Jordan's King to ask Bush to defer or cancel trip to Israel

[maddezmom]

Source: Haaretz

Jordan's King Abdullah was set to ask U.S. President George W. Bush to postpone or cancel his upcoming trip to Israel, scheduled to coincide with the country's 60th anniversary in May, diplomatic sources in Amman told the London-based Arabic language newspaper al-Hayat Tuesday.

According to the report, Abdullah will advise the American president not to come to Israel unless a real agreement is struck between Israel and the Palestinians, who are in the midst of a U.S.-backed peace process.

The diplomatic sources told al-Hayat that Abdullah's position has been adopted by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who have been holding intensive talks with Abdullah over recent days ahead of the Jordanian king's visit to Washington on Wednesday.



Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/977002.html

[mwb970]

1. If he does go, let's ask him to postpone or cancel his return. /nt

[Proletariatprincess]

2. Bush will probably listen to King Abdullah....

.....unlike he listens to the American people, who are just an abstraction to his "stay the course" policies. What a jerk.

[Fridays Child]

3. Doesn't King Abdullah understand that he's throwing down the gauntlet?

Monkey Boy will only view this as a chest-thumping opportunity.

[Turbineguy]

4. What with Carter making progress

he probably would prefer that Bush not come over and screw it up. He may as well talk to the wind.

[robcon]

5. U.S. to King Abdullah (I hope): butt out.

A "real agreement?" Somebody's been hittin' the stash of fantasy-inducing stuff.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Jordan wasn't too concerned about right to self-determination of Palestinians in the West Bank until

AFTER it lost control of that territory.

[Supersedeas]

7. meanwhile Condi is busy pointing fingers and condemning Carter: some diplomacy!?!