Setting Borders
President Bush offered conditional support for Israel's unilateral actions in setting it's own borders.
With concern rising over Iran's nuclear program, Mr. Bush reconfirmed the United States commitment to defend Israel against attack, and said that he, too, wanted to exhaust all diplomatic options before discussing any military attack.
"Our primary objective is to solve this problem diplomatically," Mr. Bush said.
Mr. Bush and Mr. Olmert spoke at a joint news conference at the White House after a meeting here, their first since Mr. Olmert became prime minister. The two men said they also planned to meet later in the White House residence, without their advisers.
Mr. Bush praised Mr. Olmert's "bold ideas" for another unilateral Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory. But he said a negotiated agreement "best serves Israelis and Palestinians and the cause of peace."
The Palestinians are rapidly running out of negotiating room here. If Hamas does not meet the conditions required to make talks possible, the Israelis will simply set the borders and walk away. Since it does not appear that Hamas can make the necessary steps, this is almost completely a done deal.
Arafat screwed the Palestinian people repeatedly. Hamas is about to destroy any real chance for them.
War, World news | Gaius May 24, 2006
By Roland Hesz, May 25, 2006 @ 5:21 am
What’s new? Israel has always set his borders the way he wanted.
Not that it is relevant or anything, just a fact.
Yes, the other party would have done the same. Israel was quicker. There is not much difference there.
And yes, the common folk would rather live in peace and be left alone.
Not that anyone would ask the common folk – usually referred to as “The people of”.
It’s going to blow up one day, and it won’t be a pretty sight.
By Gaius, May 25, 2006 @ 5:31 am
THere already appears to be a civil wars starting up. It is ugly.
By Roland Hesz, May 25, 2006 @ 5:56 am
I was thinking of the Big Party, when everyone shows up with their Home Made Aggressor Kits. But according to a guy I know from Israel, the people are really fed up with the whole thing – on both sides. They just want to live.
Unfortunately the decisions are made by politicians – the least fit species for the job.
And when the place will turn into a glass desert with a steady background noise of the Geiger-Muller counters then will we stand really dumbfounded.
And as I see it, the nuclear event of the day won’t be started by Iranian rockets, but buy the Mosad blowing up Iranian nuclear plants, or some US or Russian guy with an faster-than-brain finger.
Mad Max in Baghdad…
By Gaius, May 25, 2006 @ 6:06 am
The Iranian situation is a real problem right now. The world has got to get together on this one or it will get ugly, too.
By Roland Hesz, May 25, 2006 @ 6:15 am
Yes, but invading Iran they way we did in Iraq won’t solve anything.
First, the army of the US is practically doesn’t have enough resources.
Second, that’s getting uncomfortably close to Russia and China, none of them would like a strong army presence that close.
Dropping a nuclear bomb on the place won’t be a good idea either – wouldn’t it be really ironic, destroy them with the same tool we deny them to acquire?
By the way, if people keep shouting that they can’t have a nuclear weapon, they will get one just to show them. Israel always shouting that the arabs should not have advanced techniques does not help either.
It will be solved I think, but not with shouting and waving arms. It’s like telling a texan to turn in his weapons.
By Gaius, May 25, 2006 @ 6:25 am
Texans are mostly responsible with guns. Iran has a loon for a president at the moment.
By Roland Hesz, May 25, 2006 @ 6:30 am
I was refering only to the uproar the request would – and did – provoce.
But yes, that guy is a loon.
Still, he is the legitime leader of an independent country.
Democracy at its best