Murry, your move into the Democrat Party only proves that you were never really a Republican because you could never have shared any of the primary beliefs. You are a leftist liberal, a member of the blame America first brigade that believes America to be the source of all world problems, largely due to it's steadfast support of Israel.
I understand this concept well because my father was a ardent Jew hater and had he lived, would have deserted the R party as you have.(or claim to have done)
Whatever we may think about the support of Israel, this religious war has been going on for two millenia and is not likely to end until everyone on both sides, Christianity/Islam, has been eliminated from the face of the planet. Your inability to pick a side and hold yourself up as some sort of moral arbiter is a false religion in and of it's self, and this sort of thinking has prevailed for the same two millenia I spoke of. It is the liberal mantra. It is the defining characteristic of a useless air breather. it is the primary reason why this war will continue without any finality.
Pick a side! Then support the things needed to win, rather than through inaction and inability to choose to commit, cause the continuation of strife, cataclysm and constant turmoil.
The problem is not America, it's really the inability to commit to winning a war that started some 15 centuries ago. Someone must win or it will continue indefinitely.
This is where the real problem is, and you are part of the problem, as is every Jew or Christian leftist. It's been a problem for a very long time.
I've already chosen the side of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Both sides will be better off when they end years of strife and turmoil characterizing their recent relationship. Violence between Arabs and Jews merely begets more violence.
If the Bush administration keeps its promise to promote a just peaceful settlement between these warring factions, I support the President's position as well.