Soccer Dad

Bold words, empty words

September 20, 2001

Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success. We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.) From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.

I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror. I call upon them to build a practicing democracy, based on tolerance and liberty. If the Palestinian people actively pursue these goals, America and the world will actively support their efforts. If the Palestinian people meet these goals, they will be able to reach agreement with Israel and Egypt and Jordan on security and other arrangements for independence.

March 1, 2006

US: As usual, Bush's strong support for Israel has been nearly exclusively rhetorical, and the trumpeted cessation of financial support is largely a charade:

US Will Send Millions to Hamas

March 1, 2006

I'm just curious if Bush will ever make a surprise visit to Israel--after all, like Iraq and Afghanistan, Israel's situation today is very much a result of US interference intervention policy in the area, and it would be a sure sign of support, comparable to the effect of his visits to Iraq and Afghanistan, where the US also encouraged democratic elections.

February 28, 2006

This spectacle is overwhelming in its sheer shamefulness. The United States claims that Israel is its "close ally and friend" - yet it is unwilling to act with anything approaching propriety when this close ally and friend is subjected to institutionalized, racist humiliation. The Arab boycott of Israel is first and foremost the expression of the idea that Jews are inferior and abnormal - that they should not be allowed to work and live like other human beings. To aid those who target a friend with this kind of hatred is an unseemly abrogation of self-respect and decency.

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