"Bush offers peacemaking checklist"

[mzmolly]

:rofl:

Uhm, isn't that an oxymoron of sorts?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bush_mideast">AP/Yahoo


JERUSALEM - President Bush called for a halt to Israel's military occupation of land the Palestinians claim for a state and an end to the terrorist threat over the Jewish homeland, spelling out the U.S. bottom line Thursday for ending the long and bloody Mideast conflict.

"Now is the time to make difficult choices," Bush said. An agreement will require "painful concessions" by both sides, Bush said, but he predicted one could be reached within a year, putting himself more firmly on the line than ever for an achievement considered unlikely by many experts.

The White House said Bush would return to the Mideast at least once and possibly more this year, including another stop in Israel for its 60th anniversary celebrations in May.

Bush came away with no breakthroughs or apparent concessions from two days of separate talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem and with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Palestinian West Bank. There was no joint meeting of the three leaders, but Olmert and Abbas assured Bush they were serious about reaching an agreement.

Don't mean to make light of a serious situation, but ...

[madeline_con]

1. "Bush came away with no breakthroughs ..."

The story of his fucking life! :puke:

[rodeodance]

2. He has a big Benchmark of checklists in Iraq to finish yet

[kurth]

3. Economy Goes In The Toilet. Sack Of Shit President Goes Sightseeing.

[Muttocracy]

4. roadmap, checklist, visit late in his term

Well, peace should be blooming any day now.

[Swamp Rat]

5. #1 item on the list:

1. ICBMs dropped on Iran

[mzmolly]

6. Instead of "visions of sugar plums" ....

*gulp

[global1]

7. So I Guess No Nobel Peace Prize In "09 For *...........nt

[gratuitous]

8. WOW! Nobody ever thought of this before!

No wonder Bush is convinced that he can settle the Israeli/Palestinian situation in the next 12 months. I mean, did any of them other presidents think of checklist? I think not! Nobel Peace Prize, look out. Oh, and in your face, Al Gore.