Kesher Talk

Roll call. My daily blog stops at Instapundit, LGF, Sullivan, and BotW have all had items about the Road Map to Murderville, as Charles calls it. The huge number of concurrent suicide bombings that accompanied this latest attempt at peacemaking are predictable based on past experience, but seem to be befuddling the White House.

A bunch of Congress-critturs wrote a letter to Prez Bush demanding that he junk the Road Map, given that the Pals didn't waste more than a hot New York minute in violating it. A smaller bunch of Congress-critturs also wrote to Bush, saying

We join you in noting with satisfaction the appointment of a new Palestinian Prime Minister with real authority. . . . The new Palestinian government appears to be taking the first of many steps toward achieving these goals. We are heartened by the Prime Minister's address to the Palestinian Legislative Council, in which he unequivocally denounced terrorism in all its forms.

So my question is: when was the last time any of these Road map fans picked up a newspaper? And would they let facts get in the way of their fantasy anyway? Never mind - I see the problem. They do read the newspapers. Well, kudos to the legislators who ignore biased op-eds in favor of reading the Road Map itself and comparing it to the actual behavior of the Palestinians.

The names of the legislators who signed the pro-Road Map letter are at the bottom.
Text of the anti-Road Map letter from the Senate, and signatures.
Text of the anti-Road Map letter from the House, and signatures.

posted by Judith @ 5/25/2003 12:43:48 PM