Bush ends peace mission without breakthroughs

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Yahoo News

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts.

Concluding his first presidential visit to the Holy Land, Bush headed for Kuwait, the first of five stops with Arab allies he hopes will aid the fragile peace process and help contain Iran's growing regional clout.

Bush flew out of Tel Aviv after painting an upbeat picture from talks this week with Israeli Prime Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intended to build on a U.S.-hosted international peace conference in November.

Challenging skeptics of his new diplomatic push, Bush said on Thursday he believed there would be a signed peace treaty by the time he left office in January 2009.

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[babylonsister]

1. There's a surprise. nt

[DrDan]

2. they are picking the flowers to throw at the peace parades as we speak . . .

[dipsydoodle]

3. Only thing he's capable of breaking

is wind.

[Highway61]

9. ....

:rofl:

[Turbineguy]

4. But since there is

no all-out war, the mission must be considered a success. We live in a world of diminished expectations when it comes to US Diplomacy.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. He's left it a little late to do much in that area. Right after he took

office he threw them a road map and told them to get their act together. Not surprisingly, that didn't have much effect. Now, he suddenly needs a legacy because everything else he has touched has turned to shit. I suppose that this is the only area left that he hasn't actively screwed up yet, so this is his last chance to make himself a hero. He'll make a few half-hearted efforts and claim success.

[jonnyra]

11. You nailed it granny

This SOB is only trying to have something...anything to point to to claim some succes at something...anything. And his creepy den of advisors figured that claiming peace between Israel and the Palestinians would be the perfect claim. Bush the peacemaker...visionary...blah blah blah. This whole middle east romp is a sickening display of calculated words, fake tears and pretend accomplishments. Except of course his desire to get some kind of backing to drop more bombs on more innocent people in Iran...that is real.

Bush has nothing but absolute failure to show in his 7 years of incompetence and Fratto and all the other Bush handlers are trying desperately to hold up anything they can to prevent his legacy from being that of the most incompetent, immoral and criminal presidency in the history of this now shattered nation.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. We should be grateful he didn't start a war.

What an idiot.

[kurth]

7. Mission Accomplished

Great sightseeing expedition - Gotta get away from all that crazy recession talk in Washington.

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Oooops. Failed again. As usual. Smirk." - Commander AWOL

[Myrina]

10. That this war criminal descendant of war criminals had the gall

... to go to the Holocaust Memorial and spout more Bullshit about 'Terra' ... :mad:

May he rot in whatever hell the Goddess has waiting for him.

[ladywnch]

12. I'm shocked......SHOCKED to find out he blustered but accomplished

NOTHING!.......who could have anticipated that?!!!!!

I agree with one of the other posts thats it's a miracle he didn't start another war while he was there.

[boricua79]

13. big surprise there

Mr. Failure in everything fails again.

But hey, at least he toured the "Biblican sites".

[Doctor_J]

14. * failed at something? Unbelievable!

:puke: