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With friends like these...
By Akiva Eldar
Tags: Akiva Eldar, George Bush 

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Heavy clouds will float over today's summit in sunny Sharm el-Sheikh. The Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza, Jordan and Egypt will be hovering above the four leaders participating in the talks, as will the zealots of worldwide jihad. Iran and Hezbollah will be with them on the other side, while the extreme right-wing national religious camp awaits in the corner. It is hard to say which of the leaders' chairs is shakiest and to guess where the next evil will come from - from Syria, which once again has remained on the outside; from Al-Qaida, which is rearing its head in Iraq and casting its eye on the horizon; or from the Egyptian opposition, which smells weakness in the leadership and is amassing power in anticipation of the inheritance battle.

And who isn't coming to this sad party? The United States, the superpower with the lion's share of responsibility for the deteriorating situation in the Middle East. Who stayed home? President George W. Bush, the one whose semi-hallucinatory dream of democratization has become a genuine reality of anarchy; whose adopted vision of two states - Israel and Palestine - has become during his tenure a distant dream. It is difficult to think of an American president who has caused more damage to Israeli interests than the president who is considered one of the friendliest to Israel of all time. No leader has done more than Bush - by commission as well as omission - to destroy the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas.
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It was Bush who imposed the wretched elections on the Palestinians, despite Hamas' refusal to fulfill the terms of the Oslo II Accords concerning the participation of political parties in the democratic process. Bush gave his blessing to sacrificing the road map on the altar of unilateral disengagement, an act of charity toward the Palestinian "refusal front" and a death blow to the already damaged peace camp.

When Hamas was dragged into the unity government and the cease-fire agreement, with great effort, the Bush administration spared no effort to defeat the new alliance. And now, after cooking up the stew, Bush is leaving his "friends" to eat it alone, while exhorting the use of obsolete tricks to raise the dead, such as removing checkpoints in the West Bank and releasing Palestinian prisoners. The two-state vision will have to wait for the next president. What's the rush?

It's a good thing Bush wasn't around 30 years ago, when Egyptian president Anwar Sadat decided the time had come to end the war with Israel and regain the Sinai Peninsula. Bush would probably have recused himself, saying something like, "they can handle their own negotiations with Egypt. If the prime minister wants to negotiate with Egypt, he doesn't need me to mediate," as the leader of the free world said after his meeting last week with Ehud Olmert, with regard to the U.S. stance on promoting a peace process with Syria.

There is no way of knowing how Israel and the entire Middle East would look today had former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, considered problematic for Israel, sent Sadat off to work things out for himself with prime minister Menachem Begin instead of inviting them both to the peace summit at Camp David.

American intervention was one of the primary considerations leading to the Egyptian, Palestinian and Jordanian decision to reach a diplomatic settlement with Israel. Bashar Assad knocked on Bush's door and asked him to send a representative to talks with Israel, despite America's overt declarations concerning their special relationship with Israel and their commitment to its qualitative superiority. The U.S. president's shrugging off of responsibility for the peace process that began in Madrid in 1991, under his father's baton, ruined one of Israel's most important strategic assets: the belief, which bought a grace period from its neighbors, that the only place that was selling tickets to Washington and the right to enjoy its favors was in Jerusalem.

Officials in Olmert's government are sighing in great relief over the lowering of the American profile. To understand the depth of these leanings, one must go to Damascus. Vice President Farouk Shara interpreted Bush's statements using the following harsh, but accurate, words: "The American president does not want peace between Israel and Syria." Israeli intelligence officials are already warning that the opposite of peace is imminent war between Israel and Syria. This means that Bush is refusing to help prevent another round of blood-letting. What an outcry would erupt here were he to refuse to aid us by shipping a cannon or a helicopter over, and sending us out alone with the Arabs to handle the next war.
