Hey Truthie!
I just had a /tinfoil thought.
ALL of this is a ROVEian scheme. Its the vetting process for Bush, so that now (but more importantly, after he leaves office)... he will be the ONE GUY, more than anybody, arabs would 'trust' if they were going to 'trust' any american politican.
He will be shown to be the ONE PERSON who will stand up even to his entire own 'party', and be an honest broker.
He'll be the 'diplomat' that liberated millions of arabs and mulsims, and heled found a (by then) flourishing Iraq, and much improved Afganistan, given hope to Iranians, and respect to everyoen.
Yep... I still stand by my bold prediction of BUSH monuments dotting the ME in 40 years. ;)