tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post113071505842672173..comments2023-04-02T08:17:05.618-07:00Comments on THOUGHTS BY SEAWITCH: Discontent With President BushSEAWITCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13974403903911560705noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130817852145218722005-10-31T20:04:00.000-08:002005-10-31T20:04:00.000-08:00GN,I agree and it's absurd the power the State Dep...GN,<BR/><BR/>I agree and it's absurd the power the State Dept. has. It's almost like a seperate branch of the government that has no checks and balances in place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130814861624376802005-10-31T19:14:00.000-08:002005-10-31T19:14:00.000-08:00I think the State Dept. has been badly serving thi...I think the State Dept. has been badly serving this country for decades. The "can't we all just get along?" philosophy is so firmly entrenched within the career diplomatic corps that they feel the need to sabatage anything that disrupts their carefully constructed world view.GunnNutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204685458798319462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130803465865839012005-10-31T16:04:00.000-08:002005-10-31T16:04:00.000-08:00esther,That's what makes me so mad. Especially Sp...esther,<BR/><BR/>That's what makes me so mad. Especially Special Envoy Wolfensohn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130785750906631282005-10-31T11:09:00.000-08:002005-10-31T11:09:00.000-08:00Well said everyone. I am often disgusted with how...Well said everyone. I am often disgusted with how the State Dept treats Israel. They are such whores to Arab oil nations. We constantly ask them to make concessions that we damn well know we'd never make.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345207783869344757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130724383325303972005-10-30T18:06:00.000-08:002005-10-30T18:06:00.000-08:00daniel,It would be interesting if a diplomat respo...daniel,<BR/><BR/>It would be interesting if a diplomat responded that way. Israel has been one of the truest friends this country has had and as you said needs to be treated as a friend.<BR/><BR/>You're welcome about the link. You have many thought provoking posts that are well written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130723337146761312005-10-30T17:48:00.000-08:002005-10-30T17:48:00.000-08:00I agree completely. I long for the day when an Is...I agree completely. I long for the day when an Israeli spokesman or politician, attending a press conference in the United States, is asked about further "concessions for peace"... and responds, on camera, by explaining graphically just what such concessions would mean for Israel, and asks the journalists: would <I>you</I> make such idiotic concessions against such a bloodthirsty enemy?<BR/><BR/>Israel is not just an ideological fellow-traveller of the United States. Israel has been a true friend of the US, offering help and advice that no one else could. I'd like to see Israel treated more as a friend, and less like the embarrassing crazy aunt you try to pretend doesn't exist.<BR/><BR/>seawitch -- many thanks for the link!<BR/><BR/>respectfully,<BR/>Daniel in BrooklineDaniel in Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296850357629131645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130719954944940742005-10-30T16:52:00.000-08:002005-10-30T16:52:00.000-08:00felis,Well said and my point. We can't keep askin...felis,<BR/><BR/>Well said and my point. We can't keep asking israel to relax it's borders for humanitiarian reasons while there are scores and scores of rabid terrorists intent on killing Israeli citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11693888.post-1130718729541330682005-10-30T16:32:00.000-08:002005-10-30T16:32:00.000-08:00patrickafir,President Bush has done a lot for Isra...patrickafir,<BR/><BR/>President Bush has done a lot for Israel. But lately the rhetoric coming from the Secretary of State Rice and from Wolfensohn is asking Israel to deal with terrorism in a way which would be clearly unthinkable in the US. I still admire Bush but no more double standards for our friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com