The new administration's policy of negotiating by appeasement is nothing more than whoring ourselves on the world stage.

Our new envoy to the middle east, George Mitchel is calling for the Palestinian Authority to oversee the movement of goods into Gaza. Taking into consideration that The Palestinian Authority or as they are better known these day's as FATAH, the largest faction of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization), you remember them, the fine organization headed up by the late Yasser Arafat, that started out as a terrorist group and as far as any rational person is concerned, still is, and shouldn't be trusted. Somewhere in this mess I can almost guarantee that Hamas and Fatah will get together in a dark smoke filled room somewhere in Gaza and come to some kind of agreement.

We for our part will appease the Palestinians in some way, because that's the new tone for diplomacy, then screw over the Israeli's and come out on the short end of the stick which is what happens when you deal from weakness with radicals. It appears even Jimmy Carter wants in on the act, why just the other day he said Hamas are his friends and that if the Israeli's would negotiate with them they would abide by the negotiated terms, really now.

I seem to recall Hamas refusing to extend a certain eighteen month ceasefire in the very recent past, forced the Israeli's to invade them and after they agreed to the current ceasefire they continue to launch rockets into Israeli territory, whats wrong with this picture?

It's apparent that the honorable Mr. Mitchel has never heard the term, letting the fox guard the hen house. The next four years should be very interesting.

Thanks for reading,

"The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line".
Orlando Battista Canadian-American Chemist/Author
1917 - 1995

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