[Convert from ECUSA]

"I am getting weary and wary of this United States obsession with "Nice Guy Diplomacy."

You and me both!

"I would have hoped that in the aftermath of 9-11 the United States would have learned that there are areas that are diplomatically sacrosanct. There are times when being nice is not only inappropriate it is wrong."

I'd hoped the same thing, but with the White House starting to go wobbly with Hamas and forcing the "roadmap for peace" (i.e., sell the farm to the philistines) on Israel, Bush seems to have taken a page from his daddy and Jim Baker. I'd hoped for better from the man that gave such a fine speech before the joint session of Congress after 9/11.

[SJackson]

If GWB want's a palestinian state before he leaves office, he's going to have to cozy up to Hamas and Hizbollah, ignore most of the road map, and pressure Israel. The alternative, pressuring the palestinians to disarm and dismantle the terror organizations, would be a long, unpleasant process.