He doesnt look like the kind of guy who wants peace. Bush is a talker, thats it. He makes promises and guarantees and he never comes through ya mean. We need somebody who will get things done! This is how I feel, I think the only reason he went to war was to get that oil from Agfasghtan.

President Bush understands the concept of peace through strength. He has brought democracy to Afghanistan and Iraq.

I am not an American, but I am also a Black. What I do not understand is that we keep acting like bunch of victims instead of being strong. The president of the United States has some disadvantages like many other people. If George Bush didnt care about Blacks he wouldnt care about Collin Powell or Condoliza Rice. We really have to make up our minds. Balthazar Nzomono-Balenda Student at the University of Southern Denmark Native country: France Country of origin : Republic of the Congo

He'd get us all killed!

Good entertainment value. Thank God USA is a dying economy.

Excellent idea- he will be welcomed as a Hero with roses and waving US flags-so there's no need for any guards, secret service men or body-armor to protect him,right?Besides,he's already gone WAY over the budget..time to get your pink little hands dirty,Dubbaya!

yes. put him in a plane in that nifty little pilot's outfit he had, and throw him out over the middle east w/a box of chocolates and some roses.

Make peace? Shouldn't the ability to speak coherently and have the respect of the international community come first? This ain't Texas - and they ain't fooled.

He would go in there with guns blazing and make things even worse, if that's possible. I don't understand why Arafat didn't take the deal that was offered to him at Camp David when Clinton tried to broker a settlement. Perhaps we can ask Arafat that when we hold our seance.

No. Bad idea. He would use that opportunity to 'broker'/strengthen/establish his family's financial ties to that oil region...AND...when someone questions his relationship with same, he'll send our troops to war to cover it up. No. Absolutely, t-totally a very bad idea. On top of that...we need to stay out of that ancient mess...because...those people have been fighting since before Jesus was born.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no.

One can remain hopeful that Bush will show a little political courage and make a run for peace. We have no business taking sides in this conflict. Israel's survival as a state is a critical interest for the United States. If we completely abandon them to the Arabs, that will surely mean a regional war where the Israelis will not hesitate to use everything in their arsenal, including nuclear weapons, which they do have. It would be disastrous if we abandoned Israel, but we must also be evenhanded and fair towards the Palestinians. George Bush's credibility as a broker for peace in the region depends on giving the Arabs a fair hearing. How can we expect them to trust us if we skew our foreign policy towards Israel? Bush apparently thinks that their terrorist problem is the same as ours. Indeed it will become ours if we continue to pursue policies that hurt the Palestinians. US policy towards Israel and Palestine has been predicated on unilateral withdrawl of Israel from Gaza and the West Bank. Bush recently backed away from this assumption by letting the Israelis keep some of the land in these regions. I understand the Israelis problem with Palestinian right to return, that opens a Pandora's Box. The settlement issue however is one that needs to be fairly resolved, meaning that the Israelis need to evacuate them; that's a non-starter. The US's policy is unbalanced in the region and that's a major sore point with the Arabs. We can't expect to make more progress with our war on terrorism if we don't acknowledge this and move from there. Sharon and the Likudniks have been spinning their wheels for the past 3 years. As long as conditions and our policies towards the region stay the way they are, I don't see how Bush can do much to mediate in the situation.

Sending any American over there to broker peace would be a mistake. The Arabs trust the US only slightly more than they trust Israel. Whether true or not, the US is perceived in the Arab world as being in Israel's pocket, so it should be representatives from other nations, or maybe even the UN (they have to be good for something). Of course, anyone with more than three working brain cells can see that Bush would be one of the very worst people to send in as peacemaker. A crate of fresh cantaloupes would do a better job of brokering peace than this priveleged twit.

Please tell me this is a joke. Look what happened when he tried last week to boss around other countries. He has no respect abroad, and it's going downhill here fast. When he lies about WMD's why should anyone believe him.

lol, yeah, I'm sure they'll listen to W

Hahahahahahahahahaha! Good one Axlrod2003. The only peace he understands is a piece of the oil action.

Again, few people on this earth would qualify for that kind of job . . . I don't think GWB is one of them.

This idea is about as stupid as inviting Rick Santorum to a gay pride rally. Why not send Pee-Wee Herman? He'd do just as good of a job. Bush wouldn't know how to find peace even if it flew up his butt and struck oil.

