The plan is broader than just a single issue but a broader one that involves the entire Middle East... It was put forward by the Saudis and is known purdy much as just that, "The Saudi Plan"... Another similar version was put forth here in the US known as the "Mitchell Plan"...

These ideas got drowned out by the insesent noise coming from the Bush war drum in the mad-dash-to-Iraq... Oh sure, offically the Bush folks **said** they could support such a framework but behind the scenes we now know they had allready set in stone that they were going to attack Iraq so theswe proposals weren't given enough support to have half a chance of coming into being...

20/20 hindsight and now thias morning poll numbers having dropped another 3 points down to 33% you can take it to the bank that the neocons wished they'ed let it go forward...

Now I'm sure that you, bb, will now attack the specifics of the Saudi Plan because that's what you do... But, hey, it was a framework for avoiding the mess that we and the folks in the Middle Esat find ourselves...

It was, and could one day still be the first step toward giving "peace a chance"... At some point in time mankind will figure out that in a globalized economy that war is a luxary that mankind can no longer afford... Those discussions could have taken place during Bush's presidency but they just didn't play into the politics of the '04 election and the NASCAR dads...

Too bad...

Bush could have shown real courage but he didn't... He jusy went along with the Rove/Irag strategy in '04...

Bobert