Long odds for Bush in switch to Mideast peacemaker (Reuters)

[struggle4progress]

Sun Jan 6, 2008 9:20am EST

By Matt Spetalnick - Analysis

... For Bush, who had disdained Bill Clinton's failed peace effort in the twilight of his presidency, the underlying motive appears to be about using his waning months in office to shape a legacy not completely defined by the unpopular war in Iraq ...

"There's no sign he has any interest in mastering the details," said Jon Alterman, a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington ...

But ahead of his trip, which starts in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Bush and his aides have been deliberately vague about objectives and have set expectations low, dampening talk of breakthroughs or even tangible advances.

There will be no imposing of deadlines or forcing of compromises in talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. In fact, he has no plans even for a three-way meeting with them ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0161861520080106?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0


Jan 6, 2008 17:36
Updated Jan 6, 2008 17:44
Peace Now to protest at largest West Bank outpost before Bush's visit
By JPOST.COM STAFF

... Peace Now, intends to hold a protest at a West Bank outpost on the eve of President Bush's visit ... A statement .. stressed .. the Migron outpost, the largest unauthorized Jewish outpost in the West Bank, was constructed on privately owned Palestinian land and the government already declared its intention to remove it. The group .. said .. removal of outposts was one of the commitments Israel undertook at Annapolis. In reality, claimed the group, the only changes .. were .. expansion of the outpost and millions of shekels .. invested in its infrastructure.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517307536&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[ixion]

1. * has never been a 'maker' of anything other than beer farts

so you can rest assured that the only thing he'll do is make the situation worse. Everything he touches turns to sh*t.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. We need to try to make sure this a-hole goes out in a process of impeachment. nt

[TankLV]

3. "Hitler - Europe's Peace Maker (1940)" same logic...