What an irony, that a war advanced by many as an alternative to forging a peace in Jerusalem—indeed who saw it as a clean break from such negotiations—has had the opposite effect.
And how revealing, that in seizing on the Golan provision of the report as one of its greatest challenges, Tim Russert and Andrea Mitchell just now on MS-NBC both described the return of these high, watered lands as something “we” were being asked to do: Americans, American politicians. As though we might snap our fingers and this ally in the Middle East would respond. The Baker report was also forthright on this point. “No American Administration—Democrat or Republican—will ever abandon Israel.”
DOUCHE BAG SAYS WHAT???
Look at Weiss' reporting and compare it to reality!!!
GET RID OF WEISS. HE IS A JOKE!!!!
HE MAKES THE OBSERVER LOOK LIKE A PIECE OF SHIT!!!!
RECOMMENDATION 15: Concerning Syria, some elements
of that negotiated peace should be:
- Syria's full adherence to UN Security Council Resolution
1701 of August 2006, which provides the framework for
Lebanon to regain sovereign control over its territory.
- Syria's full cooperation with all investigations into political
assassinations in Lebanon, especially those of Rafik
Hariri and Pierre Gemayel.
- A verifiable cessation of Syrian aid to Hezbollah and the use
of Syrian territory for transshipment of Iranian weapons
and aid to Hezbollah. (This step would do much to solve Israel�s
problem with Hezbollah.)
- Syria's use of its influence with Hamas and Hezbollah
for the release of the captured Israeli Defense Force
soldiers.
- A verifiable cessation of Syrian efforts to undermine the
democratically elected government of Lebanon.
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- A verifiable cessation of arms shipments from or transiting
through Syria for Hamas and other radical Palestinian
groups.
- A Syrian commitment to help obtain from Hamas an acknowledgment
of Israel's right to exist.
- Greater Syrian efforts to seal its border with Iraq.
RECOMMENDATION 16: In exchange for these actions and
in the context of a full and secure peace agreement, the Israelis
should return the Golan Heights, with a U.S. security guarantee
for Israel that could include an international force on the
border, including U.S. troops if requested by both parties
Actually it's even worse than that for My side. The side that wants to see Israel survive and better for the Israel destroyed crowd, ie Phil Weiss and his crew. Appease Syria and Iran at a regional conference where Israel isn't even invited. Dump them over the side and suck up to to Syria and Iran. Not exactly a shock from James ( fuck the Jews ) Baker. But, here is the thing, the recomendations in this report are going to touch off Armageddon. This is not the Sudetanland in 1938 and Israel is not going to commit suicide has much has Phil Weiss and his compatriots would like it too. Has Churchill said in the house of commons. The choice is between dishonor and war. If Bush enacts these ideas it will bring nothing but dishonor to the United States and the war will come. Much worse than anything that is happening now.
Well said, Mr. Weiss.
And "Bill Pearlman" is an idiot. He (like so many others who argue that side) is accusing the Report of being Anti-Semitic. And why, because it says that the Palestinians shouldn't live in oppression anymore? The reality is that Israel is an aggressive force which is a threat to the region.
Anon:
"Israel is an aggressive force that is a threat to the region".
And syreky we all know what should happen to the hook nosed kike vermin, right, you asshole
Look Who's Cutting and Running Now
James Baker is the last guy we should listen to about Iraq.
By Christopher Hitchens
Posted Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, at 4:39 PM ET
According to the Associated Press, Henry Kissinger made it official Sunday morning in London, when he told a BBC interviewer that military victory was not possible in Iraq. Actually, what he said was this:
If you mean by "military victory" an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I don't believe that is possible.
There are a couple of qualifications in there, and what Kissinger is describing is really more the definition of a political victory than a military one, but say what you will about our Henry, he wasn't born yesterday. He must have known that the question would come up, what his answer would be, and what the ensuing AP headline ("Kissinger: Iraq Military Win Impossible") would look like.