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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6772)4/20/2004 12:33:24 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 15987
 
But ONCE AGAIN, Bush didn't need to compromise the implicit neutrality of the US, by explicitly stating anything... Just let it hang, accentuate the positive (the withdrawals) without voicing an opinion on the negatives (the settlements)..

If Bush hadn't explicitly stated his support, thus giving something to Israel for the very big risk they are taking (I haven't forgotten any of my arguments against withdrawal under terror; they still hold), Sharon could not have gotten support for it. To say otherwise is to lack understanding of Israeli politics. Bush had to speak to get this to happen. Also, Bush, in case you hadn't noticed, does not believe in remaining perpetually 'even-handed' between allies and enemies.

The right of return was already widely acknowleged as a "non-starter" and merely a political diatribe.

Bullshit it was. Arafat broke the talks in 2000 over 'right of return'. The two sides had done a deal on land, so Arafat put 'right of return' back on the table to break the deal. The imbeciles pushing the Geneva plan (Beilin & co) conceded 'right of return' though they claimed loudly not to have done so, while the Pals claimed they had so done so. As Sharon told Bill Safire, he could not resist the Geneva Plan and the Saudi plan (both totally unacceptable) without a plan of his own. Any such plan had to be unilateral because there is literally nobody to talk to right now.

Very pro-American King Abdullah was forced to cancel his trip to meet with Bush:

He didn't cancel, just rescheduled. To let things cool off for a couple of weeks. Is this the worst repurcussion you can name? Not bad if so.
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