Reply #5: Ron Suskind's new book "The One Percent Doctrine" describes...

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..., in part, why Bush is not likely to intervene and why it is incumbent on U.S. citizens, themselves, to become involved(excerpt from this article):

This atmosphere of cooperation, Suskind states in his book, has reinforced the sense that President George Bush wants to assist Israel and was not disturbed by the military operations that Ariel Sharon's government authorized in the territories. Suskind quotes Bush as saying during his first National Security Council meeting that the U.S. must refrain from active mediation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

To then secretary of state Colin Powell's argument that such behavior could be interpreted by Sharon's government as a green light to apply force, Bush responded that sometimes a show of force can clarify the issue at hand.

  The only way we can help bring peace, stop or at least slow down the bloodshed, is to exert whatever pressure we can. The United States senate just passed a law banning financial aid to the Palestinian government. It even limits humanitarian aid to innocent Palestinian people which are suffering greatly at the hands and because of the actions of the Israeli army.

  However, we are still providing Israel with billions of U.S.-taxpayer dollars every year, yet no strings are attached. This latest incursion into Gaza represents a calumny against the concept of human rights. Using the financial leverage we have with Israel is vital to curbing these atrocities in hopes of pressuring Israel.

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