Thursday, November 01, 2007
"DoubleSpeak" in the Middle East
I'm sure President Bush won't get any credit for being the first American leader to call for a Palestinian state.
And sadly, I doubt this issue will be "really solved" anytime soon...
And sadly, I doubt this issue will be "really solved" anytime soon...
In the Toronto Sun, Salim Mansur discusses Middle East "doublespeak":
"President Bush became the first American leader to openly call for a Palestinian state when he presented a timetable and clearly stated plan for Palestinians to follow in reaching their goal. But the truth of the matter is that there is nothing to broker when one party, the Palestinians and their Arab-Muslim financiers and supporters, remains committed to the destruction of the other party, the Israelis."
