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To: lorne who wrote (18987)	1/27/2003 5:49:37 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23908

Israel's spoof on the Bush-Sharon relationship: haaretz.com Excerpt: Former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir must be rubbing his eyes in disbelief. Just 10 years ago, he was forced to sweat it out with George Bush Sr. and came home without one red cent in aid - only to lose the election. And now George W. Bush is making life so easy for Ariel Sharon? The reasons are many but the bottom line is clear - for the first time since the 1990s, the American administration is not trying to help the Labor candidate win the election, and many believe that Bush is doing just the opposite. Another explanation for this historic turnabout may be found in the personalities involved. Columnist Jackson Diehl, who is not suspected of being overly supportive of Israel's government, wrote in the Washington Post that Ariel Sharon is the only leader in the world who has succeeded in deciphering George W. Bush's secret. He has realized that it is all about personal relations and has managed, by means of candid sincerity, to endear himself to the man in the Oval Office. Sharon did not waste time on the State Department or the American Embassy in Israel. He preferred direct contact with President Bush and his advisers, making use of his secret envoy, Arieh Genger. Bush did not hide the fact that he gets along famously with Ariel Sharon, and the proof is visible - Sharon has visited the White House no fewer than seven times since being elected prime minister, a number of visits that the heads of more important and much larger countries can only dream of. [...] ________________________ ROFL: "...Sharon has visited the White House no fewer than seven times since being elected prime minister, a number of visits that the heads of more important and much larger countries can only dream of." Yeah, sure... and how come our #1 cattle breeder Sharon was never invited to Crawford, Bush's homestead? If only to display pictures of Bush and Sharon hitting it off over a BBQ grill...