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  1.   With Jews Like These ... 08:34  |  Tod Zuckerman 25/06/07
  2.   Not to mention his neo-con advisors, sooooo 08:40  |  Jonathan Black 25/06/07
  3.   MOST OF THE AMERICAN BEING HYPNOTIZED 08:44  |  indrajaya 25/06/07
  4.   ARAFAT VS BUSH 09:06  |  indrajaya 25/06/07
  5.   Eldar`s upside- down world Blame the friend not the enemy 09:09  |  Shalom Freedman 25/06/07
  6.   Bush tolled the death knell of Israel 09:14  |  Clickfool 25/06/07
  7.   The Weapondollar-Petrodollar Coalition 09:19  |  Rowan Berkeley 25/06/07
  8.   who is who? 09:27  |  marcus 25/06/07
  9.   with posters like these #1 09:35  |  A.M. 25/06/07
  10.   An Understatement 09:38  |  Moshe 25/06/07
  11.   to marcus ..when a ceo 09:45  |  francois 25/06/07
  12.   He screwed the US and Australia too 09:49  |  Marilyn 25/06/07
  13.   No, Akiva, you`re mistaken 09:50  |  Yohann 25/06/07
  14.   He`s the President of the USA, not Israel 10:09  |  Elijah 25/06/07
  15.   Francois in Paris (Post No. 11) 10:29  |  Johnny Weintraub 25/06/07
  16.   Bush has made some mistakes 10:55  |  JewishHeart 25/06/07
  17.   Think without Bush 10:56  |  JewishHeart 25/06/07
  18.   #6 clikky the prophet of doom LANDS ON HIS HEAD 11:10  |  paul harris 25/06/07
  19.   FINALLY! and tell it to rosner 11:12  |  Yael 25/06/07
  20.   Bush is the worst president, period 11:13  |  Natallie Durson 25/06/07
  21.   Jimmy Carter betrayal of the Shah. A Must Read 11:16  |  Ken 25/06/07
  22.   Sleeping with DEVIL wake up with DEVIL 11:21  |  Atilla Liman 25/06/07
  23.   tod potzman 11:25  |  leoncio 25/06/07
  24.   Peace 11:26  |  D.R. Zukerman 25/06/07
  25.   Lets be independet 11:26  |  Vanuna 25/06/07
  26.   Schizophrenic US policy as separation of church and state falls 11:29  |  Ivar 25/06/07
  27.   #18 CORRECTION NOT IRAQ --IRAN 11:35  |  paul harris 25/06/07
  28.   #20 GOSH NATALLIE WHAT DID HE DO RIGHT ? 11:37  |  paul harris 25/06/07
  29.   I Disagree 11:49  |  Yosemite 25/06/07
  30.   Olmert and Livni the worst in Israeli history 11:50  |  Jonathan S 25/06/07
  31.   For Paul Harris # 18 12:12  |  Clickfool 25/06/07
  32.   Haaretz, why you don`t publish my moderate messages 12:14  |  Leonid 25/06/07
  33.   Shalom Freedman #5 12:21  |  Freddie T 25/06/07
  34.   Of course America does not want peace between Israel and Syria... 12:23  |  Maureen Ann 25/06/07
  35.   An answer for Leonid in NY #32 12:31  |  Jonathan S 25/06/07
  36.   Johnny Weintraub #15 12:32  |  Freddie T 25/06/07
  37.   Ken #21 - US/UK betrayel... 12:44  |  Freddie T 25/06/07
  38.   you got it wrong 12:45  |  ravi 25/06/07
  39.   Bad for Isreal`s interests?, Worse for America`s interests 12:46  |  RW 25/06/07
  40.   tod...no1 12:48  |  ravi 25/06/07
  41.   Jonathan S #30 12:56  |  Freddie T 25/06/07
  42.   # 37, FREDDIE T 13:10  |  indrajaya 25/06/07
  43.   Worst president period 13:29  |  Jeremiah 25/06/07
  44.   Bush-bashing 13:35  |  michael cohen 25/06/07
  45.   President Bush a true friend of Israel 13:36  |  Jonathan S 25/06/07
  46.   An answer for Freddy in London #41 13:46  |  Jonathan S 25/06/07
  47.   to # 45 13:51  |  Hunter 25/06/07
  48.   For Michael Cohen # 44 13:55  |  Clickfool 25/06/07
  49.   Look, Islamo-Fascists love Akiva Eldar & G. Levy 13:59  |  Leonid 25/06/07
  50.   The fate of President Bush 14:16  |  Jonathan S 25/06/07
  51.   Read A Concubine in the Middle East - American Policy with Israel 14:19  |  Jabadini 25/06/07
  52.   Leonid, look at the other side 14:29  |  Jonathan S 25/06/07
  53.   Leonid #49 14:33  |  GABE1 25/06/07
  54.   Farouk ibn ibn Muhammed #11 aka Francois 14:39  |  GABE1 25/06/07
