President George W. Bush made a veiled reference to Barack Obama while in Israel yesterday, setting  off a political firestorm back in the states. Bush said that people seeking talks with Iran and radical Islamic groups are like those who sought to appease Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Obama  said, “George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the President’s extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel.” (From the Washington Post story.)

Read the NYTimes story here.

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