Repugs waking up as to Bush's Middle East Breakdown, his stance may flop! It did!

Urging President Bush to turn all U.S. efforts toward "ending this madness," Senator Hagel, a leading Republican senator Monday broke with the Bush administration and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Mid east.
"The sickening slaughter on both sides must end and it must end now," Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel said. "President Bush must call for an immediate cease-fire. This madness must stop."
The Bush administration has refused to call for Israel to halt its attacks on southern Lebanon, joining Israel in insisting that Hezbollah fighters must be pushed back from the Israeli-Lebanese border.
President Bush Monday in a speech in Miami Beach, Florida reiterated his
call for a cease-fire in the Mid east only if it brought a "long-lasting peace" that addressed Iran and Syria's support for Hezbollah, the Islamic militia that Israel is targeting. (Full story)

Hagel said that refusal threatens to isolate the United States and Israel and harm chances of achieving a long-term peace in the region.
"How do we realistically believe that a continuation of the systematic destruction of an American friend -- the country and people of Lebanon -- is going to enhance America's image and give us the trust and credibility to lead a lasting and sustained peace effort in the Middle East?" asked Hagel, the No. 2 Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Meanwhile, the decorated Vietnam veteran said the United States "is bogged down in Iraq," limiting U.S. diplomatic and military options. Last week's announcement that more than 3,000 more American troops were needed to reinforce Baghdad amid rising sectarian violence was "a dramatic setback," he said.
He said the 3-year-old war is wearing badly on the U.S. military, and that Iraq's fledgling democracy needs to take over more of its security responsibilities from American troops.
"This is not about setting a timeline," Hagel said. "This is about understanding the implications of the forces of reality. http://www.cnn.com/...

The Bush administration may have badly miscalculated in insisting that any Mid east cease-fire be tied to long-term objectives. As the toll on Lebanese civilians has soared, even moderate Arab governments have turned into U.S. critics, and Hezbollah's support has climbed across the region.http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

It is nice to hear that Repugs are beginning to wake up as to Bush's unstoppable middle east breakdown. But he hasn't miscalculated or made a mistake. He has done it all on purpose as part of his new middle east and world order.Here on kos we have been discussing this for years now.

It seems like a total failure to most of us but it so far too Bush is thought of as a success! What I am surprised to hear is that the likes of Hagel did not realize what Bush was doing. He has not only taken us for a ride but his own party.

Bush right from the start has said he is straightening out the middle east as God told him to do. He later denied it but the Palestinian PM and his assistant testified to this. He said from the beginning that he wanted a new middle east order. He has done his best to achieve this, ignoring events when it serves his purpose while influencing others. There are no shortages of examples!
The middle east is breaking down not because Bush has failed but rather because he has succeeded!
I have tried to wake up Senator Kerry, Congress, the Media, everyone, as to what is happening and why! It is all spelled out in a Doctrine of Fact/Bush Uncovered. I wrote it 3 years ago but is more telling today than ever! http://www.anaveragepatriot.com please look at it! everything Bush has done here, in the middle east, and around the world, would make instant sense if they would read it, but Nooooo! Please feel free to email a copy to whoever!
I do not believe a one of them remember Bush's own words or have seen the facts! Iraq will be lost, the entire middle east will break down, followed closely with WW3. All thanks to Bush's self professed desire for a new world order! http://www.dailykos.com/....
Thanks to Bush's insistence of democratizing the middle east, the entire middle east is now the front on the mis named war on terrorism. I have said all along that like it or not, this will be a war with Islam and it will be long and wide. This is still just getting started so we are winning nothing as Bush thinks.


James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com