None Dare Call It 'Appeasement'

davidlimbaugh.com ^ | 05/15/08 | david limbaugh

[lancer256]

Let me get this straight. It's perfectly fair for Barack Obama and his cohorts to repeatedly disparage President Bush's foreign policy as "cowboy diplomacy" but unspeakably horrific for Bush to analogize the Democrats' approach to foreign policy to appeasing Hitler?

When Obama compared Hillary Clinton's threats against Iran to President Bush's threatening "bluster" and "cowboy diplomacy," no one batted an eye.

But when Mr. Bush, in addressing Israel's Knesset, compared those who want to negotiate with today's terrorists and tyrants to an American senator in 1939 who lamented that Hitler's march into Poland might have been avoided "if only I could have talked to Hitler," Obama, other Democrats and the mainstream media went ballistic.

What's wrong with the president assuring our major Middle East ally that, under his watch at least, America will stand by it against our common enemies, such as the Holocaust-denying Iranian regime?

Well, plenty, if you listen to Democrats and the MSM. If President Bush is articulating a position with which they don't agree, he is politicizing foreign policy -- an unforgivable sin. Never mind that Democrats not only have been politicizing foreign policy for the past seven years but also undermining our official policies in the process. Jimmy Carter’s intermeddling with Hamas, Nancy Pelosi's junket to Syria and trips to Iraq by other Democratic members of Congress to sabotage U.S. policy are but several egregious examples.

[TigersEye]

Apart from Lieberman are there any Democratics that it doesn't apply to?

Democratics in both the House and Senate used war funding bills to play games today.

[TigersEye]

What's wrong with the president assuring our major Middle East ally that, under his watch at least, America will stand by it against our common enemies, such as the Holocaust-denying Iranian regime?

Absolutely nothing. The President's job doesn't go on hiatus while election campaigns go on. This is why Democratics can't be trusted with national security. To them elections are more important than the safety of our country or any other.

[txhurl]

Update: Hillary DID pipe up in favor of Obama:

Clinton defends Obama from Bush

Hillary, today in Rapid City, South Dakota, defended Obama from President Bush's apparent comparison of him to Neville Chamberlain, Ken Vogel reports.

She told reporters:

President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous on the face of it, especially in light of his failures in foreign policy. This is the kind of statement that has no place in any presidential address and certainly to use an important moment like the 60th anniversary celebration of Israel to make a political point seems terribly misplaced. Unfortunately, this is what we’ve come to expect from President Bush.

“There is a very clear difference between Democrats and Republicans on foreign policy and that difference will be evident once we take back the White House.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_defends_Obama_from_Bush.html

There's an extreme DC back-alley battle going on.. what is it? Why weren't her comments included with every other top rat's today?

[peeps36]

Just imagine how feminine an Obama/Edwards ticket would look. The two of them combined don't add up to one man. I just can't imagine Joe American casting his vote for a dork and a sissy while we are at war with terrorist.Berry could turn up the bass in his voice all he wants he's still a goofy string-bean without a spine.

[C19fan]

In truth Obama is much worse than Chamberlain. On this site there is a feed of newspapers articles from 70 years ago. Based on history and these articles Chamberlain, his predecessors and the French leadership were operating under severe political constraints from a population with strong memories of the slaughter of the Great War and unwilling to go to war against Hitler. Chamberlain needed to negotiate to show to show hiw own populace, the other countries of the British Empire, esp Canada and Australia, and the US he did everything he could to prevent war. Obama does not face any of these constraints. His whole attitude comes from him being part of the “blame America first” crowd.

[modest proposal]

“acting like”. He IS an immature pop celebrity.

His fans that are not voting for him based on skin color are all screaming women (and sissy guys) who think he is some sort of black JFK.

[Grampa Dave]

"None Dare Call It 'Appeasement"!

Obama: "I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems, ....I will not weaponize space... I will slow development of future combat systems... I will institute a 'Defense Priorities Board' to ensure the quadrennial defense review is not used ..."

Then, there will be peace in our time without the evil republicans causing war!

My change is good for Muslims, Islamofascists, Black Racists, and Chrislims. $crew the Christians and real Jews!

[Grampa Dave]

"Just imagine how feminine an Obama/Edwards ticket would look. The two of them combined don't add up to one man. I just can't imagine Joe American casting his vote for a dork and a sissy while we are at war with terrorista. Berry could turn up the bass in his voice all he wants he's still a goofy string-bean without a spine."