Roadmap To A Dead End?

[HARDCORE]

The President?s ?Roadmap To Peace? has run afoul of a washed out bridge! And that bridge, has been sabotaged by those who had no intention of traveling upon the paved portion of the roadway to start with!

No plan, after all, is worth the paper that it is transcribed upon, unless that plan is workable! And all of the good intentions in the world, wouldn?t buy you an ounce of salt in an closed-down market, or an attentive ear amidst vested minds!

Unlike ?Merlin the Magician?, waving a magic wand or wishing upon a star, will not (in itself) accomplish that which some of the parties to the deal refuse to take seriously. And today?s events prove that not only are the Palestinians hot under the collar, but that the State of Israel too, is lacking in genuine determination and intent! Blowing up one?s adversary, after all, is one helluva way to say I trust you, no matter who lights the fuse!?

With President Bush reeling (if but a tad) over the continuing violence, as well as the lies and double-crosses that are slithering out of the Middle East, the end of the war in Iraq (if it has an end) has merely (to here) led to another stage of hostilities! One that, instead of vast armies, has seen the onset of more terrorism and sniping!

Apparently, many of those who grinned from ear to ear at our entrance into Iraq, as it was in Somalia, are now hiding in sewers and striking out at will? These vermin then retreat back to their festering holes without much risk of taking any incoming! And to add yet more injury to insult, those whom we courted in the region seem unwilling or unable to put a stop to this agenda of violence!

Even the Israelis, a people, who know full well the cruelties of war and terrorism, have acted contrary to the wishes of their biggest supporter (USA). And by attacking (even in justified retaliation) across the line, they have (like it or not) placed several roadblocks on ?Mr. Bush?s Roadmap To Peace!?

Granted, it?s damned hard (if not impossible) to suffer bloody attacks against one?s own without striking back, and this is the nature of the beast (terrorism)! But again, this Roadmap To Peace has been tattered around the edges, not because the plan would not work, but rather because some had no intention of letting it work!?

VERITAS