power, and the redistribution of rights, as in judicial restoration, from the “oppressor” to the “oppressed”.
NOW...let’s hope MCCAIN backs the PRESIDENT and his comments!!!!
LOL! Man! The DimoPervs are such a bunch of squealing, crybaby, sissies!..And the voluminous response to Bush’s statements are blatent proof of the truth of his words!
Go’head DimoCowards!.. Appease the crocodile!
The stiletto went all the way to Dem ego bones. >Bo)
If the GOP would act as if they have nothing more to lose and just let loose with the truth, most Americans would understand and embrace the truth. Democrats hate America, hate the military and hate everything self reliant.
Bush must have hit Dumbo's nerve.
I’m not voting for McCain, but if he does not back the president on this, I will actively campaign against McCain. As it is, I try to focus on opposing Obama, and supporting conservative local candidates, and just avoid discussing McCain, but if he comes out and disagrees with Bush, I will not be able to stay quiet.
Thank you President Bush. This is the kind of Truth Attack the Republicans need to make against Obama and the traitor Democrats.
The public needs to know that voting for Democrats is voting for more attacks on America and Israel and many more deaths.
Wrong. Chamberlain saw the light when Hitler invaded Poland.
Jimmy Carter is the Quisling of our time.
He doesn’t mention Dem’s but the dems have lost it over Bush’s remarks. “I think the lady doth protest to much”.
Say what you want about GWB, he is the man that stands between the Western civilization and all-out Muslim jihad.
President Bush is about the unlamest duck I've ever seen...
I have been pretty mad at Bush on some things but the GOP better learn how to fight and take some lessons from what he just did.
U.S. Senator William Borah After the German invasion of Poland, September 1939
They felt the heat. And rightly so...
I hope McCain doesn’t apologize, he should direct the MSM and the DNC to the White House for comment.
Jimmy Carter is more like Benedict Arnold.
Note Obama is lying, Defense Sec. Gates recently said we should not meet with Iran's leader.
Further note, why is it ok for Obama to snipe at Bush while Bush is on foreign soil??? Bush did not mention Obama and everything is not about that Dumbo eared leftist punk.
In either case they assume appeasement before strength....
Dr. Do-Little: "If I could only have talked with the animals..."
Which part of Bush's speech offended the Rats?
The hubbbub this has caused it so very entertaining.
All the Dems panties in a bunch has made my day.
“The sting in any rebuke is the truth!” - Benjamin Franklin.
Kerry fearlessly conferred with the Viet Minh / Viet Cong and then represented their "American forces are war criminals" complaints when he testified before a committee of the Senate of the United States of America. He is consistent. It worked out great for the Viet Minh / Viet Cong.
the MSM is weeping already .... cry ‘foul’ for Obamessiah
“Bush invokes Nazis in apparent hit on Obama”
“Obama blasts Bush over ‘Nazi’ comments”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24647048/
The use of the word Nazi when speaking of those who wish to appease.
Not to rain on everyone's Bush praise parade, but isn't this essentially what Bush has Rice doing with the Palestinians while strong-arming Israel to give up more land for "peace"? I wish he would apply his statements in this speech consistently across the board.
“...an American senator declared, ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided,”
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Ten to one it was a Democrat senator.......
He could have responded “I am well aware of the dangers of appeasement. I am well aware of the dangers of a weak leader negotiating from a position of weakness with a tyrant is a recipe for disaster and possibly war, as was th case with Chamberlain in Munich.
History has also shown that a strong leader negotiating from a position of strength can weaken and eventually end a tyranny. We eventually prevailed in the cold war by negotiating from strength.
Instead he sent out his spinmiesters and cued his sock puppets at CNN and MSNBC to go in to mock outrage mode.
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Historical note, I think the proper historical analogy for Barak Obama is not Chamberlain but Vichy France.
Touche Mister President!
It’s like that old Shelley Fabares(?)song: “Johnny Get Angry”. “Johnny get angry, Johnny get mad.
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had.
I want a brave man, I want a cave man
Johnny show me that you care, really care for me”
Yeah, show us that you care Johnny McCain. Give them heck! We want a cave man, Johnny! Use a little of the “Straight Talk”, and let the Dems have it! (and not just a lecture!)
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