Re: NP Bushspeak

I agree with that, jbor. It´s not about picking sides, or quid or quo, and I commend the measure taken in Afghanistan--as there really is no other way to administrate terrorism but to eradicate it at the root, at any cost.

By the same token, I am inclined to believe that the political juncture of the past year has favoured a man unfit by nature to address it personally. Bush is not a statesman but a legit ventriloquist´s doll, and the goverment´s management of affairs, both on a national and international level and with its varying levels of success, is surely not his work, but that of the more intelligent  people behind him who are temperate and wise enough to sacrifice their oyster of a president to the onslaught of public opinion.

--Monica

jbor wrote:

>I'm not a "supporter" of the Israelis or the Palestinians or Bush or the
>anti-Bush lobby. Most reasonable people aren't that dogmatic or
>simple-minded, and it's not a soccer match after all. What I do support are
>those initiatives working to eliminate terrorism and those which are seeking
>a resolution of the current conflict in the Middle East. America and its
>allies (the EU, Arab nations, and "key regional states", as Bush points out
>in his speech) have a crucial role to play in working towards a lasting
>solution, and peace - potentially. I don't agree with Monica - the example
>of Afghanistan clearly demonstrates the current US Administration's capacity
>and willingness to initiate "viable action" at a global level, and it's
>foolish to underestimate what they can and will do. I can certainly
>understand Paul's cynicism, and it is probably idealistic to expect a happy
>resolution any time soon. But at least an effort is being made - I'd say
>that any move to broker a peace deal in the Middle East is better than
>letting things go on as they are or leaving it up to the parties involved to
>try and effect a solution to the conflict. And I can certainly imagine the
>hue and cry from the alternative media blowhards if the US and its allies
>decided to just let it all go on without doing anything! If someone comes up
>with a better idea to achieve peace in the Middle East then I'm happy to
>hear it, and "support" it, but I'm not at all interested in the monotonous
>whine of the sad and irrelevant little Campaign Gore 2000 losers still
>bawling into their Farina.
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/bush.mideast.speech/index.html
>
>best
>
>
>> It's
>> disgusting when either side does it, but where I see the "main difference"
>> is Israel's murder is State sponsored (and do I mean State!) and Palestine's
>> is desperate rag tag rebels that Arafat could never get control of, least of
>> all when his water and electricity are shut off, and his compound is
>> surrounded by tanks. The only way to get them to stop is to let their lives
>> be tolerable enough so death is not the better option than life.
>>

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