Mensch means a real person…the genuine article…hence, “a person of integrity and honor.”

He’s also the guy who opens the door for the ladies too…but, it’s real, not put on…yes a gentleman…which is what President Bush has been as been. He’s treated many of his adversaries with greater respect than their behavior merits…

Noun, Singular
“mensch”
Plural
“mensches” or “menschen”
mensch (plural mensches or menschen)

“A person of integrity and honor.”

Seems right to me.

JMJ

I was right on the money!

Bush has been an absolute mensch! The same cannot be said for many of his bloodthirsty critics…Hah Hah….

And please, drop your obsession with the “appeasement” word already.
I dont care what word you use. We all knew what Bush was talking about and basically what he was saying is that kissing anyone of these guys asses will not help.

But whithin all literal practicality the word “appeasement” fits perfectly if you go by the description found in most dictionaries.

As said by Winston Churchill:

“ An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last. ”

So as you can see Jersey, I hardly can see how anyone ( except you) can come up with this wild accusation that Bush is lying when since at least WW2 we all know what this word means.

What would Obama say if he went to Iran ?
Please tell me what you think.
I guarantee you no matter what he says it will be a form of appeasement.
He does not need to meet with them if he is going to impose “harsh diplomacy” against them.

I assume the conversation will involve some kind of trade off.
Lets say its something as simple as letting us examine his nuke ambitions and sites in exchange for lifting sanctions.
Oh , wait a minute, we tried that and were basically flipped off.
Do you think he will stop sending bombs and the materials for IEDs into Iraq if we ask him pretty please ?
Even if we offer him a carrot that will set up the premise that America can be extorted from and bought.
Screw all that crap.
IMO Bush should pick up the phone and say ” hey bub, you got 24 hours to get yer sh**outta Iraq or we are gonna dust yer a** and whatever looks like it might have something to do with a nuke.”

Whats really dispicable is you overdrawing the sympathy for Israel just as a way to convey your hatred for Bush. You hatred for Bush is whats at the front of all this crap you spew. Not your love for Israel or your country.
Or as if you were following some highest order of ethics.

Now, could you please show me all the Jewish publications that are so outraged over Bushs speech at Jerusalem.
All the articles that I am so ineptly unable to find?
Please show me the outrage you on behalf of the Jews that you claim to be out there.

I have looked at the Jewish nespapers today and see nothing but praise for Bushs speech.

Oh, and by the way, you are right when you say;
“I don’t see anyone, in America or Europe, anyone of any serious stature, “appeasing” any of the entities Bush cited.”‘

Because anyone of any serious stature is actually a memeber of the cabinet and/or the administration.
The people Bush was talking about are the ones who are of no significant stature or ones who would like to be, such as presidential candidates and some idiot from the past.
Anyone with any stature is smart enough to know better.
Get it?

JMJ

The fact what Bush said was true. In fact he NEVER accused ANY INDIVIDUAL of wanting appeasement. He said that approach “favored by some” amounts to appeasement. That is clearly true. I said the same thing of some of George H. W. Bush’s policies. Any statement that he accused anybody specifically of being an appeaser is a lie!

You claim semantics on my part.
I produce the true meaning of the word and use it in its proper context and showed you with no sematics allowed how it supports Bushs use of it.

But hey ! It doesnt really matter if we cal it a discussion, a pow wow, or a rap session you and your moonbat buddys wouls till gather round and act like bush said something wrong.
Even if Bushs said ” engaging in dialogeu is a bad idea” this conversation would still be much the same because you guys seem to think you can talk your way out of anything.
This conversation right here proves that it doesnt work and that mindset to be not only foolish and delusional.
It lacks intelligence and maturity

Oh. So to whom was he then referring? Fred the Drunk Panhandler at the corner of 17th and Constitution? C’mon. Get real.

And all these shmucks are Ivy Leaguers. That’s why I get such a kick out of the sleazy “elite” tag - they’re all elites!

As for talking as opposed to appeasing, again, Bush is a liar.

Micky, be a big boy and read the papers. I’m not your mommy. I’ve read all sorts of articles decrying Bush’s speech-of-lies.

JMJ