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Originally Posted by NHØP
If what you mean by this is "being held to it"(Bush's statement), then no, I doubt the Palestinians will feel this way.
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Exactly. So how could it be construed that Bush has negotiated for Palestinians?
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Again, Bush isn't literally giving away Palestinian land (it is not his to give away) But his statement implies that he has no problem with Israel taking over large chunks of the West Bank:
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Hasn't Israel had large chunks of the West Bank that they won in the '67 war? Doesn't that make it Israel's land to give away, or keep?
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Do you really think that this is going to encourage Sharon to negotiate these parcels with the Palestinians?
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That's a far cry from violating Human Rights, and International Law, isn't it?
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Whats wrong with giving the land to the people that actually live there? The Ottomans, like the Romans before them and the British after, ruled the land, but for the most part, didn't live there.
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Nothing at all wrong with that. Would you support my annexation of Colorado for the Fatboy Empire? Perhaps you support the Barrio Warriors and their goal to return all of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to Mexico? After all, America took this land from Mexico against International Law and Mexicans live in all of these states.
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Again, Im not sure if I follow what you are trying to say. Are you being very literal here? I originally said that he was "dictating terms". Maybe I should have said that he was attempting to do so. Here is where Bush "forbade" refugees from returning to live in "their" land:
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You used very literal words: "dictate terms", "international law and basic principles of human rights", "I am ashamed to be an American". I'm trying to understand where you got these ideas, because the text you linked to didn't support them. "Attempting to do so" isn't much of a condemnation; certainly not enough to embarrass you. America has been attempting to dictate terms to the world since 1945. We've done it with bullets, dollars, and words. Why is this any different?