  55.   Our new President will carry on Bush`s policies in Iran 14:42  |  The Equalizer 25/06/07
  56.   "1 ` Tod Zuckerman 14:47  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  57.   Equalizer means IRAQ...freudian slip as Clikky would say 14:55  |  Equalizer 25/06/07
  58.   To Michael Cohen 14:58  |  christa 25/06/07
  59.   every peanut usually has 2 nuts inside we just found the peanut f 15:00  |  ralph 25/06/07
  60.   To RW from California 15:05  |  christa 25/06/07
  61.   " 17" JewishHeart 15:06  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  62.   #43 15:09  |  citizen of USA 25/06/07
  63.   BY ALL MEANS KEEP IT BLOODY? 15:09  |  Just Curious 25/06/07
  64.   #55 15:13  |  south usa 25/06/07
  65.   To Paul Harris 15:15  |  christa 25/06/07
  66.   Bush people ignorant about the middle east? 15:20  |  Keep the oil flowing 25/06/07
  67.   `44 michael cohen 15:22  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  68.   # 62 15:23  |  Jeremiah 25/06/07
  69.   friends 15:23  |  Shmuelshachor 25/06/07
  70.   Bush Must Read This! 15:24  |  Isca 25/06/07
  71.   BUSH/ISRAEL: Step Up To The Plate! ...YOU Broke It, You FIX It! 15:27  |  Proud Pal Defender 25/06/07
  72.   Moronlyn #12-3rd TRY 15:32  |  GABE! 25/06/07
  73.   Lab Rat and Moronlyn 15:34  |  GABE1 25/06/07
  74.   PALESTINIANS Have No Partner: Abbas DESERVES A Final Peace Deal! 15:35  |  Proud Pal Defender 25/06/07
  75.   #65 BOLD STATEMENTS FROM CHRISTA 15:41  |  paul harris 25/06/07
  76.   are you surprised 15:52  |  michael 25/06/07
  77.   Clickfool #6 15:56  |  Klickenweise 25/06/07
  78.   Yes, with Jews like these... 16:08  |  W 25/06/07
  79.   Mr GWB`s Dream. 16:10  |  Fairman 25/06/07
  80.   Bad for the US too - but great for militant Isamicists 16:11  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  81.   Shmuelshachor #69 16:13  |  Freddie T 25/06/07
  82.   Great article! 16:21  |  American 25/06/07
  83.   Bush is the best president in the line of the those 16:27  |  Sal 25/06/07
  84.   4 more years I say 16:28  |  Sam 25/06/07
  85.   #72. Morongabe.How LOW can you get in a civil discussion. 16:30  |  Dr Fred Olsen DPM 25/06/07
  86.   With friends like Akiva Eldar..... 16:39  |  Daniel 25/06/07
  87.   Palestinians could accept the existence of Israel 16:44  |  Peace maker 25/06/07
  88.   AMEN 16:47  |  A men 25/06/07
  89.   Question for Freddie T (Post No. 36) 16:49  |  Johnny Weintraub 25/06/07
  90.   Only thing that makes Bush bad 17:04  |  Fred Michaelsberg 25/06/07
  91.   HAARETZ THE WORST NEWSPAPER FOR ISRAEL 17:11  |  MG 25/06/07
  92.   Bush is bad for Israel? Hmmm 17:12  |  Darwish 25/06/07
  93.   Too Much Peanut Butter? 17:14  |  Tony Anthony 25/06/07
  94.   `73 Gabe 1 17:14  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  95.   Johnny Weintraub #89 17:17  |  Freddie T 25/06/07
  96.   Can We Mention The Iranian Junta? 17:19  |  HH Rehabilitation 25/06/07
  97.   Low expectation 17:19  |  Baz Mann 25/06/07
  98.   Reading posts 17:27  |  Gene 25/06/07
  99.   LAB RAT #94 17:32  |  GABE1 25/06/07
  100.   To Invar 17:43  |  Gene 25/06/07
  101.   Israel has no right to complain 17:45  |  Tosefta 25/06/07
  102.   # 92 Hmmmm Good Point 17:46  |  Tony Anthony 25/06/07
  103.   Bush and pro-Israel = anti-Israel 17:51  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/06/07
  104.   Bush, the Intellectuals and the RoboMartyrs 17:56  |  Natan 25/06/07
  105.   Pass The Buck, Mr. Akiva Elder 17:58  |  Jeff Northridge 25/06/07
  106.   `99 gabe 1 18:09  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  107.   Natan from Gay Paris 18:15  |  Me 25/06/07
