It’s called diplomacy George
Posted by clubwah on May 16, 2008
George W Bush stepped out from his role of lame-duck President to launch a scathing attack on Presidential hopeful Barak Obama, saying the Senator’s plan to engage in talks with the leaders of America’s enemies, including Iran, smacks of appeasement.
Of course he used Hitler as an example, an interesting analogy considering he was speaking to the Israeli Knesset on the occassion of Israel’s 60th anniversary of independence.
Bush said: “Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.
“We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.’
This is a bit rich considering the ”crusade” option Bush has taken on terrorism been an abject failure. Maybe he should get into dialogue with leaders of the so-called “Axis of Evil” instead of simply listening to God.
Today the Obama campaign noted that Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary, had told the Washington Post only yesterday that the United States needed to “sit down and talk” with Iran.
May 16, 2008 at 12:44 pm
What a dickhead statement this is:
“…as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.”
Since when is the purpose of a negotiation to convince one side they are wrong? It’s about seeking to understand the parties to conflict and reach compromises so that people stop being killed. Fuckwit.
Of course, this is all bravado and politicking. The Yanks have been having secret talks with “terrorists” for ages now. With this attitude - not too different from your average Jihadi - it’s no wonder those talks are going nowhere.