No nation should be ever
forced to negotiate with terrorists - US President
US President
George W. Bush recently made some valuable comments
on terrorism and extremism and the way the world should
treat the nations that are threatened by them. Addressing
the Israeli Knesset at celebrations to mark the on
the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, the
US President expressed his country's belief that the
right of nations to defend themselves against terrorism
and extremism must not be overridden by whatever sacrifices
need to be made for peace. He then appreciated the
courageous decisions made by Israeli leaders to build
peace as well as to eliminate terrorism and said that
no nation should be forced to negotiate with terrorists.
"We
believe that free people should strive and sacrifice
for peace. So we applaud the courageous choices
Israel's leaders have made. We also believe
that nations have a right to defend themselves
and that no nation should ever be forced to
negotiate with killers pledged to its destruction"
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"We
believe that free people should strive and sacrifice
for peace. So we applaud the courageous choices Israel's
leaders have made. We also believe that nations have
a right to defend themselves and that no nation should
ever be forced to negotiate with killers pledged to
its destruction", he said.
The leader
of the world's Super Power briefly but clearly describing
terrorism and extremism categorized whatever group
that murders innocent civilians to achieve political
objectives as a terrorist or an extremist group, and
pledged his country will never sympathize with them.
"We
believe that targeting innocent lives to achieve
political objectives is always and everywhere
wrong. So we stand together against terror and
extremism, and we will never let down our guard
or lose our resolve"
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"We
believe that targeting innocent lives to achieve political
objectives is always and everywhere wrong. So we stand
together against terror and extremism, and we will
never let down our guard or lose our resolve",
he said.
Speaking
further he said that the battle against terrorism
and extremism is "the defining challenge"
in the modern world which goes beyond mere military
action.
"It
is a clash of visions, a great ideological struggle.
On the one side are those who defend the ideals of
justice and dignity with the power of reason and truth.
On the other side are those who pursue a narrow vision
of cruelty and control by committing murder, inciting
fear, and spreading lies", he said.
"No
one who represents a righteous ideology can "strap
a suicide vest to an innocent child, or blow up
guiltless guests at a Passover Seder, or fly planes
into office buildings filled with unsuspecting
workers". "In truth, the men who carry
out these savage acts serve no higher goal than
their own desire for power" |
He then
identified the war on terror with the battle between
"good and evil" that has been continuing
since the ancient time. He said that no one who represents
a righteous ideology can "strap a suicide vest
to an innocent child, or blow up guiltless guests
at a Passover Seder, or fly planes into office buildings
filled with unsuspecting workers". "In truth,
the men who carry out these savage acts serve no higher
goal than their own desire for power", he added.
Speaking
about the nations that suffer from brutal terrorist
attacks and how certain "international elites"
have misunderstood their grief he said that the United
States considers the "value of every man, woman
and child" as matchless. Therefore, he pointed
out that and the people of Israel, as well as the
other nations that suffer from terrorism must "have
the right to a decent, normal and peaceful life".
President
Bush then expressed his disapproval with the United
Nation's routinely passed Human Rights resolutions
against Israel for the county is a democracy that
fights against terrorism. He then condemned anti-Semitism
in all forms and highlighted that the "religious
liberty is fundamental to a civilized society".
President
Bush then expressed his disapproval with the
United Nation's routinely passed Human Rights
resolutions against Israel for the county is
a democracy that fights against terrorism. He
then condemned anti-Semitism in all forms and
highlighted that the "religious liberty
is fundamental to a civilized society"
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Finally he said pointed out the necessity
of providing an alternative ideology for those who
blindly follow extremist ideas, to create value to
the struggle against terrorism and extremism. He said
that extending the vision based on Justice, Tolerance
and Freedom and Hope could create those ideologies.
"These
values are the self-evident right of all people,
of all religions, in all the world because they
are a gift from the Almighty God. Securing these
rights is also the surest way to secure peace"
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"These
values are the self-evident right of all people, of
all religions, in all the world because they are a
gift from the Almighty God. Securing these rights
is also the surest way to secure peace", he said.
He observed
that responsible leaders should not pursue endless
bloodshed but put the above values into operation
thorough their political vision. Once this is done
future generations would be less likely to search
for meaning in radicalism or resort to violence. He
stressed the expansion of liberty as the path to a
peaceful future.
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