  108.   What is with this idiot "Proud Pal Defender"? 18:17  |  McQueen 25/06/07
  109.   Bush and Israel 18:18  |  Garry 25/06/07
  110.   IF AN AMERICAN JEW MAY KINDLY DISAGREE W/ THIS ARTICLE... 18:25  |  Philly Jew 25/06/07
  111.   There could be a turnabout concerning the Middle East... 18:29  |  Smadar 25/06/07
  112.   Bush has indeed............... 18:36  |  Deborah 25/06/07
  113.   Johnny Weintraub # 89 The Answer 18:41  |  Jeff Northridge 25/06/07
  114.   `91 MG Haaretz and its right to free speech. 18:41  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  115.   "90 Fred Michaelsburg. 18:48  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  116.   Carter did nothing 18:53  |  DJStahl 25/06/07
  117.   history will show......"bush the disaster" 18:59  |  scott 25/06/07
  118.   Strike me down for agreeing with Indrajaya 19:06  |  john 25/06/07
  119.   Are you jewish? 19:13  |  Shalom 25/06/07
  120.   Ariel Sharon warned Bush not to invade Iraq 19:16  |  zebulonguy 25/06/07
  121.   GABE1 - finely the best I ever heard - you say to Labhras 19:18  |  Gil 25/06/07
  122.   the best for Israels right 19:21  |  Omar 25/06/07
  123.   #1 Actually, Bush Is the Worst 19:25  |  The Barber 25/06/07
  124.   21 Ken - RIGHT ON 19:29  |  Mark of Lewiston 25/06/07
  125.   # who is who 19:31  |  A.M. 25/06/07
  126.   `121 Gil Re Junk mail 19:34  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  127.   I`m confused, why is he bashing our friend 19:37  |  Aviva 25/06/07
  128.   AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN I MUST PROCLAIN BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL 19:37  |  Muhammud al-Swain 25/06/07
  129.   Lab Rat #114 19:38  |  GABE1 25/06/07
  130.   #120 zebulonguy: YOU DISTORT THE TRUTH 19:45  |  Muhammud al-Swain 25/06/07
  131.   BUSH DEFINITELY THE WORST PRESIDENT FOR ALL THE ANTI-ISRAEL FOLKS 19:49  |  Ben 25/06/07
  132.   Labhras if there isn?t no one called Lab Rat how shook your cage 19:54  |  Gil 25/06/07
  133.   `130 Muhammud al-Swain. re `120 19:56  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  134.   DJStahl 19:58  |  ManCow 25/06/07
  135.   HAARETZ IS THE BEST NEWSPAPER FOR ISRAEL 20:01  |  American Jewish Man 25/06/07
  136.   Bush and Olmert 20:05  |  Bob 25/06/07
  137.   I rarely if ever have read such nonsense 20:06  |  Arthur 25/06/07
  138.   Freddie 20:07  |  Neal 25/06/07
  139.   #128 Muhammud al-Swain - Still at it, Spreading cheap propaganda 20:10  |  Gil 25/06/07
  140.   Well Eldar`s almost right.... 20:13  |  tadchase 25/06/07
  141.   Bush a Hero 20:52  |  Akram Kotze 25/06/07
  142.   Re #134 If Syria does want peace... 21:04  |  DJStahl 25/06/07
  143.   PEACE SHOULD BE FOR PEACE`S SAKE, AND NOT FOR LAND 21:07  |  sifffler 25/06/07
  144.   Re #6 history through BBC-coloured lenses 21:13  |  DJStahl 25/06/07
  145.   zebelonguy # 120 Why Bush Won 21:14  |  Jeff Northridge 25/06/07
  146.   Bush after Afghan, didn`t fight the war on terror ,he fought his 21:16  |  Steve 25/06/07
  147.   Labhras a challenge maybe you can convince me 21:26  |  Gil 25/06/07
  148.   `144 DJ Stahl 21:32  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  149.   The BLAME GAME 21:34  |  Double Click 25/06/07
  150.   Muhammud al-Swain # 128 Then Go Ahead and Arrest Him 21:39  |  Jeff Northridge 25/06/07
  151.   #1 Tod 21:47  |  D 25/06/07
  152.   #101: Tosefta, some comments on your analysis (1) 21:54  |  Thomas Jackson 25/06/07
  153.   Bush`s last chance for solving the Israel-Palestine conflict 21:57  |  Tosefta 25/06/07
  154.   The rotten fruit of the Olmert- Bush policy 21:58  |  Tosefta 25/06/07
