Subjects:
1) what is he saying (or trying to say)?
2) are his administrations policies consistent with the statement?
Quote A: "There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all. ... I can't think of anything more deep than that right."
This statement seems to be the result of very shallow thinking: a more literate person would most likely have substituted "profound" for "deep" in the sense of "thoroughgoing; far-reaching: profound social changes; penetrating beyond what is superficial or obvious."
Looking at the history of the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, I wonder why the Palestinians' right to their homeland is not also considered "deep"? There are even Israeli and Jewish American organizations that agree that if the Israeli government is serious about peace, they will withdraw settlers from Palestinian lands. In the same press conference that this quote came from, Bush all but affirms that the Israeli
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However, both the Palestinians and Israelis have continued fighting instead of actually following the plan. The settlements have resulted in more than 200,000 Israelis living on territory that (if there is to be a peace settlement) will become a Palestinian state. However, in the opinion of many US progressive organizations, this statement ignores US lack of support for UN resolutions that were created to reduce the violence. He concludes, awkwardly, with a statement that I interpret this way:
If the terrorist acts and responses to them end, then we (which I read as the US) can create the groundwork (the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation) to discuss a framework (a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality) for peace.
Quote C: "My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in thein the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the different parties involved that peace will never happen. These are not, at least on the face of it, the actions of a President who truly wants peace in the Middle East. Senator George Mitchell and including Warren Rudman and their colleagues Suleyman Demirel(Turkey), Thorbjoern Jagland (Norway) and Javier Solana(Spain) to find a path to peace in the Middle East. s are friends, while the Palestinians are just, well, Palestinians. 15, 2001 UN Security Council Resolution that, if approved, would have made the Mitchell Plan (see Quote #20) the official, approved plan for the Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate from.
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