Bush cites Israel as model for Iraq?

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"In places like Israel, terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in suicide attacks," Bush said. "The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy and it's not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities. And that's a good indicator of success that we're looking for in Iraq."

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Israel is a war zone. There is a war of independence between the settlers and native people of Palestine. Source(s): http://www.palestiniantragedy.com/......
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Israel is'nt a model.The jewish hold the world with their money.Hitler understood that.The jewish dont hold the truth.Every body have the right to live n the palestinian the muslin n the christian eat **** from the jewish anywhere in the world so we have to make up our mind about that n bush is a capitalist n serving the jewish interest.I,m canadian n undertand that pretty well
Your english and spelling is pretty poor for a Canadian, but no matter.
I don't know if Israel is really a good model for Iraq; much of Iraq's problem is the sectarian violence, i.e. people of the same country actively trying to kill each other due to differences of belief. Israel on the other hand is attacked from without. What is true is that Israel proves that a democracy can thrive despite terror attacks and general animosity.
israel is a model of bad governance. It was established by a terrorist act by terrorists who went on to form the government. That government established a record for human rights abuses by establishing the worlds longest occupation.

I think israel is more of a model for how bush wants the US to be. Modern independent nations like Australia blanch at the horrors that israel perpetuates.
That would be nice if our troops would come home.
Maybe President Bush is just using that as excuse to send more US sodiers to Iraq.