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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (253004)	5/6/2002 5:02:05 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush to Meet With Sharon WASHINGTON — President Bush will host Mideast leaders with competing agendas over the next two days, starting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has brought more than 100 pages of documents that he says prove Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was aware of and approved terrorist acts. Sharon is trying to prove that Arafat is not an honest broker in peace negotiations and not someone Israelis should have to deal with. He has also brought more details of a peace plan that would wall off the Palestinian territories from Israel and put off for years negotiations on borders and a final settlement. On Wednesday, Bush holds talks with Jordan's King Abdullah, who plans to propose that Israel move directly to final status talks. Abdullah says if Israel does not make the move, other leaders will no longer listen to sermons about ending terrorism. Sharon, however, says he has evidence that shows Arafat's involvement in terrorist attacks. Israelis have made the report public to get support from the American people. "We need to be able to keep talking, but with another Palestinian leadership," said Israeli Education Minister Limor Livnat, who was accompanying Sharon to the United States. Palestinians dismiss the documents as forgeries. Bush, speaking in Detroit Monday during a tour of an elementary school, said he was sympathetic to Sharon's concerns. "After all, right before we had a security agreement done, a shipload of ammunition showed up that can probably be aimed at the Israeli citizens. So there is a high level of disappointment," Bush said of the abortive attempt to smuggle 50 tons of Iranian arms to the Palestinians. FNC But, he added, the parties to the peace agreement will not change. "If I have been asked once I've been asked 20 times about him. He has disappointed me he must show the world he believes in peace, and we have laid out conditions for all parties to achieve peace. All parties: the Palestinians, Arab nations, Israel, the Palestinian Authority must assume their responsibilities and lead," he said. Bush refused to say what he would discuss with Sharon, but White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said Bush plans to tell Sharon to work with Arafat. "The president's focus is going to be on peace," Fleischer said Monday. "The ingredients are there for progress to be made. It just requires time and patience." On Monday, Sharon, who is on his fifth trip to meet with Bush, was meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld. Abdullah was also meeting with Powell, Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday. Bush was in Detroit to discuss new education reforms, as he tries to bring greater balance between domestic and foreign policy to his administration. The No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law in January, is the administration's most successful piece of legislation this year. The Associated Press contributed to this report. foxnews.com

To: Neocon who wrote (253004)	5/6/2002 5:14:26 PM
From: rich4eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Neo, and excellent post but the last two sentences are not exactly accurate. It may end up being a vicious recession, mild is pure specuation at this point. And recovery may or may not have begun. The investors are heading for the exits at a time when they should be stabilizing the markets. The net sum is that the investors have zero confidence is this Administration are keeping their money on the sidelines. So things may get real ugly. The Bush Administration has clearly been reactive rather proactive in setting the course for the US and the world. All of the pundits keep talking about the recovery but for 18 months it has been in next quarter or so.