| Bush's Speech Leonard Brink 25 Jun 2002 A lot of people seem to be confused about President Bush's use of the term "provisional state." I believe this term describes the policy outlined by Benyamin Netanyahu and the majority in the Likud party i.e. that Palestinians may acheive self-rule without having all the powers of a sovereign "state" per se. President Bush also called for election by the Palestinian people of leaders untainted by terrorist connections. The President isn't trying to dictate to the Palestians what leaders they may elect, he is merely alerting them as to what sort of leaders America is willing to work with, and that America is not willing to work with terrorists, i.e. the current Palestinian leadership. It would be naive to think that the Palestinian people, the majority of whom still support the annihilation of the Jewish people, will take President Bush up on his plan for peace, or that any speech (especially one that was not even broadcast by the P.A.) will change the fundamentals on the ground. In short, the President's speech is a clear affirmation of the overwhelming opinion among Americans that Israel should be supported in pursuing its path of self-defense against terrorism. Still, there is one thing Israel can do to improve its standing and its moral authority in the community of nations, and that is to replace Ariel Sharon as P.M. with Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr. Sharon is somewhat tainted by his incompetence in Lebanon in 1982, adding fuel to the European argument of moral equivalence, whereas Mr. Netanyahu is above reproach. Moreover, Mr. Netanyahu is the only true intellectual on the stage of world leaders today, and Israel desperately needs his formidible presence in this crisis. |
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