Bush goes a walking

Bush in his last year in office--2008--like his predecessors, is taking up the pilgrim's stick, and going on long junkets abroad. Unlike the Republican Eisenhower, he won't be acclaimed a 'prince of peace'. His first dipping of a toe in foreign travel is a visit to Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and Egypt. The Palestinians have little to rejoice in his visit, the more especially since Bush has supported Israel's aggressive policy in salami slicing land which rightfully belongs to Palestinians for their own colonial annexation. Egypt will bow and scrape before him, but with mutterings of regret under its breath; Bush has been cutting back on military and economic aid to Cairo for not toe ing the Israeli line in Palestine. Bush will exchange kisses with the Saudi royals because there are long ties between the Bush family and the Saudi princes which override America's security and policy. It is rumoured in Washington and in Riyad that by withdrawing America troops from the sacred grounds of Islam, Bush agreed not to pursue the capture or murder of Osama ben Ladin. And as we know, Bush crows that his war on terror has effectively stopped terrorist activity in the US>