Re: Bush says plans to 'ride herd' in Mideast, like a cowboy ;-)))))))))

verfasst von monopoly, 05.06.2003, 12:04

-->>Hallo,
>ich frage mich in diesem Zusammenhang auch, was diese angebliche Friedensgeschichte soll. Es glaubt doch im Ernst kein Mensch, dass der sog. Terror (als Bedingung) aufhört. Will man etwas versbschieden, was sowieso gebrochen wird, um nachher so richtig in den Krieg ziehen zu können?
>Sorry, aber hinter dieser Friedensplangeschichte steckt doch irgendeine Teufelei. Gerade dann, wenn Sharon einen auf kooperativ macht...
>Gruß

Bei ihm gehts immer noch ne Stufe peinlicher...
Bush says plans to 'ride herd' in Mideast, like a cowboy

By Aluf Benn and Arnon Regular Haaretz Correspondents (Aqaba), Haaretz Service and Agencies



Text of Mahmoud Abbas speech
Text of Sharon speech
Text of Bush speech
Text of Abdullah speech




U.S. President George W. Bush
warned after an
Israeli-Palestinian summit on
Wednesday that there were
"killers lurking in the
neighborhood" trying to throw
the U.S.-backed peace"road
map" off course. He also said
his aim was to keep the process
moving, like a cowboy on

horseback herding cattle.

Relaxed and sipping a Diet Coke, Bush talked
expansively in the conference room of his plane
about his meetings with Palestinian Prime
Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon in Aqaba, Jordan, and talks a day earlier
with Arab leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

"We have made a good beginning, and I emphasize
beginning because there is a lot of work to do,"
Bush told reporters as he flew to Doha, Qatar, on
the final leg of a week-long visit to Europe and
the Middle East.

He recalled that his predecessor Bill Clinton was
close to a Middle East deal in 2000 only to see
it fall apart.

"I am cautious," he said."And I am cautious
because history tells you to be cautious. I don't
know where you were in 2000... but they were
close."

"There are killers lurking in the neighborhood,"
he added."There are people who have openly
declared their hostility to Israel, and their
desire to destroy Israeli citizens. There are
people who would rather have chaos than a
state."

Long seen as reluctant to get deeply involved in
the Middle East conflict, Bush said he saw his
role as driving both sides along and holding them
accountable.

Waving his arms, the president earlier told
reporters his aim was to keep the process moving,
like a cowboy on horseback herding cattle."I
used the expression 'ride herd.' I don't know if
anybody understood it in the meeting today," he
said.

Aqaba summit ends with pledges to end violence,
revive peace process
Bush, Abbas and Sharon ended summit talks in
Aqaba, Jordan on Wednesday with historic pledges
to end violence, revive the peace process and
work toward the internationally-sponsored road
map, which envisions an independent Palestinian
state by 2005.

At the conclusion of the 90-minute meeting, the
three leaders, along with host King Abdullah II
of Jordan, strode side by side to four identical
podiums set up on the shores of the Red Sea.

During his speech, Palestinian Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas called for an end to the"armed
intifada" - a reference to the use of weapons and
explosives by Palestinian militants - as well as
for an end to attacks on Israelis"wherever they
may be" - thus foreswearing violence against
settlers as well as residents of Israel proper.

"We will exert full efforts to ending the
militarization of the intifada [uprising]. The
armed intifada must end and we must resort to
peaceful means to achieve our goals," he said,
addding that the Palestinians"do not ignore the
suffering of the Jews throughout history," Abbas
said."It is time to bring this suffering to an
end."

Speaking after Abbas, Sharon said his primary duty
was to work for the security of Israel."As the
prime minister of Israel, the land which is the
cradle of the Jewish people, my paramount
responsibility is the security of the people of
Israel, and of the state of Israel. There can be
no compromise with terror."

Sharon said that there was now hope for peace
between Israelis and Palestinians, adding that it
was not in Israel's interest to rule over the
Palestinians.

"It is in Israel's interest not to govern the
Palestinians, but for the Palestinians to govern
themselves in their own state. A democratic
Palestinian state fully at peace with Israel will
promote the longterm security and well-being of
Israel as a Jewish state. There can be no peace,
however, without the abandonment and elimination
of terrorism, violence and incitement."

"We can also reassure our Palestinian partners
that we understand the importance of territorial
contiguity in the West Bank for a viable
Palestinian state," Sharon said.

In an apparent reference to the acts of militants
on both sides, the prime minister declared that
"We accept the principle that no unilateral
actions by any parties can pre-judge the outcome
of our negotiations."

Bush, closing the round of declarations, then
declared that he and America as a whole were
committed to Israel's security as a"vibrant
Jewish state."

Turning to Abbas, he stressed his"strong support"
for the cause of freedom and statehood for the
Palestinians.

"Both [sides] must make tangible immediate steps
toward this two-state vision," Bush said."The
Holy Land must be shared between the state of
Palestine and the State of Israel living in peace
with each other."

He also urged an end to incitement to hatred, a
reference to Palestinian Authority-sponsored
broadcasts and school materials with defamatory
views of Israel.

Bush also named U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
John Wolf to serve as the head of a team to
monitor progress both sides make toward ending 32
months of violence and ultimately toward his
two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.

"My government will provide training and support
for a new, restructured Palestinian security
service, and we'll place a mission on the ground,
led by ambassador John Wolf," Bush said.

"This mission will be charged with helping the
parties to move towards peace, monitoring their
progress and stating clearly who is fulfilling
their responsibilities. And we expect both
parties to keep their promises," Bush added.

Jordan's King Abdullah opened the round of
speeches, urged the sides to"have the will and
the courage to realize our dreams of peace,
prosperity and co-existence."

The king said the road map offers Israel the
promise of a peace treaty,"normal relations with
Arab states, and an end to the conflict."

Bush met separately with Sharon and Abbas
Wednesday morning, in preliminary rounds of the
summit.

The summit, during which Jordan's King Abdullah II
is hosting the leaders in the monarch's Aqaba
palace, marks the second day of talks aimed at
pushing ahead the road map to Middle East peace,
which envisions the creation of a Palestinian
state by 2005.

It was the first joint meeting between Bush and
the Israeli and Palestinian leaders of Bush's
presidency.

"This is an important moment, a moment that holds
promise," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer
said earlier on Air Force One as Bush flew toward
Aqaba. Still, he added,"this is the Middle
East." Things could become derailed quickly,
given the volatile history of the region, he

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