Prominent Democrats are decrying statements made by President Bush in a speech in Israel. The President, on the occasion of Israel's 60th Birthday, said the following:

Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of 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."

The Democrats immediately went into counter-attack mode, with Nancy Pelosi, H., and Joe Biden all making statements decrying Bush's statements. Of course, they would never acknowledge that what Bush said was true. There are numerous examples throughout history of attempts to negotiate with terrorists, dictators and despots that have failed miserably because the enemy just went ahead with their plans, regardless of any "agreements." Conversely, while there are some successes for diplomatic measures, they are few and far between. When I pressed a colleague for an example of successful diplomacy that actually solved a problem, it took him a few minutes to think of an example.

In our current age, the Israel/Palestinian conflict is a glaring example of decades of diplomacy yielding absolutely nothing, at the cost of thousands of lives and the misery of many more. And since that worked so well, the afore-mentioned prominent Democrats want that to be American policy towards rogue states like Iran and Syria?

Of course, Bush didn't name any particular sitting American Senators. They are calling themselves out by their objections. Could it be that those that are speaking up have a guilty conscience?