  155.   Jeff Northridge and the good old days 22:04  |  Danite 25/06/07
  156.   sifffler - The make every Pals a citizen 22:06  |  uu 25/06/07
  157.   @ JewishHeart 22:14  |  anonymouse 25/06/07
  158.   #114 IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FREE SPEECH OR DEMOCRACY 22:15  |  MG 25/06/07
  159.   #101: Tosefta, some comments on your analysis (2) 22:17  |  Thomas Jackson 25/06/07
  160.   #135: WITH SUCH `CANARIES`, WHO NEEDS VULTURES??? 22:19  |  MG 25/06/07
  161.   #101: Tosefta, some comments on your analysis (3) 22:33  |  Thomas Jackson 25/06/07
  162.   145 Jeff Northridge 22:40  |  tadchase 25/06/07
  163.   We are basically in agreement (Thomas Jackson #159) 22:46  |  Tosefta 25/06/07
  164.   To Akiva Eldar;You do not believe deeply Bush is the worst 22:49  |  e.m 25/06/07
  165.   Re #148 ?? citation agrees re Israel not cause of Iraq war 22:54  |  DJStahl 25/06/07
  166.   The author is wrong across the board 22:55  |  Ofer 25/06/07
  167.   Get real Elijah 22:56  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  168.   To Ken - reality check 23:01  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  169.   Worst Israeli government? 23:02  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  170.   "158 MG 23:04  |  Labhras 25/06/07
  171.   with friends like these 23:06  |  peter green 25/06/07
  172.   That`s Easy michael cohen 23:07  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  173.   Bush people ignorant about the middle east? 23:10  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  174.   Carter did nothing 23:14  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  175.   Tosefta - reality check 23:19  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  176.   Tosefta - you and I understood 23:24  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  177.   The friends in need are the friends indeed 23:36  |  TonyL 25/06/07
  178.   To Christa 23:37  |  paul 25/06/07
  179.   Truth 23:38  |  Llyonnoc 25/06/07
  180.   BUSH WAS AND IS THE BEST PRESIDENT OF THE GREAT USA OF AMERICA 23:41  |  MIRA 25/06/07
  181.   # 147 Gil...SHALL I TELL YOU?? 23:55  |  KATH` 25/06/07
  182.   130#LOL Muhammad Al Swain 00:08  |  zebulonguy 26/06/07
  183.   145#Northridge 00:12  |  zebulonguy 26/06/07
  184.   Jews You Have Nothing to Worry About 00:22  |  Abe 26/06/07
  185.   With friends like this.... 00:28  |  US/Israel Citizen 26/06/07
  186.   Bush,GOD BLESSE YOU 00:36  |  marcus 26/06/07
  187.   Dr. Fred Olsen DPM 00:40  |  G A B E 1 26/06/07
  188.   # 170 Labhras 00:43  |  Gil 26/06/07
  189.   # 135 American Jewish ManHAARETZ IS THE BEST NEWSPAPER FOR ISRAEL 00:50  |  fed-up 26/06/07
  190.   To Akiva Eldar;You do not believe deeply Bush is the worst 00:55  |  e.m 26/06/07
  191.   "165 DJStahl 01:12  |  Labhras 26/06/07
  192.   # 174 Mark Lincoln.re:Carter............ 01:26  |  KATH` 26/06/07
  193.   #1 Todd Zuckerman - amen brother 01:44  |  Bill 26/06/07
  194.   Re #191 ?? Are we reading the same thing? 01:50  |  DJStahl 26/06/07
  195.   Mark Lincoln #174 01:55  |  TonyL 26/06/07
  196.   # 44 Michael Cohen......EXACTLY!!! 02:04  |  Lynn 26/06/07
  197.   Danite # 155 Pollution Is High Were There Is a High Population 02:08  |  Jeff Northridge 26/06/07
  198.   1-Akiva Eldar & his likes: Should be barred from free press. 02:10  |  Akram Zekaria 26/06/07
  199.   Be careful Mira #180 02:14  |  bbl 26/06/07
  200.   al-Swain 02:18  |  Lynn 26/06/07
  201.   Re: Akram Zekaria only the foolish will believes Akiva Eldar 02:33  |  e.m 26/06/07
  202.   "194 DJstahl 02:34  |  Labhras 26/06/07
