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World Affairs Brief, June 28, 2002 Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief -- http://www.joelskousen.comExcerpt: THE BUSH MIDDLE EAST POLICY SPEECHPresident Bush emerged this week to deliver his postponed policy speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [Full text of GWB speech here] He waited for the briefest possible lull in terror to launch his new initiative, which attempts to please both sides, but provides no realistic solution. In its basic form, it is a typical 'carrot and stick' approach, offering all kinds of financial and other incentives to the Palestinians if they...