Bush An "Appeaser," Says Egyptian Press

Critics Raise Questions About Credibility Of U.S. Role In Middle East

(CBS/AP)  Egypt's state-owned press opened fire Saturday on U.S. President George W. Bush as he arrived for talks with regional leaders at the conclusion of a five-day Mideast tour.

The newspapers, whose management are all appointed by the government, criticized Mr. Bush's speech Thursday in front of the Israeli Knesset for being overly supportive of the Israelis and not mentioning the Palestinians' plight.

"The Torah-inspired speech of Bush raised question marks over the credibility of the U.S. role in the Middle East," wrote Mursi Atallah, the publisher of Al-Ahram, the flagship daily of the state-owned press. "Bush aims to do nothing but appeasing Israel."

Mr. Bush's tour, which included stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia, represents another effort to push Mideast peace talks forward as his time in office winds down.

In his speech marking the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding, Mr. Bush reiterated the U.S.'s close ties to its regional ally, and dismissed the notion that the Jewish state should have to negotiate with its armed adversaries.

A front page editorial in Al-Gomhouria, another Egyptian state-owned daily, described Mr. Bush as "a failed president who delivers nothing but a lousy speech."

Akhbar Al-Youm also on Saturday published a picture of Mr. Bush hugging Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and captioned it "lovers."

The paper also ran a front page cartoon showing an Egyptian peasant consoling President Hosni Mubarak for having to meet with "this burdensome guy who will be leaving soon," in reference to Mr. Bush.

Egypt was the first Arab nation to make peace with Israel and has long been seen as a key mediator in the Mideast dispute that Mr. Bush has said he wants to solve by the time he leaves office next January.

Mr. Bush delivered a rosy forecast for the Middle East in 2068 during his speech. He limited his mention of Palestinians to just one sentence. "The Palestinian people will have the homeland they have long dreamed of and deserved, a democratic state that is governed by law, and respects human rights, and rejects terror," he said.

On Friday, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal commented on Mr. Bush's speech by saying its understandable that U.S.-Israel relations are special but "it is, however, important also to affirm the legitimate and political rights of the Palestinian people."

CBS White House correspondent Bill Plante, traveling with the president as he arrived in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, reports that Mr. Bush is meeting with Arab leaders there to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

"He's come here to try to get some kind of an agreement before he leaves office," Plante said. "More and more that seems unlikely."

Mr. Bush is seen in the Arab world as somebody who tilts heavily toward Israel. And that was pretty apparent yesterday when he was in Saudi Arabia asking, among other things, for the Saudis to pump more oil in the hopes that that might help bring down gas prices in the U.S.

The Saudis gave him a polite but firm "No."

Plante said the White House tried to spin that by saying, "Well, look, it is really not a problem of oil from the Saudis or anywhere else, it is the problem of refining capacity and high prices driven by speculation" - all which may be true, but the White House has to admit as it does regularly there is no short-term solution to the problem of high gas prices.

Back on the peace process, the president will continue trying to do that before he leaves office. In fact, Plante reports that he's planning to come back to the Middle East again next October.

[speakinup]

psy_war - you are nothing more than a pimple on the butt of a self appointed bunch of terrorist sympathizers.

[speakinup]

"This board is obviously loaded with those who prefer personal attacks and insult rather that intelligent discourse. I''m going to try to find a board with some adult conversation. Posted by formrusmcsgt


LAUGH OF THE MONTH!!!!

BTW, the "HARSH WORDS" you used against the REAL Marine were that you accussed him of not being a Marine.

You Fraud.

[acolton1]

Why did I waste my time in reading this article about Bush the Douschbag. The best part of the article was.

A front page editorial in Al-Gomhouria, another Egyptian state-owned daily, described Mr. Bush as "a failed president who delivers nothing but a lousy speech."

Well the clock is ticking and George W. Bush leaves office in 7 months and One day, thank Jeasus. Bush the Looser shoud have to take the Gray Hound Bus back to the Crawford Group Home where the **** came from. I needed to say where all the Bushies came from the Big Group Home in Crawford Texas where Douschbags live.

[eroosevelt08]

President Bush should stay in his room at home and quit embarrassing the people of the United States.

[tucano2]

McCain,Obama,Bush,Clinton,Kennedy,Feinstein, and many other anti-Americans promote Appeasement to Illegal Aliens by promoting Amnesty.

[vmcneal2]

SLEEPER CELLS OF TERRORIST ISLAMIC JIHADI NETWORK UDE CHANGE THEIR MASKS TO SUIT
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Posted by dumbshun at 12:15 AM : May 18, 2008

They learned how to change masks by watching Clinton and McCain!!!!!

[vmcneal2]

Thank you President Bush for making the United States look a country of fools. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES..GOD DA*N GORGE BUSH.

If Bush wants to talk about "Nazis" he should start with his Grand Daddy Prescott Bush.

[veteran72]

Yesterday, in votes on three amendments to the Supplemental Appropriations bill to fund the war, the House:

Rejected $168 billion in funding to continue the war in Iraq

Set tough restrictions on the administration''s conduct of the war, including imposing a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops, mandating minimum periods of rest for troops between deployments, barring the President from entering into long term commitments in Iraq without Congressional approval, and making the prohibition on torture crystal clear.

Expanded the GI bill to provide education benefits for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the first vote, in which Congress rejected continued funding for the Iraq war, anti-war advocates had an unexpected ally: 132 Republicans refused to vote either for or against war funding, and simply voted "Present."

AH-OH.....LMMFAO.....Can you say, Implosion????
I knew that you could!!!....

[smit4835]

trishab4,
Yea, I''m glad the Democrats will give us our dignity back. That''s just what we need to liberate us...an anti-America President who wants to sit down to tea and crumpets with the people who shout, "Death to America". While he''s over there touring the countries of our enemies, maybe his buddies Wm. "Weatherman" Ayres and his wife can finish blowing up the Capitol, while women like you abort your fetuses, and the California men can BF each other into oblivion, after taking their marriage vows.

[smit4835]

Barack Hussein Obama: President
*** "Pol Pot" Durbin: Vice-President
Jimmy "Hamas" Carter: Secretary of State
John "Genghis Khan" Kerry: Secretary of Defense
Nancy "Botox" Pelosi: Supreme Court Justice
John "The Treasonous Traitor" Murtha: National Security Advisor