Bush, Saudis and Terrorism

On the occasion of Israel's 60th anniversary commemorations, President Bush spoke before the Israeli Knesset to reaffirm U.S. support for the Jewish state. In a desperate effort to look relevant in the sunset of his presidency, Bush also used his talk to make a slight against Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama for his admission last year to have talks with Iran and North Korea if he became president. He even went as far as comparing Obama to Nazi appeaser British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. This speech was made a day before departing for Saudi Arabia to beg King Abdullah for cheaper gas.

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

"Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and
radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong
all along," Mr Bush said, in a speech on Thursday otherwise devoted to Israel's
friendship with the United States. "We have an obligation to call this what it
is - the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by
history."

But, apparently, it is not okay to try to negotiate with people before they start a war with the U.S., but it is okay to negotiate with a country where not only 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers came from, but also harbors hatred towards Jewish people.

Mr Bush must be really desperate for lower oil prices. Business as usual, I guess.