As theTrumpet.com reported two days ago, President Bush’s Thursday morning exchange with Benjamin Netanyahu indicates that Washington is at least preparing for the possibility of working with an Israeli government that opposes the Annapolis diplomatic process. But within hours of his meeting with Netanyahu, the president revealed his strong preference for Ehud Olmert to remain Israel’s prime minister.
At a dinner hosted by Olmert on Thursday night, President Bush referred to Israel’s prime minister as a “strong leader” and urged Olmert’s coalition partners to take care of him “so he will stay in power.” This, of course, is the same Ehud Olmert who in June 2005 said, “We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies.”