  203.   zebelonguy # 183 Fine 02:37  |  Jeff Northridge 26/06/07
  204.   2-Akiva Elder & his likes should be barred from free press. 02:57  |  Akram Zekaria 26/06/07
  205.   Bush is the worst president, all right.... 03:28  |  Silvienne 26/06/07
  206.   RE: Jews You Have Nothing to Worry About 03:30  |  Muhammud al-Swain 26/06/07
  207.   to indrajaya 03:52  |  SHARPINCHITOWN 26/06/07
  208.   YOHANN 03:59  |  sharpy 26/06/07
  209.   On good intentions and hell on earth (Mark Lincoln #176) 04:03  |  Tosefta 26/06/07
  210.   Why America? 04:08  |  daljit 26/06/07
  211.   Lynn #200 04:08  |  sharpy 26/06/07
  212.   BUSH-MESSENGER OF KING MOSHIACH TO DESTROY THE EVIL ENEMY SADDAM) 04:11  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 26/06/07
  213.   Saddam Hussein was Israel`s Greatest Ally 04:14  |  Bernie 26/06/07
  214.   INDRAJAYA, you promised Alan Johnston free ten days ago. 04:18  |  Genuine Tosefta 26/06/07
  215.   3 Cheers for the Board 04:21  |  JC 26/06/07
  216.   Ghastly Impostor warning #101,153,154, 163 04:21  |  Genuine Tosefta 26/06/07
  217.   An important lesson to those who care about Israel. 04:32  |  Akram Zekaria 26/06/07
  218.   Jeff Northridge 04:40  |  Danite 26/06/07
  219.   Re#3 indrajaya-US does not support Bush 05:03  |  Alan the real one. 26/06/07
  220.   Re 4. Arafats fingers 05:06  |  Alan the real one 26/06/07
  221.   With friends like these... 05:06  |  Judah N. Wenkel 26/06/07
  222.   Re 48 Clickfool 05:12  |  Alan 26/06/07
  223.   Fake Tosefta Alert (Indrajaya #207) 05:18  |  Tosefta 26/06/07
  224.   BUSH BETTER THAN CLINTON!!! 05:28  |  Moti Gurarye 26/06/07
  225.   Good Job Akiva - Biting the Hand that Feeds You! 05:33  |  mike 26/06/07
  226.   MIRA - You are right, the best Christian President 05:44  |  Christian 26/06/07
  227.   #211 Already investigated Sharpy 05:44  |  Lynn 26/06/07
  228.   Love it!!!!!!!! 05:45  |  Sam 26/06/07
  229.   #210 Why? daljit of Canada....... 05:51  |  Lynn 26/06/07
  230.   # 228 Sam 06:15  |  Lynn 26/06/07
  231.   #222 Alan 06:25  |  Silvienne 26/06/07
  232.   #224 Moti 06:28  |  Silvienne 26/06/07
  233.   Too bad he failed at this point.. 07:08  |  Infidel 26/06/07
  234.   You should Thank him... 07:29  |  DK 26/06/07
  235.   # 214, GENUINE TOSEFTA 07:59  |  indrajaya 26/06/07
  236.   Stop whining 08:02  |  Ed 26/06/07
  237.   "Blessed is he who expects nothing - 08:04  |  English Resident 26/06/07
  238.   # 207, SHARPINCHITOWN 08:10  |  indrajaya 26/06/07
  239.   # 207, SHARPINCHITOWN 08:10  |  indrajaya 26/06/07
  240.   Who cares about what Israel thinks? 08:11  |  Ed 26/06/07
  241.   It`s much too easy to critisize Bush 08:33  |  Daniel 26/06/07
  242.   bush and olmert should kiss HASSAN NASSRULLAH ASS 08:37  |  SWEDEN 26/06/07
  243.   Bernie #213 -- interesting points but incorrect conclusion 08:51  |  bbl 26/06/07
  244.   A very true article 09:00  |  a good article 26/06/07
  245.   For Alan # 222 09:07  |  Clickfool 26/06/07
  246.   Re #202 All L seems to want is fool some people some of the time 14:16  |  DJStahl 26/06/07
  247.   #44 M Cohen - I respectfully disagree 22:17  |  Rick 26/06/07
  248.   Coward INDRAJAYA has no courage to answer Johnston promised fate 22:45  |  Genuine Tosefta 26/06/07
  249.   #87 Peacemaker - Consider the People 23:12  |  Rick 26/06/07
  250.   #99 Weintraub - are you kidding? 23:25  |  Rick 26/06/07
  251.   #250 Rick 03:00  |  Silvienne 27/06/07
  252.   Re #142 Alexandretta, Hatay, Mosul 19:45  |  DJStahl 28/06/07
  253.   President Bush 16:32  |  Georg von Mecklenbur 01/07/07
  254.   Bush 04:03  |  Panic Office 06/07/07
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