Maybe I’ll move to Oregon, just so I can vote for this guy…
ABC News: U.S. Senator Tells Arabs to Focus on Home
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan May 22, 2005 — While top Israeli and Palestinian officials discussed security at a Middle East forum Saturday, an American senator advised Arab leaders to focus on injustices in their own countries and reminded them that U.S. policy is security for Israel first and justice for Palestinians “if possible.”…
But Gordon Smith, a Republican senator from Oregon, said the peace process, aimed at bringing about an independent Palestinian state, is unlikely to win serious backing from the Bush administration without a demonstration of commitment from both sides.
“Until we have someone on the other side who is willing to say ‘Yes,’ we’re not going to continue to prostitute the American presidency to people who aren’t serious,” said Smith, one of six U.S. congressmen who attended the forum. “It’s a mystery to me why Arab countries can’t work on their own countries before Palestine is fixed,” he added.
(Found at Meryl’s)
white pebble 