Mikaela says:
Bin Laden, a self-confessed terrorist, offers a truce and a roadmap to peace and gets this response from Cheney, a terrorist-in-denial:
"We don't negotiate with terrorists."
Umm, newsflash for Cheney: You ARE terrorists.
From Democracy Now:
Making repeated references to opinion polls showing growing US opposition to the war in Iraq, Bin Laden said: “We have no objection to responding to this with a long-term truce based on fair conditions… so that both sides in this truce can enjoy security and stability. And let us build Iraq and Afghanistan, both of which war has destroyed. There is nothing shameful about this solution, even though it prevents billions of dollars from finding their way to the powerful and to the war mongers in America who supported Bush's election campaign with millions of dollars."
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White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said: "We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out of business. We must not stop until they are defeated."
Just imagine for a second if this situation were reversed, and we offered Al Queda a truce, and Bin Laden said in response: "We do not negotiate with global bullies. We put them out of business. We must not stop until they are defeated."
Can you imagine the outrage? The over-the-top denunciations of his irrationality and irresponsibility in protecting his own people? Hurting his own cause?
Isn't that interesting?
And is it just me, or do we tell Israel to negotiate with Palestine, and vice versa? Inconsistent? Just a little bit?
Let's hope the rest of the world has no prohibitions on negotiating with hypocrites. Otherwise, we're in a whole heap a trouble.
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