Hate to bring up the dreaded "Saudi Proposal" but seems that the framework within it will one day look very much like the settlement of the current fiasco...

The basis would have provided Isreal with "security" while also providing some mechanisms for dealing with the secritarian feuds if only becuase of it's regionalistic approcah...

Too bad that Bush thought he needed yet another shiney wars to keep his redneck base happy and thus... his redneck administration in power...

But lets get real here... Yeah, Bush would love to have yet another stupid shiney war to keep the NASCAR dads happy but guess what... Even the NASCAR dads ain't impressed with new and shiney wars any more... I'll tell ya what, folks... When you can't ven get the NASCAR dads to support a new and shiney war then you hav some serious problems and...

...Bush has some serious problems but...

...it is encouragin' that Bush has finally seen that NASCAR dads have lost their appitite for war and has now changed course an' looks as if he's now willin' (it's about time...) to try some diplomacy in agreein' to meet with the Iranians and the Syrians...

Hey, it beats the SOS, thank you...

Bobert