This President is the most ignorant and dangerous the US people have ever had governing over them. The world can plainly see what, unfortunately, a lot of rednecks cannot. Blaming France for trying to do something to stop this paranoid administration is like saying 'I don't want you to play in my group because you won't let me beat you up' The world can see the real reason why Bush is at war with Iraq, to secure it only for American interests. I hope that his comments made in Nthn Ireland are true- that Iraq will be given to the Iraqis - let's see but Bush really doesn't command trust. Instead of spending billions of dollars on lethal fireworks, from now on why not engage the world into working together peacefully to deal with these sorts of issues? Investment into renewable energy sources for instance. Bush's cohorts don't want that as they stand to gain from oil output. Bush couldn't even tell you the capital of Canada, let alone broker peace...and I note he's only left the US once to go the Azores...I bet he didn't even know where that was. He is a smug, arrogant, ignorant, greedy pea-brained moron. No wonder Blair has to do his speaking for him.

This is a joke listing, right? How smug are we that we even dare to think we can step in and magically solve a crisis that long in the making. But to suggest LOL! that Dubya LOL! is the "man" for the job! LOL! Stop, you're killing me.

If any earthly person could "broker" peace, it would have been done a long time ago.

This would be like trying to send a wolf to herd a flock of sheep. The wolf is not going to herd he is going to kill the sheep.

No. In time of war and disagreement, representatives must be sent in. Leaders of countries and Presidents should not be sent in or negotiate. That's why we have ambassadors and reps. over in different countries.

HA thats funny

President Bush has enough trouble convincing his own people of anything, so I doubt much would come of him traveling over to the Middle East to broker peace. And besides, I'm sure the President wants to stay as far away from Iraq as possible.

is there even a negative rating here???? bush just sucks !!!! he doesnt have a clear mind on what is just... he shouldnt even have been elected as a leader of a great nation when what he is carrying out is a personal vendetta against saddam when what should concern him more is about the welfare of his people and what is just and logical... he just wanna get rid of saddam and thats about it ... if his intentions were really on fighting terrorism, he should have dealt with it all fairly (north korea, israel) but what he is doing is concentrating on a country which can least retaliate and in which he has something to gain, that is the control of oil... north korea is slamming it on his face that they have nuclear weapons and he is taking it lightly and here comes saddam denying about it and bush is insistent about it and wanting to divide the world (between muslims and christians) by waging a war ... WHERE'S THE LOGIC???? and he is supporting israel when israel is the terrorist ... terrorizing palestinians .. killing even the helpless and innocent children...i hope he has the sense to look into his mind for one last time (wherever that mind is though)... hail bush ... the new terrorist !!!!

That'll be as efficient as sending a mouse to break up a fight between cats and dogs. Bush pretty much burned all his bridges when he told the Palestinians to dump Arafat; which had the opposite effect it seems as Arafat became even more popular. Bush's biggest problem is that it's pretty obvious he doesn't really care what happens in the Middle East, as long as he gets oil and gets rid of Sadam Hussein. If it hadn't been for those two reasons I doubt he would've even gotten involved in the Middle Eastern crisis at all.

A few months ago, Bush mention the word "crusade" in his speech. Many Arab nations was furious because they saw it as an attack on them.. Like Lord said, Bush is not right for the job. He should leave it to Colin or Donald Rumsfield. Besides I rather see Shrub work his magic on the economy or hunt down Towel Head Laden.

bush is a bum, and let's face it, he would rather just ignore the whole situation if he could. for any reason he could have for coming in he wouldn't be making a real effort to make peace, therefore won't be much of a help.

One man is most certainly incapable of changing everything. George W. Bush isn't the greatest negotiator himself and a peace mission he would go on would most likely miserably fail just as Colin Powell's did. There is no panacea for this turmoil going on between Israel and Palestine, so nobody really knows the correct solution.

Hopefully Bush will resist the childish desire for a photo op with Arafat and Sharon shaking hands, so he can impress the Nobel Peace Prize judges (those brain surgeons that gave Arafat the prize in 1994). The fact that Clinton was seduced by this mirage has a great deal to do with the mess that has blown up over the last 18 months.