I disagree. I think that even Republicans don't give this administration credit on foreign pocily. Anything is possible with the right blend of the "carrot and stick." This administration and GWB I believe have the winning formula. We got it all. Good cop, bad cop Rummy, Powell, Rice, wild cards and GWB at the top. The Arabs know not to f**k with GWB. And you know.. I believe they will respect that.. GWB understands middle-eastern culture better then any of the pinki liberals you see babbling on CNN. It's a very masculine culture, and they repect a show of force. They know that GWB is not a bluffer. We'll get some thing accomplished over there this go around...
It is looking like it. The non-closure of the PLO office is tactics, the road map is strategy. Asking the PLO, PLF, PA, (or what ever you want to call them today) to stop terrorism, is like asking a pig to fly. The whole foundation of their organisation is to destroy Israel. It would be like asking the Boy Scouts to have homosexual Scout Masters and try to fit that in with the scout oath. Bush is making a bet with a loaded deck.
The main talking point that the Islamic's are using to whip up their slaves against the US is the "Palestinian Issue". Bit by bit, the slave drivers are running out of whips and the light of freedom is getting brighter on the horizon. At some point the dog pack is going to realize the only thing between them and freedom is that very small whip. At that point you are going to see those same mullahs hanging on to their minnerets like a treed cat with a pack of starving dogs at their feet.
Why battle our way across the planet, when most Islamics nations can free themselves without our help?