Comments on: Bush Tries to Make Peace as Hamas Makes War http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:38:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Lonie http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-41244 Michael Lonie Mon, 19 May 2008 05:02:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-41244 No conspiracy theorizing. The simple fact of the matter is that the Bush Administration is exhausted. Seven years of guerilla politics by the Dems coming on top of having to fight a real war at the same time have drained the administration to the point where it has no new ideas and no energy to develop any. All it can do is push on with the Iraq Campaign, as the key campaign in the war against the jihadist terrorists. This exhaustion has allowed the conventional wisdom of the foreign policy elites to rise to the surface. As Bernard Woolley put it in an episode of "Yes, Prime Minister," it's not just the cream that rises to the top. So the jejune ideas of the elite about appeasing the Arabs have gained sway. Rice seems surprisingly amenable to these silly ideas. We should give up on a Palestinian Arab state. The Palis don't want one, they only want to kill Jews and don't care what or who tyrannizes them, so long as their bloodlust is slaked. They are plainly unfit for democracy. If they were endowed by their Creator with rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness they petulently tossed them away, seeking instead a right to murder. No conspiracy theorizing. The simple fact of the matter is that the Bush Administration is exhausted. Seven years of guerilla politics by the Dems coming on top of having to fight a real war at the same time have drained the administration to the point where it has no new ideas and no energy to develop any. All it can do is push on with the Iraq Campaign, as the key campaign in the war against the jihadist terrorists.

This exhaustion has allowed the conventional wisdom of the foreign policy elites to rise to the surface. As Bernard Woolley put it in an episode of “Yes, Prime Minister,” it’s not just the cream that rises to the top. So the jejune ideas of the elite about appeasing the Arabs have gained sway. Rice seems surprisingly amenable to these silly ideas.

We should give up on a Palestinian Arab state. The Palis don’t want one, they only want to kill Jews and don’t care what or who tyrannizes them, so long as their bloodlust is slaked. They are plainly unfit for democracy. If they were endowed by their Creator with rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness they petulently tossed them away, seeking instead a right to murder.

]]> By: Townie http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-40442 Townie Fri, 16 May 2008 15:57:06 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-40442 SAF - Do you really think that they ignore the obvious? Maybe it's time for you to take the next logical step and consider that they act the way they do in pursuit of some unstated goals which may not be very moral or even legal? Maybe what you see as the plain, obvious reality is just a stage set set up intentionally to distract you from something you aren't yet ready to acknowledge? SAF – Do you really think that they ignore the obvious?

Maybe it’s time for you to take the next logical step and consider that they act the way they do in pursuit of some unstated goals which may not be very moral or even legal?

Maybe what you see as the plain, obvious reality is just a stage set set up intentionally to distract you from something you aren’t yet ready to acknowledge?

]]> By: SAF http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-40411 SAF Fri, 16 May 2008 14:37:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-40411 Although I voted for him twice I must say he has been a huge disappointment, to say the least. He swore he'd fight our enemies yet he lets Iran kill our boys in Iraq. A strong stance with Iran, like destroying their entire navy after the British Hostage incident or dropping metallic shrapnel on their power plants as a warning would have gotten their attention and stabilized Iraq. Hi stance on Hamas is equally and fatally flawed. Condoleezza Rice, someone I used to admire has been a failure. These people just ignore the obvious. Ronald Regan would not have been elected had not the inept Jimmy Carter proceeded him. I think Obama will be Jimmy Carter II and hopefully there is another Regan in the wings to take his place when he inevitably gets hurled out of office in 2012. Although I voted for him twice I must say he has been a huge disappointment, to say the least. He swore he’d fight our enemies yet he lets Iran kill our boys in Iraq. A strong stance with Iran, like destroying their entire navy after the British Hostage incident or dropping metallic shrapnel on their power plants as a warning would have gotten their attention and stabilized Iraq. Hi stance on Hamas is equally and fatally flawed. Condoleezza Rice, someone I used to admire has been a failure. These people just ignore the obvious.

Ronald Regan would not have been elected had not the inept Jimmy Carter proceeded him. I think Obama will be Jimmy Carter II and hopefully there is another Regan in the wings to take his place when he inevitably gets hurled out of office in 2012.

]]> By: Moultrie http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-40045 Moultrie Thu, 15 May 2008 16:37:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-40045 Not sure why this US President has become so blinded by this faulty vision of long term terrorist becoming peace partners...he seems to have lost his direction after 2004 election...that assumes this hasn't been planned all along....like the One World Conspiricist think. Not sure why this US President has become so blinded by this faulty vision of long term terrorist becoming peace partners…he seems to have lost his direction after 2004 election…that assumes this hasn’t been planned all along….like the One World Conspiricist think.

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]]> By: David Thomson http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-39912 David Thomson Thu, 15 May 2008 01:02:56 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-39912 "Sad to say but, Israel is on her own for the balance of his term." Israel must bomb Iran’s nuclear installations before the American elections in November. It would be foolish to take a chance on a “Barry” Obama presidency. Israel is indeed on its own. The dishonest pacifism of our elites is turning the United States into a toothless tiger. “Sad to say but, Israel is on her own for the balance of his term.”

Israel must bomb Iran’s nuclear installations before the American elections in November. It would be foolish to take a chance on a “Barry” Obama presidency. Israel is indeed on its own. The dishonest pacifism of our elites is turning the United States into a toothless tiger.

]]> By: Webutante http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-39901 Webutante Thu, 15 May 2008 00:11:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-39901 Good piece, David. No doubt Bush is playing an endgame here with no real expectations of success. Actually, this compassionate stance towards Abbas and a Palestinean state (don't they always have one sorta?) has lowered my view of Secretary Rice considerably. What ever are they thinking? Are they thinking? Good piece, David. No doubt Bush is playing an endgame here with no real expectations of success. Actually, this compassionate stance towards Abbas and a Palestinean state (don’t they always have one sorta?) has lowered my view of Secretary Rice considerably. What ever are they thinking? Are they thinking?

]]> By: Big Ben http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-39867 Big Ben Wed, 14 May 2008 21:46:28 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-39867 Bush started in th right direction after 9/11, but then the State diplomats got to him with the platitudes that he started repeating often enough that he may have started believing it. This pre-occupation with trying to bring "peace" between the Israelis and Palestinians is a pipe dream. The Israeli leaders, unfornuately, won't say it becaause they need the leverage of the so-called Peace process to keep their jobs in light of the scandal a week that keeps popping up. Good analysis by Mr. Hornik. I wish that it would get wider ciculation. Bush started in th right direction after 9/11, but then the State diplomats got to him with the platitudes that he started repeating often enough that he may have started believing it.

This pre-occupation with trying to bring “peace” between the Israelis and Palestinians is a pipe dream.
The Israeli leaders, unfornuately, won’t say it becaause they need the leverage of the so-called Peace process to keep their jobs in light of the scandal a week that keeps popping up.
Good analysis by Mr. Hornik. I wish that it would get wider ciculation.

]]> By: DrKrbyLuv http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/comment-page-1/#comment-39812 DrKrbyLuv Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:38 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bush-tries-to-make-peace-as-hamas-makes-war/#comment-39812 Bush is a barking dog with no teeth. He has no credibility left and worse, the American economy and military is on the verge of collapse because of his ineptness. Sad to say but, Israel is on her own for the balance of his term. Bush is a barking dog with no teeth.

He has no credibility left and worse, the American economy and military is on the verge of collapse because of his ineptness.

Sad to say but, Israel is on her own for the balance of his term.

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