That Sec. Rice is not seen in the middle of this is, IMHO, a brilliant move and shows a true understanding of the region by the Bush administration.
yep,, Clinton would have had to make himself the story and Bush couldn't care less about that
Yup, agree. This must be seen as an Israeli-Palestinian solution. The supporting cast will come later. This is the linchpin and the supposed underlying argument(excuse) for those lunatic terrorists. I remain hopeful.