Bush's Failed Policy in the Middle East
Patrick Saint-Paul, trans. in World Meets US | May 15, 2008
During his last Middle East Tour, President Bush will have to accept the failure of his policies in the region. ++ Since Bush undertook to revive peace negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians at Annapolis in late 2007, no progress has been made. ++ The American hope for a Palestinian-Israeli agreement before the end of the year seems illusory. ++ The positions of Israeli negotiators are too different from the parameters set by Bill Clinton. ++ So far a three-way summit with Bush, Olmert, and Abbas isn’t even being considered.
Sun, May 18th 2008, 18:22
Ilyas M. Mohsin, PPP, Platinum Contributor (296)
A number of reports prove this contention.
In the Palestine dispute, only overtures/ good-sounding statements appear to be the policy. This has been efficiently followed up by peiodical visists from the State Dept officials making ambivalent statements so as not raise ire in Israel. Of course, a call each on Abbas and olmert has been a routine antic wherein vague hope always figured for an 2-state solution. Very seldom did the US leaders condemn the occupation of palestine by Isreali forces or their misuse of aeriel/ tank power with impunity which keeps killing Palestinians regularly.
That is why Carter is seen as the Samson before his hair got shaved which provokes jitters among the jews and protests in the lobbies in US.