Bush Renews Support for Gaza Pullout Plan

[maddezmom]

DUBAI (Reuters) - President Bush voiced optimism Wednesday about Middle East peace prospects despite Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's failure to win party support for an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

"The prime minister of Israel took a political risk, obviously he did, I mean his own party condemned it but that doesn't mean that it condemned the policy. However, I think it was the right thing for him to do and we support peace in the Middle East and we support the vision of two states living side by side in peace," Bush told Alhurra television.

"I think this is a historic moment for the world and I think this is a good opportunity...Now is the time to make progress and I believe we can," he said. His comments were translated into Arabic by the U.S.-backed network
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5051622

Another excellent quote from bush*....what the hell is he saying?

[ewagner]

1. Whaaaa?

"...his own party condemned it but that doesn't mean that it condemned the policy."

Just exactly what the hell do you think they condemned?

oh yeah, that's right, you don't think!

[TrogL]

2. Whats this "we" business?

There's another thread somewhere where the White House is backing away from Dubya's gaffe.

[Hand]

3. Dude...

It's dead in the water. Dude? DUDE!!!!

:dunce:

[Democat]

4. Isn't that the opposite of what this article says?

U.S. Retreats From Bush Remarks on Sharon Plan

By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 5, 2004; Page A01

The Bush administration on Tuesday joined in a high-level diplomatic statement that stressed that the key issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians must be negotiated by both sides, just weeks after President Bush pronounced that Israel could keep some West Bank settlements and Palestinian refugees should not resettle in Israel.

U.S. officials and foreign diplomats described the statement as an effort by the Bush administration to repair the international damage from the president's remarks last month, which had drawn sharp criticism in the Arab world and from European allies.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1475-2004May4.html