Bush Shows Strong Lead on Israeli-Palestinian Issue. Point-By-Point Kerry Plan Absent.
Bush thunder rolls on. His national strategy for defeating global terror states that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict must be a "major component" of the US national plan. With his Road Map Initiative, he takes a strong lead on this issue. This effort for a just, two state solution can be supported by all Muslims. The Kerry campaign has presented no such major, point-by-point, national plan for this critical problem.
(PRWEB) September 15, 2004 -- President Bush's national strategy for
defeating global terror states that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
must be a "major component" of the national plan because no other issue has "so
colored the Muslim perception of us." And he has clearly declared his strategic
objective for this region. For example in his weekly radio address to the nation
April 20, 2002 he called on both Palestinians and Israelis to take action to end
the current Middle East crisis. Here is how he stated his national strategy
objective, an objective he calls a major component in his national war plan for
defeating global terror:
"This week Secretary of State Colin Powell
returned from the Middle East and reported on his intensive and productive
meetings. ... In this region, we are confronting hatred that is centuries old,
and disputes that have lingered for decades. Yet, America has a vision for
peace, and by calling all the leaders of the Middle East to their
responsibilities, Secretary Powell made progress toward peace. ... All parties
must realize that the only long-term solution is for two states -- Israel and
Palestine -- to live side by side in security and peace. This will require hard
choices and real leadership by Israelis and Palestinians, and their Arab
neighbors. ... The time is now for all of us to make the choice for peace.
America will continue to work toward this vision of peace in the Middle East
...”
Radio Address By The President To The Nation: http://usinfo.org/usia/usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/02042105.htm
John
Kerry has released no similar major, point-by-point plan. A Strategy Research
Paper by Lieutenant Colonel Beech at the US Army War College shows clearly that
resolving this conflict must be a top priority. Given the new situation, this
can be logically extended to a requirement that it be massive and central. And
this is what President Bush has done, when he made resolving the
Isreali-Palestinian Conflict a “major component,” and he became the historical
founder of the global liberty movement.
President Bush's global liberty
movement is making the point clearly: all terrorism on innocent non-combatants
is wrong, and the international community includes all people who are against
terrorism on any innocent non-combatants. This is also condemned in the
international Law of War, which all the nations of the UN have agreed to. So
this is the point on which all agree: The killing of all innocent non-combatants
must end. All Muslim leaders, if they are truly being honorable and just as they
claim, will want to join the Bush global liberty movement, and proclaim their
allegiance to global liberty - every state has a right to its liberty. The vast
majority of states will be glad to get onboard, and all who don’t will lose
their credibility. The USA, Israel, and even Palestine have already proclaimed
their allegiance to the principle of global liberty, as the Bush thunder rolls
on.
This is a strong war plan, and John Kerry will be very hard pressed
to produce a better one, given the fact that President Bush is the creator of
the global liberty movement. Historians will record him as the legendary father
of this world changing movement. And this vital component of the Bush national
strategy, of Bush’s "Operation Thunder," must not be dropped. At best Kerry can
only acknowledge that President Bush is the undisputed founder of the critical
global liberty movement, but he will somehow do it better.
So America
needs a public debate on the best national strategy for defeating global terror.
The Bush War Plan is 30 pages long. We have yet to see the “30 page Kerry War
Plan,” ie., Kerry's specific, point-by-point, national strategy for defeating
global terror. A public debate would help citizens better understand the
candidate's national strategy for America.
To advance this public
understanding, my online magazine, www.WarPlansDebate.AFreePress.com provides daily war plan
updates, debate forum moderation, and war plan related links from the
candidates, the US military, Israel, Palestine, and the rest of the Muslim
world. Guest writers include priests, rabbis, sheiks, and US military officers.
And President Bush and John Kerry will be called on to hold a public debate on
their national strategy for America.
Filed by
Woody
Long
Publisher
www.WarPlansDebate.AFreePress.com
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/9/prweb157746.htm