[VaBthang4]

Not the media my friend...they wouldnt dare put out such an affront to Colin Powell.

No...

It will be Arafat and the Arabs that will begin to ask that Bill Clinton be sent as a peace envoy.

If this is to play out, that is how it will go down.

[section9]

Bush and Rove see the value in giving strong support to Sharon. The only reason Bush was more "evenhanded" was because he had Powell "in-theater". Powell ended his trip with a confrontation with Arafat that the Chairman didn't like at all.

On the whole, well played by Bush. This will prove, in the long run, to be a good move to expand the Republican base vote to Conservative and some Reform Jews.

Be Seeing You,

Chris