As for Israel, they keep giving up land in return for peace and the peace never comes.

Though our government has called for talks with Iran to resolve this it is a far cry from “face to face talks” with the Iranian President, Hamas leaders, etc. If something can be resolved diplomatically it should be, if we didn’t the Democrats would sure be screaming that Bush is a bigger warmonger than they already do. Not only that but if our government doesn’t attempt diplomatic resolutions first they have failed their citizens who are in the military and their families.

You see in the world of foreign policy a visit from the President, Queen, Prime Minister, or whatever the head of the state of a nation is called is considered an honor. It is a sign of friendship, trust, support, and often solidarity. Why do you think that people think Bush should not attend the ceremonies in Beijing? Because his visit in political circles is seen as being supportive of China and its policies.

It is fine to have talks with rogue nations, even nations that are your enemies but talks are preformed by lesser officials not the head of state. However you do not honor terrorists, rogue nations, or your enemies with a visit by the head of state. There are other subtleties to diplomacy but I won’t get into those.

BTW I found this lovely definition of PC. I don’t know who to give credit to but it’s not mine.

“Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

It might have been better had he said German tanks but nonetheless, he was not specifically talking about Obama and I don’t believe he was equating Obama to Nazis.

We have been talking to terrorists for decades and they are still hell bent on destroying Israel and attacking us.

As I recall, talk did not work to well with regard to Iraq either.

Regardless, why would the Dems take it so personally when a lot of people fit the bill?

I will give you credit that you recognize the hypocrisy in equating these when McCain called for talks with Hamas in 2006 and the Bush Administration is and has been in talks with the Iranians. At least I think you recognize that. I’m hoping you do. But let’s not pretend that the President was not paralleling calls to talk to Iran with Nazi appeasement. President Bush brought up Nazi tanks crossing into Poland in 1939 and appeasement, not me. Don’t forget that.

“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As NAZI tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to HITLER all of this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is –- the false comfort of APPEASEMENT, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.” –President G.W.Bush

Again the appeasement of Chamberlain was not that he talked to Hitler, but he gave away half of Czechoslovakia to Hitler thinking that would appease him and prevent the war.

I call upon your sense of honor and patriotism in looking at this.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Of course Obama is included in the list of people that the president was referring to. He was not the ONLY one. Obama took it as a personal attack when he was one of many who was attacked.

The title of his linked piece shows that: Perino: Bush’s Comments Were Not ‘Aimed’ At Obama, But Do ‘Include’ Him»

This is exactly what I said. Obama and the Dems took it as an attack on Obama and ONLY Obama. It was an attack on all who feel this way. He was INCLUDED.

I did not hear France or Germany complain as part of the group.

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I certainly did not hear the President call anyone a Nazi. The only people who use that word are the liberals when they call Bush one.

You might have valid points but they get washed away in your obvious distortion of the facts.

Here are some more facts: First Neville Chamberlain was the head of the Conservative Party in Britain, not the Liberal or Labour Parties. The Conservative Party. Second Appeasement was not that he TALKED to Hitler, it was that HE AGREED TO GIVE AWAY HALF OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO NAZI GERMANY.

A year ago Senator McCain said that the US needs to meet and talk with Hamas because they were the elected government in Gaza.

What Obama said he would do as president is what President Bush is already doing it’s just that President Bush thinks the American people are too stupid to know that. And he knows that the Corporate-owned Mainstream Media won’t bother reporting it.

We are all Americans, aren’t we? We want what’s best for the United States, don’t we? The President of the United States in a foreign country before their parliament calling a candidate for the office of President of United States a Nazi appeaser for doing exactly what he is doing is bad for our nation. It makes us look bad, dishonest, and quite frankly sc**balls. I for one do not like it when the United States is humiliated like that. Please be an American first and a Republican second and think about this. We are all Americans. Let’s do what’s best for America and not for a particular political party.

Thank you.

They are not united and their attack on Bush for his comment shows they are touchy on the subject.