Sunday, June 22, 2008
Annapolis Summit 7 months later
Pres. Bush is aware that the American people and indeed much of the world has given his tenure in office incredibly low ratings; he knows that he has not had a major world achievement to boast about in seven, going on eight years. This state of affairs explains his cajoling to get Arab countries to attend his Annapolis Summit on November 27, 2007. He needed a diplomatic triumph to counter-act his documented failures and many accusations of incompetence. He needed that trophy-triumph: the signing by Israel and Palestine of a peace treaty, a "historic" document that Mr. Bush believes will earn him a high place forever on the world stage of history. Seven months have gone by and still they haven't signed anything. Can he get them to sign this summer or into the early fall? The clock is ticking. Can he get them to sign before the next election? Does he even have a document ready for them to sign? I hope so. I hope that this time he's a little more prepared than he was with, say, his plan to conduct a war in Iraq...
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