A little over two years ago I wrote the following:
"If Condi Rice displayed the same passionate zeal during UN negotiations over the terms of a cease-fire with Hizbullah in the 2nd Lebanon War, as she does in bullying Israel to make concessions, no doubt there would have been a strong Chapter 7 mandate, instead of the weak 1701 Resolution."
"As it was, Secretary Rice appeared eager to give in on the original American position and conceeded to the demands of the Arabs and the Europeans."
"With the result being a token UNIFIL force with observer status only. And that's exactly what they do, observe and watch Hizbullah re-arm and re-supply."
"[John] Bolton related to [Dan] Gillerman, [Israel's ambassador to the UN at the time], that Condoleezza Rice had taken the task of negotiations upon herself and was personally involved in all of it's details."
"In regards to the final draft resolution cease-fire Bolton said:
'Rice is the one who agreed to the last two changes that were discussed...'
"Those last two changes were caving in to the Arabs and Europeans who wanted the weak 1701 toothless resolution with no enforcement mandate, as opposed to the much tougher Chapter 7 mandate. As well as a mention of Sheba Farms."
Since then Hizbullah has been very busy rearming and re-supplying for their next jihad war against Israel.
Both Iran and Syria have been eagerly complicit.
Recently Syria transfered Scud rockets with a range of over 400 miles to Hizbullah terrorists.
When will U.S. Administrations and the pinheads over at the State Dept. stop interfering with Israel's right to defend itself and go after and defeat the jihadists?
In 1982 the Israeli IDF had Arafat and his PLO jihad terrorist pals surrounded in western Beirut.
And what did our U.S. government do?
They pressured Israel into allowing safe passage for Arafat and his jihad pals out of Beirut to safety in Tunisa. And sad to say, it happened on President Reagan's watch.
That would be the equivilent of political pressure on the U.S. to allow safe passage for Usama Bin Laden and his jihad followers if they were ever actually cornered as Arafat was.
Unfortunately the U.S. adapted an appeasement approach to Islamic jihad terrorism with the dispicable and irresponsible legitimization of the PLO.
That is in keeping with the unfounded belief held by the clueless that Islam can be negotiated with.
Instead of the U.S. and other governments engaging in appeasement and bestowing legitimacy on the PLO, they should have stayed out of Israel's way and not only allowed Israel to destroy Arafat and the PLO leaders holed up in western Beirut, they also should have done all they could have to support our ally Israel instead of pulling the rug out from under them with pressure to allow safe passage for the terrorists.
The same with regard to the fight with Hizbullah in 2006.
Condi Rice should have never agreed to that weak toothless 1701 Resolution, but instead insisted on the Chapter 7 enforcement mandate for disarming Hizbullah.
The U.S. Administration and State Dept. today are even worse appeasers.
As the Iranian Islamist regime makes headway to acquire a nuclear weapon, the actions of the U.S. and the rest of the international community are impotent.
In fact the actions of Obama towards our allys are those consistent with a "manchurian" president.
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