President Bush’s Political Commentary ‘08

The Diamond Anniversary of Israel is an occasion that should be exalted. After great sacrifice the occasion should not have been marred by any political innuendo.

That was not the case.

The President took the opportunity to play politics.

As much as he says he wants peace in the Middle East , his talk tough, shoot first, ask questions later approach, has got us where we are now.

No wonder Americans are registering in droves to unseat him. There is a tradition that when a President is not on American soil, he leaves his political narratives behind. Instead he took the opportunity to further the GOP fear machine and strike the first political blow to change.

Change is something feared by the GOP. It would mean quite simply, loss of revenue. No matter the lives that would be saved.

War is Big Business.

McCain jumped on the wagon along with Lieberman to rubber stamp the President’s position and the insidiousness of disagreeing is tantamount to being unpatriotic. Here we go again. It does get old.

The new twist of course is he used this fear mongering dialogue to insure that Israel will be safe. That hasn’t worked real well has it? Israel nor the U.S. Is safer as a result of the policies of “Operation Enduring Oil”.

Not by any stretch of the imagination does anyone want to appease those who think so little of human life. Nor does sitting down and trying to talk to other human beings about mutual concerns garner distaste by those who choose to think outside of the war box. Empowering those who have nothing to loose but their lives is a risky proposition, but no more risky than ‘Blow ‘em up let God sort ‘em out”.

By the same token, the use of force has bred more hatred and we are in a worse position than before the “Mission Accomplished”. So what does he suggest? It is easy to deride peace talks when they don’t come from your party. But then, the GOP is not known for their negotiating skills. They believe peace can only be had at the butt of a gun.

This should be an amusing race. I think Mr. Bush forgot he is no longer in the race or he needed to give McCain a bit of a jump start.

The comments are not only incendiary and disingenuous but should be beneath the Leader of the “free” world.

One would think that words would be chosen carefully and references to Hitler and Nazis would not see the light of day. But, whatever is politically expedient is plausible as long as it is said by the Leader of the “free” World. Barack Obama rightfully , along with other Democrats called him on it, of course, The White house couldn’t help but get a dig in.

Senator Biden and Speaker Pelosi ,among others, were clear. McCain has been called upon to denounce the statement.

What should have been a celebratory time and one of great reflection and respect turned into a spectacle. It is the first in a long list of remarks used to instill fear. Notwithstanding the recent comment concerning a democrat in office and the withdrawal of troops will lead to an attack. It is apparent that The President has a lot to say about this year’s election. McCain can use all the help he can muster. But the venue of a celebration of this import seems less than Presidential for these kinds of inflammatory statements.

The stage is set.