[america4vr]

Is there anyone out there who actually believes anything will come of this? ....the Israelis by Ehud Barak, a former general elected on a peace platform....... Peace platform? More like a suicide platform.

In Clinton's terrible desperation to make a deal, Barak got the President's word for the release of Johnathan Pollard. They had Pollard all packed up ready to go but Billy boy reneged at the last minute at the intense insistence of many in the administration. Anyway, it was all merely a sisyphean exercise in futility, the Palestinian Chairman Ara-Rat going to his grave an unrepentant terrorist.

[rogue yam]

I simply do not believe that this is what GWB is trying to do.

[Karliner]

No, I don't believe anything will come of this nor do I think for a nano-second Bubba BJ Clintoon and Barak were any closer in 2000. Arafat wanted the whole enchilada, he was a terrorist, scum, a thug and a murderer and never wanted peace. I still wonder the foolish audacity of putting that screwball centerstage except maybe to keep your enemies in open view??

This statement pizzes me off:At the Camp David summit that Clinton hosted in July 2000, the Palestinians were led by Yasser Arafat, the icon of the Palestinian struggle, and the Israelis by Ehud Barak, a former general elected on a peace platform. "

[BallyBill]

If a Presidential candidate promised that they Were Not going to waste anytime trying to bring peace to the Middle East, they would probably get a lot of votes.

No Peace without Victory!