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Here's what it looks like from my admittedly limited perspective:

Israel gets fed up with terrorists killing their citizens, particularly following the Passover massacre;
Israel clamps down on the networks, isolates Arafat, and shows brute force;
Bush throws his hands up and says he cannot blame Israel for defending themselves, tells them just be careful;
The world goes nuts in rage against Israel - the Arabs, the UN, the EU, the Pope, the international and American media, the US State Dept;
All these folks cry out to Bush to intervene and stop the Israel "invasion";
Bush within days tells Israel to pull back, using the very language of the UN, the EU, the Pope, and the media.

I'm really trying to see this as Bush being strong against known terrorists and firm in support of our true friend Israel, but I can't. Is there some secret deal worked out with Sharon and Bush, as some Bush supporters claim without evidence, as to excuse what is being seen and heard? I don't know - if not, we're all screwed.

I'd say we see it pretty much the same way.

Sabertooth believes that Bush is just trying to avoid uniting the muslim world in their jihad and their push to take Israel and Jerusalem--but he misses the fact that they were already united when they attacked the US last September.

I see no tangible indication that we plan to de-throne Saddam or take out his WsMD anywhere in the near future.