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Not At My Table - Political Discussions => National & International Politics => Topic started by: Chicken Little on May 21, 2008, 09:40:01 PM

Title: Israel Launches Appeasement Talks with Syria
Post by: Chicken Little on May 21, 2008, 09:40:01 PM
Well Surprise, Surprise!
(http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/jim-nabors-c.jpg)

Seems a certain bunch of Gomers has been saying it's dangerous (weak, naive, etc.) to talk to rogue nations.  Seems like they've been saying that a whole, WHOLE, lot lately.  

Well, apparently, a certain President failed to make an impression on a certain Knesset.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/israel-syria-launch-surprise-peace-talks/2008/05/21/1211182897526.html

quote:
Israel, Syria launch surprise peace talks

Jason Koutsoukisin in Jerusalem
May 22, 2008

IN AN unexpected announcement, Israel and Syria said yesterday they were engaged in indirect peace talks, with Turkish mediation.

Senior officials from both sides were in Turkey, an Israeli Government official said. "The two sides have begun indirect talks under Turkish auspices," the office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said in a statement. "The sides have declared their intention to conduct the talks without prejudice and with openness. They have decided to conduct the dialogue in a serious and continuous manner with the aim of reaching a comprehensive peace."
Title: Israel Launches Appeasement Talks with Syria
Post by: we vs us on May 21, 2008, 09:46:48 PM
"Israel launches Appeasement Talks with Syria"

Fixed that for you.

Title: Israel Launches Appeasement Talks with Syria
Post by: Chicken Little on May 21, 2008, 09:51:15 PM
Ah, much better, thanks, weevus. [;)]

Oh, irony.
Title: Israel Launches Appeasement Talks with Syria
Post by: mr.jaynes on May 22, 2008, 12:32:29 PM
Appeasement? Does anybody with a sense of history understand t6hat appeasement does not work? Didn't work at Munich, did not work at Yalta, and it sure won't work with Syria!
Title: Israel Launches Appeasement Talks with Syria
Post by: rwarn17588 on May 22, 2008, 12:48:40 PM
I think the word "appeasement" was used in jest, Mr. Jaynes.

More here:

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20080521kimchespiegel.html
Title: Israel Launches Appeasement Talks with Syria
Post by: mr.jaynes on May 22, 2008, 05:12:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by rwarn17588

I think the word "appeasement" was used in jest, Mr. Jaynes.

More here:

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20080521kimchespiegel.html



I would hope so, because such a proposition would be disastrous.
Title: Israel Launches Appeasement Talks with Syria
Post by: Chicken Little on May 23, 2008, 12:31:47 AM
Israel ready to give up the Golan Heights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7362937.stm

So, now it looks like these two enemies are on the verge of peace and President Carter helped it happen.

 
quote:
Mr Carter said it was now "just a matter of reconvening the talks and concluding an agreement" between the neighbouring countries.


Seems like some Gomers were calling him a  "traitor" (//%22http://www.therealitycheck.org/2008/04/16/jimmy-carter-citizen-traitor/%22) last month for talking to our enemies.  No doubt Hamas is an enemy, btw.  But, seven years of swinging d*ck cowboy sh*t punctuated by a pointless proxy war in Lebanon only served to make Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran stronger.

A peace treaty between Israel and Syria would suck the wind out of their sails pretty quick.    Busts up that Shi'ite Crescent (//%22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Crescent%22) and takes away one reason for those fools to be in existence in the first place.  Oh, but you can't win the war on terror by talking.  Bullsh*t.