> And what good have Bush's "commitments" done? Notta. > > Again, this comes down to a few simple things: > > (1.) Israel exists SOLELY due to US sponsorship, thus the US has a say > and a right to some of the chips. > Sorry, but BS. The US supports Israel but Israel could go it alone without the US. On the whole, the US holds Israel back from totally annihilating their enemies. History has shown us that.
> (3.) A peace deal is going to be 1967 borders + swaps with > international recognition of both Israel and Palestine. That's a > fact. So why continue the same failed charade that been going on for > 30 years? > Because a large chunk of that international community doesn't want to give recognition. If they did then the 67 lines (not borders but armistice lines) would be enough. To this day the Egyptian army trains for a future war against an unnamed country to its east. And the "Islamic Nation of xxx" will never accept any nation that defines itself as Jewish. So recognition is a joke which is the core of this entire thing. A total unwillingness to accept Israel's existence. Land is not the issue. Water is not the issue. It's recognition of existence. > And if anybody thinks the Palestinians are getting a pass, then might > want to read about their reaction. Hint: it's not too great. > They're never happy about what anyone says unless it's full and utter support. Obama can never say anything that the Palestinians will wholeheartedly support. Just look at his Cairo speech. Didn't do jack. > Thus, in my opinion, it was the perfect speech: > > (1.) Honest about the facts. > Like that's ever going to happen. Politics is never about honesty or facts. > (3.) Provocative. This will hopefully generate talks in Obama's second > term. > Like that's going to happen. The only chance he has is if there is actually peace (yeh, right) and if the Republicans can't front anyone sane. If Palin is the Republican candidate the chances of me voting Obama is actually rather high. That should say something. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338267 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
