A rather amazing picture of how George Bush handled the negotiations in the Middle East in the Israeli leftist paper Ha'aretz:
According to the source, Dahlan gave an excellent five-minute synopsis of the situation, and concluded by saying to Bush: "There are some things we can do and some things we cannot. We will do our best. But we will need help."
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz burst in at the end of Dahlan's presentation and said: "Well, they won't be getting any help from us; they have their own security service."
You could see that Bush was irritated, the participant said, and Bush turned on Mofaz
angrily: "Their own security service? But you have destroyed their security service."
Mofaz shook his head and said: "I do not think that we can help them, Mr. President," - to which Bush said: "Oh, but I think that you can. And I think that you will."
Read the whole thing. Pretty amazing if it is a true report of what went on. Clearly Bush is irritated with Sharon and his intuition (right or wrong) has told him he can trust and work with Abu Mazen.
