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| 2003-07-31 | |
Calling himself "an Israeli at heart," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told Israeli legislators during a lecture on Wednesday that the burden for achieving peace in Israel rests with the Palestinians, who he said must eradicate terrorism. Speaking a day after President Bush met at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, DeLay said that Bush "made clear that the prospects of peace are the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority," which must "fight terror and dismantle terrorist capabilities." Bush also urged Sharon to ease restrictions on Palestinians and to restrain Israel's own actions. Yet DeLay, while declaring that Palestinians "have been oppressed and abused," said that the culprit was Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "Israel is not the problem," he said. "Israel is the solution."
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Sure sounds like Delay is running for something - might he envision taking Dick Cheney's place on the 2004 ticket? Wouldn't be a bad idea... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-8-1 12:07:37 AM |
| #4 I think the problem with the Isrealis and the Palestinians can be summed up in one word: ARAFAT. That little pig was an early leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLF)which trained the IRA, the Red Army Faction, Black September and other nutcases and fringe wackos too numerous to mention. As long as there are hostilities between the Isrealis and the Palestinians, Arafat has a nice fat life with a zillion dollars in the bank and legions of left leaning, anti-semite European leaders kissing his butt. Once there is peace, someone and not necessariliy an Isreali will KILL him. Terrorism has become a business. As long as there are problems in Isreal, these psychopaths can get large sums of money from naive people to fund their crimes. A lot of that money goes for fancy cars, fancy homes, drugs, girls, fine food, etc....If there is peace in the middle east, these clowns are out of business. So they self perpetuate themselves with other people's children and other people's money to guarantee themselves status and a cush existence. |
| Posted by: SOG475 2003-7-31 3:37:46 PM |
| #3 Too true. Historically, Americans have to be backed into a corner and have their jaw knocked askew before they'll take up a challenge to their existence. One can hope that's really changing - Dubya is certainly trying to effect that change. Lethality makes the stakes far too high to wait, as before. |
| Posted by: PD 2003-7-31 1:28:07 PM |
| #2 I know alot of people who are willing to except the lie. As long as it doesn't effect them. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-7-31 12:02:12 PM |
#1 The newspaper cut out all the incredibly moving rhetoric:Terrorism, like its tyrannical forebears, is borne of the idea that with enough guns, enough fear, and enough violence, human power can control the human spirit.Amen. |
| Posted by: someone 2003-7-31 12:32:19 AM |