The question is who is delusional? Those who attempt to negotiate? Or those who declare war on false grounds?
Bush appeasement slur angers Democrats
Obama outraged by president's claim that talking to US foes in Middle East is like negotiating with Hitler
- The Guardian,
- Friday May 16 2008
President George Bush used a visit to Israel yesterday to denounce Democratic party offers to negotiate with America's enemies in the Middle East as comparable to appeasement of Hitler. Although Bush did not name any Democratic politician, the party's presidential contender Barack Obama has offered to open negotiations with the Iranian leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.
Obama and other Democratic leaders expressed outrage at being compared to the Nazis, especially on a visit to Israel. They also condemned Bush for breaking a long-time convention against using foreign visits to score domestic points.
Obama described it as a "false political attack", saying he had never advocated talking to terrorists, while Joe Biden, the Democratic chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, said: "This is bullshit." The Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, described Bush's comments as "beneath the dignity of his office".
Speaking during a visit to the Knesset, where he was attending celebrations to mark Israel's 60th anniversary, Bush said it was a foolish delusion to think it was possible to negotiate with extremists and terrorists. "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,'" Bush said...
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