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January 10, 2008
The lameduck President is concerned about his legacy and he reckons that a quick visit to the Middle East will nudge along the peace process even though Hezbollah will be excluded, Bush is Israel's best friend, Iran is defined as the enemy, and Bush's Roadmap requires Mahmoud Abbas to dismantle Hamas. No worries, Bush's very presence is enough, apparently, to shift things along:
Alan Moir
Israel has premised its actions on the assumption of U.S. primacy. So what happens withe slow demise of Pax Americana? The U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is a blow to the Israeli leadership,as it argued that Iran terminated their efforts to produce a nuclear bomb, and they have not resumed them since.
Israel has been using the “Iran threat” as a political organizing principle at home and abroad. Even when the Bush Administration makes feeble attempts to put the Israeli-Palestinian question on the agenda, the Israelis make sure that it all takes place in the context of a conversation about Iran as an “existential threat” to Israel. However, Washington no longer has the capacity to take the steps required to stabilize the region.
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I read somewhere that Israel turned the lights off so Bush could watch the sunrise. What a joke.
Nothing Bush does in that region will rescue his legacy, which is exactly what he deserves. If Washington no longer has the capacity, then Bush no longer has the legitimacy.