I am aware from reading, history and news, how much ingrained and "meritorious" is the practise of deception, of a false front to the infidel, among the muslims who make victimology, terror and suicidal-murder an article of faith. And that those princes of deception and death are the leaders among the modern Muslim community around the world today.
Based on that, I believe, I suspect, I fear, that your reasoning in support of Mr. Bush entertaining in any proximity these princes and leaders of a religion currently dark and bloody red in so many of its precincts, with few observed vigorous cleansing efforts towards real peace -- that is standing up to the violent and suicidal forces, that the reasons you gave lack any measurable current validity, and that the opposite of that bonhommie we'd all wish -- that is a strenghtening of malevolence -- is the greater direct effect of such misplaced friendliness.
With this line of reasoning, acrimony between the religions is a foregone conclusion and will prove to be a permanent reality. In contrast, I can't help but believe that much of the hatred that exists today is the result of a lack of communication between the disparate sides, as the only contact one side has with the other is when they are at war. This is far too common in the Israeli-Palestinian imbroglio and cannot be allowed to occur in America if we are ever to hope to achieve a lasting peace.
This is not to say that we should continue to reach out to Muslim leaders who claim to be peace-loving to our face while promoting religious animosity to their followers when they return to their mosques. That's one of the big reasons Arafat's become a persona non grata after years of unjustified legitimacy. The same should be true of the leaders Dubyuh recently met with...be gracious to those who sincerely want to work together to find a lasting peace, but scorn and denounce those who go back and preach Jihad to their followers.
"...your reasoning in support of Mr. Bush entertaining in any proximity these princes and leaders of a religion currently dark and bloody red...lack any measurable current validity, and that the opposite of that bonhommie we'd all wish -- that is a strenghtening of malevolence -- is the greater direct effect of such misplaced friendliness."
I hope and pray that you are misplaced in your well-reasoned dubiousness, because if you are right--and the forces of Evil within Islam dominate and overwhelm the forces of Good--another World War would seem to be an unavoidable inevitability.
FReegards...MUD