What’s that Bush Playing at? Words vs. Deeds.

A little point, counter-point. Bush in Israel spewing nice sounding things but meaning none of them.

Bush in Israel - 01/09/08 - Haaretz

Bush:

“I come as an optimistic person and a realistic person - realistic in my understanding that it’s vital for the world to fight terrorists to confront those who would murder the innocent to achieve political objectives,” [Yes! Bush is going to confront himself and his administration! Bush is going to confront Israel over Lebanon and the Humanitarian crisis in Gaza!]

“I come with high hopes, and the role of the United States will be to foster a vision of peace. The role of the Israeli leadership and the Palestinian leadership is going to do the hard work necessary to define a vision,” Bush said. [Bush as a U.S. visionary of peace. Would that be the Afghanistan vision? The Iraq vision? The Pakistan vision? The Gaza vision?]

“the international community must understand with clarity the threat Iran poses to world peace.” [Bush is finally telling the international community to recognize that Iran is not a threat to world peace? - that certainly is something to make clear indeed. Bravo Bush!]

“The alliance between our two nations helps guarantee Israel’s security as a Jewish state,” [Will this alliance then entail converting the 20% of the Israeli population that is Arab into Jews? Will this be followed up by a declaration of the United States as a Christian State?]

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