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How Bush Defines Obama and Himself
by MikeSar
Recently Pres. Bush said in the Israel Parliament: “Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” he said, without referring to Obama by name. “We have heard this foolish delusion before.” And then, the president dropped the bombshell – making the comparison to the appeasement of Hitler and the Nazis."

At first look, this seems clever, paint Obama an enemy of Israel and the more he denies it, the more people will know what the Pres. said. This seemed OK until I heard (sorry, don't remember his name) someone say that Bush was trying to bring the Jewish vote to the Republican Party. Now, this seemed to be, even, Brilliant!

Until I remembered a few Jewish-Americans I met in USAF and remembered they were all ahead of the class (Eng. Grad. School) yes, I know, this is not Politically Correct. My point is that Pres. Bush may have gone too far into thinking a few of his words would change the long historical contributions to the Democratic Party and to the Civil Rights Struggle (some Jewish-American young men were killed) that will outlast whatever words anyone, including me, would say.

Perhaps our President thought that the promise of money or 100 F-35 supersonic fighters would bring peace in the Middle East. That our President would not talk to enemies, only to friends ignores the courage of Pres. Nixon and Reagan.

Pres. Bush only wants to talk to our faithful allies, like England. What for? To make Peace with them? That is what I call Chutzpah based in ignorance.

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