Jerusalem Post View of Bush Speech and ObamaReaction

In a spirited and stirring speech of friendship for Israel, US President George W. Bush told the Knesset on Thursday that the US-Israeli alliance is “unbreakable.” in a speech punctuated by applause on numerous occasions, and capped by a standing ovation, said the US-Israeli relationship was “grounded in the shared spirit of our people, the bonds of the Book, the ties of the soul.” reported the Jerusalem Post Friday. At its core, Bush said, this was a battle “between good and evil. The killers claim the mantle of Islam, but they are not religious men. No onho prays to the God of Abraham could strap a suicide vest to an innocent child, or blow up guiltless guests at a Pessah Seder, or fly planes into office buildings filled with unsuspecting workers.”

The report said Bush, during the speech, took a couple of pointed jabs, one at the United Nations, and another that appeared to be directed at Sen. Barack Obama. His reference to Obama was veiled. “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,” he said. “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.’”

Obama has come out in favor of negotiations both with Iran and Syria. Bush said the US stood firmly with Israel in opposing Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions. “Permitting the worlds leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations. For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” he said, stopping short, however, of a commitment to keep Iran from going nuclear under his watch.

Barack Obama rejected comments by US President George W. Bush made to the Knesset that the former characterized as a political attack. A week ago the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas “endorsed Obama and that ha cause Israeli grave concerns following Obama’s Rodney King like foreign policy declaration of meeting “without condition” with declared enemies.. Bush speech came at a time when many worry whether the U. S. will continue to be an Israeli ally — under new American leadership.

Democrats attacked Bush domestically for his statements.