Ruth King

In psychiatry, the word “perseveration” is defined as a pathological, persistent repetition of a word, gesture, or act, often associated with brain damage.

In more common, non medical usage it is the constant repetition of a phrase or sentence in the service of dreadful policies.

Exhibit A: Tony Blair, England’s Prime Dhimmister, on the heels of an Islamic bombing in London which killed 50 and injured hundreds, perseverated when he spoke of the “road map….leading to the creation of two states living side by side in Palestine.”

Exhibit B: Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice perseverates when she obsequiously refers to Holocaust denier, terrorist mastermind Abu Mazen as “Mr. Abbas, the elected president of Palestine.” The Eurabians, Koreans, Cubans, Iranians, and thugs such as Venezuela’s “elected” President publicly diminish and disdain her authority. Mme. Secretary shrugs off all international dangers as she props up “Mr. Abbas, the elected President of the Palestinian people.” Even as Israel was engaged in the painful disengagement from Gaza, Sec. Rice issued a perfunctory message of empathy, swiftly followed by: "This is just the beginning. Israel will have to make further withdrawals in implementing the road map with President Abbas, elected leader of the Palestinians."

Exhibit C: The natty George Soros and his slovenly political twin Michael Moore perseverate. No matter what evil or calamity is presented to them they echo each other: “It’s all the fault of George Bush.”

Exhibit D: Moslem Imams throughout Eurabia and the Islamic world perseverate when confronted with famine, tribal genocide, AIDS, natural disasters, and even terrorism within their own boundaries. In chorus they recite: “It’s the Mossad’s fault.”

Exhibit E: For Israel’s pacifist fools….the Yossis (Beilin and Sarid), the simple Shimons, and the leftist media and academics who ape them no atrocity can occur that is not the fault of “the occupation.”

Exhibit F: The late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin perseverated. Each time his ruinous policy was followed by an Arab murder spree, he called the perpetrators “enemies of peace” and the victims “casualties of peace.”

Exhibit G: Our own President Bush perseverates. The Saudis are “our loyal allies” and those who murder our soldiers “the enemies of freedom”……never Islamic enemies of infidels. The President also perseverates in his claim that “democracy” is breaking out in “Palestine” when in fact it is Hamastan that is slouching to be born there. Barbarians tend to elect barbarians, but our President won’t go there. Even in Lebanon, the strength of Hezbollah may well doom democratic hopes.

Some supporters of the President have noticed the perseveration problem.. David Frum, his former speechwriter, says: "If the president's aides announce a major new campaign to rally public opinion--and then send the boss out to deliver a speech that contains nothing but old and disbelieved formulas— they fail him and the country.”

The good news is that the malady is curable. George Schultz, the former Secretary of State used to perseverate when he referred to the “winds of moderation” among Israel’s enemies. He was cured when the Arabs flouted the agreements and cease fires that he brokered. He came to realize that the “winds of moderation” were mere cosmetic shifts in the current of Arab and Moslem hatred of all infidels.

And now, a little perseveration of my own: The Arabs want all of Israel; not just Gaza; not just Judea and Samaria; not just the Golan, not just the Galilee; not just Jerusalem, not just Haifa. They want all of it and they want every Jew out, including the pacifist perseverators.

It is time to connect the dots.....and base our policy on recognition that the war against Israel is part and parcel of the jihad against civilized nations. Islam‘s goal is to subjugate all infidels including the perseverators. Nothing will satisfy them, not even the bitter end of the “road map.”