Re: My feeling is that Bush's Roadmap will likely turn sour by the end... Do not hope so but am afraid so.
If so, the Bush presidency itself is gonna turn sour since the whole diplomatic fabric contrived by the US in the Mideast will fall apart --the Quartet, Mahmoud Abbas, the neutralization of Iraq, etc. Talk about a fiasco... And remember: both Bin Laden and Saddam are still on the loose! Bush's track record won't look pretty when he'll run for a second term, will it?
I think we've reached a juncture as far as Mideast politics is concerned --Sharon has successfully neutralized Tony Blair... The British PM is desperately bogged down in the Kelly scandal and won't be of any help in advancing the roadmap... Well, that's the theory, in practice, however, the British will probably keep on rekindling the roadmap. And that's what might trigger an Israeli escalation, so to speak, namely, the assassination of the roadmap's key promoter --President G.W. Bush himself. After the British Prime Minister, there's nobody in line but the US Prez.... Of course, both the Secret Service and the FBI --and Homeland Sec-- will hold Islamic fanatics responsible for the assassination... eventually, President Cheney will turn up the heat on Iran.
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