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In a speech delivered before Israeli lawmakers Thursday, President Bush said that it was wrong to take refuge in the "false comfort of appeasement." It was one remark among several that Barack Obama interpreted as an attack on his stated willingness to meet with
leaders of bad-boy nations such as Iran. The White House denied any such insinuation, arguing that if the President wanted to insinuate, he could've gone with a different draft of the speech. In a 23/6 exclusive, we've obtained that early draft:

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. Today, there exist prominent political figures who would have liked nothing more than to have sat down with Hitler at the bargaining table, who regard the existence of Israel as a kind of waking nightmare that never leaves a tip. And while some of us have learned the lessons of history, there are others who can't send a PajamaGram to Hezbollah fast enough, certain non-Republicans who, when asked by Osama bin Laden to jump, say "I'll do anything for you except bowl well."

I will not use this occasion to single out any particular presidential aspirant, even one who has the Hamas charter tattooed on his biracial back. I will simply pose a question to my Israeli friends and freedom-lovers everywhere: Can the civilized world entrust its security to a certain half-Kenyan Men's Vogue cover model who has been known to mutually masturbate with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to photos of Kristallnacht? The fate of civilization depends on your answer.

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