President George W. Bush speaking during
a special session of the Israeli Parliament
in Jerusalem
Photo Credit: Ariel Schalit

If George Bush had said, "There are some people in this country that seem to enjoy eating chocolate-covered cockroaches," would Obama have thrown a hissy fit over the statement? Would he have thought that he was the object of the attack? Obviously not, unless Obama actually enjoys eating chocolate-covered cockroaches. An innocent person would have laughed off the comment by saying it couldn't possibly be referring to him. In fact a truly innocent person wouldn't have responded at all.

So why is everyone protesting too much? All the Liberals and Leftists have suddenly suffered a collective apoplexy over the appeasement remark; here's Joe Biden [a tip of the turban to Americablog]: "This is bullsh**t. This is malarkey. This is outrageous."

But what's so outrageous? Here's the text:

The Wall Street Journal, Bush Charges ‘Appeasement’ in Knesset Speech

"Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along," Bush said.

"We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided." We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."