I swear some of the left have such nerve! How do they look at themselves in the mirror? (oh wait, they probably can't see their reflection.)
Snipping form WSJ:
The U.S. and European left may think the war in Iraq served no useful purpose. But it certainly has changed the politics of the Middle East. For the first time in years, the Palestinian conflict is suddenly moving in the right direction.
President Bush's peace plan may still turn out to be a yellow brick road map. But his trip to the region this week, on the heels of his deposing of Saddam Hussein, scored major concessions. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised to dismantle illegal settlements in Palestinian areas, while the new Palestinian leader renounced terrorism against Israel and vowed to end the intifada that Yasser Arafat began in 2000.
The pledges offered by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas are especially encouraging--in no small part because the language he used to make them was Arabic. Arafat (who was nowhere to be seen, another Bush achievement) was well-known for making conciliatory statements in English but incitements to violence in the language of the Arab street. There is no way his fellow Palestinians can mistake Mr. Abbas's message this time.
Wednesday's meeting could not have happened in the Saddam era, when Palestinian suicide bombers were being bankrolled by the Iraqi regime to kill Israeli civilians. Israelis understand that Saddam's removal has improved their strategic depth, while Palestinians have seen that terror is a dead end. Call it the Iraq War dividend. Another Mideast war benefit is the sudden change of heart by the leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Bahrain. They too met with Mr. Bush this week, calling terrorism a "plague" and vowing to stanch the flow of money to terrorist groups attacking Israel. Hamas and Hezbollah--hitherto honored as the "resistance"--were for the first time included on the terror list.More