The Israelis are pissed off, and I can't blame them. I am, too. Hussein's yak-fest in Cairo is doing nothing but alienating all of the wrong people. Isn't it usually a good idea to keep your allies happy, and take a stern stance with the bad guys?
That is exactly the opposite of what Hussein is doing. Coddling up to the islamists, while irritating the only country in that part of the world that doesn't want to blow us up. Can anyone really explain how this serves our national interests? The only interests being served right now are Hussein's and the muslim bastards he kowtows to.
Hussein wants the Israelis to stop settling the West Bank, thinking it might bring the Palestinians to the bargaining table. It won't; the Palestinians have made it clear over the last 40 years that the only deal they want to see is the one where Israel no longer exists. They like to pay lip-service to less harsh ideas, but that's all it is: lip-service. Their actions say otherwise. Regularly. But Hussein likes to believe any swill that comes out of the muslim world.
Which is where the diplomacy difference comes in. The Left always liked to paint Bush as a warmonger, a cowboy shooting off his sixguns at anyone who looks at him cross-eyed. Not entirely true, and true for all the right reasons. When someone consistently says one thing but does something else, it's a good idea to play hardball first. Come to the table ready for a fight.
But not Hussein. He's the Dude. All slicked up, looking spiffy, but with no idea what it takes to survive on the dusty streets. The kind of guy that shows up at the O.K. Corral after all the smoke has cleared, throwing his tin star around, ignoring the obvious in an effort to seem in total control.
I'd rather have the guy that keeps the roughnecks in the hinterlands and out of town, but that's just me.
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