Learn History's Lessons

I am not one of the many Bush haters, but I admit that our President may not be the sharpest tool in the shed sometimes. This time he is spot on. President Bush made a speech today to the Israeli Parliament as part of his visit to Israel to mark that Country's 60th anniversary. President Bush said "Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along." I do not see how any reasonable person could refute Bush's statement. The real trouble began when Bush said "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.' We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history." It did not take long for the democrats to pounce on President Bush for his statement. Most notably the two remaining Democratic Presidential Candidates, Clinton and Obama. Senator Obama took particular offense, saying that the President's statement was "the politics of fear". I guess Bush hit one of Obama's nerves with his speech, as he has said that if elected, he would sit down with our terrorist enemies and talk. It should be noted that President Bush never refereed to Barack Obama during his speech. By negotiating with terrorists, you inadvertently legitimize terrorism
as a vehicle to accomplish political goals. Most reasonable people know this, and Obama must too, seeing as how he was so sensitive to the President's speech. If senator Obama does not trust the lessons of history, he can consult another source. He can just ask fellow Democrat Jimmy Carter how well he did on his recent visit to meet with Hamas.

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