I stand by my thoughts. President Bush is handling the Middle East crisis exactly the way the most powerful leader on earth should. The execution is brilliant, the timing perfect, the exposure near 100%. He as disarmed the right of arafat to ANY moral authority, has allowed the other Arab states to UNDERSTAND that we will NOT and CANNOT control Israeli retaliation, has allowed ALL of the world to better understand the types of cruelty arafat and his band of testicle-less weenie thugs engage in, has focused the responsibility for PEACE on the other Arab nations that have been SUPPORTING arafat, letting the world know that they carry weight at the same time SUPPORTING their suggestion to recognize ISRAEL as a state, has suggested without DEMANDING that Sharon pull back (probably in full agreement with Sharon on how this would be broadcasted and when-think about it) and has kept our troops OUT OF ISRAEL. He has walked a fine line....which takes BRILLIANCE when impatient jerks from both sides are yelling from their armchairs about how easy the answer is....(because THEIR fast answer does not have to take into consideration the worldwide repercussions......how simple, how idiotic).
I trust our President (tho I could spank him for signing CFR, altho he warned the republicans that HE WOULD sign it if it made it to his desk.....they should NEVER have let it get there. Now they know). I also think he is handling the Middle East with tremendous aplomb. Spectacular vision. And the conclusion, therefore, will MEAN SOMETHING!