You're all overreacting. Hussein Obama did not say anything every American president since Jimmy Carter said. Everyone talks about a "just" and "comprehensive" peace and a 23rd Arab state based on the 1967 armistice lines. Even infamous resolution 242 says that. The difference is that the Arab position has always been that a full unilateral retreat by Israel to the 1967 lines is a minimum starting point to be followed by a demand to return to the 1947 partition borders. For America and Israel they're supposed to be a starting point with a potential for land swaps to ensure a minimum of Jews are kicked out of their homes. TBH, Obama sounded like he held like the latter but was vague enough to allow the Arabs to think the former.
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This is bad. This is REALLY bad. I was pretty ticked off when seeing this on Fox yesterday.
conservatives knew this was gonna happen since day one.
You're all overreacting. Hussein Obama did not say anything every American president since Jimmy Carter said. Everyone talks about a "just" and "comprehensive" peace and a 23rd Arab state based on the 1967 armistice lines. Even infamous resolution 242 says that.
The difference is that the Arab position has always been that a full unilateral retreat by Israel to the 1967 lines is a minimum starting point to be followed by a demand to return to the 1947 partition borders. For America and Israel they're supposed to be a starting point with a potential for land swaps to ensure a minimum of Jews are kicked out of their homes.
TBH, Obama sounded like he held like the latter but was vague enough to allow the Arabs to think the former.
Bush gave Israel under Sharon the USA's signature that the USA would not demand Israel go back to the 1967 borders.
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