From: "Phil Payne" 

> "The Bush administration is in favor of the establishment of a
> "government of technocrats" in the Palestinian Authority in
place of the
> current Hamas government, a senior American official told Israeli
> reporters Tuesday.

Wait for a similar statement about Nicaragua:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1962567.ece

"So fearful were the ambassador's bosses in Washington of this
particular tiger, and of another Sandinista government, that they
campaigned openly against Ortega and in favour of rival candidate Eduardo
Montealegre, a conservative, Harvard-educated banker. Given Nicaragua's
strongly nationalist electorate, such blatant support from the yanquis was
effectively the kiss of death for Sr Montealegre, as former US president
Jimmy Carter, heading an election-observer team, pointed out."

I wonder how much Bliar will want to be seen with Shrub now?  Or any leader
of a democracy with elections looming.  It's bound to be an issue in both
France and Italy.  And probably Australia.  He's oing to find it quite hard
to find destinations for flag-waving foreign trips.

Hell, he ain't even welcome in Florida.  The man is a political kiss of death.

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