Saturday April 21, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

Sometimes former presidents say the darndest things.

Get this:
Former President Bill Clinton recently said that a peace treaty between Israel and Syria could be concluded in 35 minutes.
He is correct.
But only if Israel agrees to all Syria's demands.

What was he thinking when he made this ridiculous and inflammatory statement?
This former president of the United States knows that what Syria wants is no where close to what Israel is willing to give. That has not changed since he ran the White House.
And he also knows that for all practical purposes Syria has proven to be incapable and unwilling to live up to their word following small treatises that they have entered into.
How can Clinton believe that Syria will abide by the significant treaty it would be signing with Israel?

Sometimes, I wish we had an amendment stipulating that once presidents become ex-presidents they are barred from speaking about politics.
It seems that Bill Clinton has not learned anything from his illustrious predecessor Jimmy Carter.