http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/16/839379-bush-wants-mideast-peace-conference [rquoter]Bush Wants Mideast Peace Conference Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:21 PM EDT WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday announced an an international conference this fall to include Israel, the Palestinian authority and some of their Arab neighbors to help restart Mideast peace talks and review progress in building democratic institutions. He said that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would preside over the session. Bush said the conference would include representatives from Israel, the Palestinians "and their neighbors in the region" and said participants would include just those governments that support creation of a Palestinian state. Bush also pledged increased U.S. aid to the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas and called for the convening of a meeting of "donor" nations to consider more international aid, including the Arab states of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. Bush said the past few years had see "some hopeful, some dispiriting" changes in the Middle East. And he called the present time "a moment of clarity for all Palestinians. And now comes a moment of choice." Bush voiced strong support for Abbas and his moderate Fatah government. Abbas controls just the West Bank after the Islamic militant group Hamas gained authority over Gaza in June. He said Abbas and his new prime minister, Salam Fayyad, "are striving to build the institutions of a modern democracy." Bush contrasted his government with Hamas, which he said "has demonstrated beyond all doubt that it is devoted to extremism and murder." Only the Palestinians can decide which of these two paths to follow, Bush said. He noted that the United States has pledged more than $190 million in direct assistance to the Palestinians, most of it already approved and that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a quasi-governmental unit, was making another $228 million available in loan guarantees. Administration officials said that Bush would await recommendations from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair before deciding whether asking Congress for more. Blair was recently named as special envoy to the region by the "Quartet" of Mideast peace makers — the U.S., European Union, United Nations and Russia. That group meets in Portugal on Thursday, at which time Rice and other international negotiators will meet with Blair as he begins his new assignment. Snow said that Bush had discussed his new proposals with Blair.[/rquoter]
Awesome. Who better to announce a MidEast Peace Conference than the guy most responsible for recent war in the region? In related news, I am announcing a Republicans for War Conference.
you think the palestinian representatives actually are democratically representative of the palestinian people?
Philip Morris Inc. wants to form a lung cancer conference Vlade Divac, Raja Bell and Reggie Miller form the "No Flopping" Coalition to prevent flopping in NBA games. GOP sponsors a committe to enact legislature to compensate african americans for past crimes the US did to them. Rosie O'Donnell and Bill O'reilly start an organization to improve integrity in television Or how about OJ putting a bounty on the killer of his ex-wife? Somewhere, hell is freezing over and flying pigs are crashing into the dogs and cats living together.
so, if i may summarize your's, and all the other pithy comments above, it's "Bush Lied, **** the rest of the mideast?"
No it's more like "Bush lied, then helped **** up the rest of the mideast." Not hard to figure out. Also indisputably true.
funny, i could've sworn i read something about problems in the middle east, particularly between israel and the palestinians, that predate bush. perhaps even clinton.
yeah ive read a few books about how this has been going on for a few years... man i dont even know where to start. your blinding support for this man truly tires me.
So Bush is wrong for starting a war (lol, like it was his sole effort), and he is wrong for attempting to make peace. Where is the consistency, libwuls? I just don't understand these kook fringe libs these days. Oh wait, yes I do, the reaction to anything Bush does is the very same --> baseless, unsubstantiated outrage. OFF THE RESERVATION
Bush hosting a Middle East peace conference is about as credible as Rosie O'Donnell hosting a weight loss conference.
Thank you for another in a long line of brain dead posts. Did you read that Condi Rice would preside over the session? Not Bush. What job did you land this summer, by the way? A colleague (not at my firm) received your resume several months ago. I had a good laugh. HO HO HO
What I think is curious is Bush's attempt to force a kind of false, historical structure upon the situation. Why is it this specific time "a moment of clarity for all Palestinians?" How? In what way is this specific moment in time meaningfully different form one year ago? From two years ago? Couldn't you make the same comment at basically any point? I'm suppose of the President's effort to engage in peace negotiations in the region. If nothing else, the attention can't hurt anything. But I also think that forcing false importance on a particular moment in time or stage of negotiations can be counterproductive.
Seriously man. The really funny bit, is that you throw out Condi Rice as if she even remotely legitimizes the conference. Just wow, you truely are displaced. LOL!!!
Cheap shot. By party The original House version: Democratic Party: 153-96 (61%-39%) Republican Party: 138-34 (80%-20%) The Senate version: Democratic Party: 46-22 (68%-32%) Republican Party: 27-6 (82%-18%) The Senate version, voted on by the House: Democratic Party: 153-91 (63%-37%) Republican Party: 136-35 (80%-20%)
Regardless of whether or not you think the war in Iraq is or was a mistake, Is there any room to even consider the remote possibility that the President sincerely believed it was the right thing to do? Or are we completely sold out to a dichotomoy of belief in the war or the President is a liar?
I think the right thing to do here would be to invite our good friend Bob Allen (R-Florida) as Director of Entertainment for the conference.
