Bush to give Jordanian King written guarantees on Mideast roadmap

A huge sigh of relief. What could be more comforting than written guarantees from the Bush Administration?

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/82188/1/.html

WASHINGTON : US President George W. Bush plans to offer Jordan's King Abdullah II assurances next week that the United States has not pre-judged the outcome of eventual peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, US officials said.

The assurances would come in the form of written letters of guarantee or statements of clarification aimed at assuaging Arab anger and confusion over Bush's April 14 endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's controversial disengagement plan, the officials said.

Under plans now being finalized by US and Jordanian diplomats, King Abdullah would also present written documents to Bush pledging Jordan's support for Palestinian reform efforts as Israel moves to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip under the Sharon plan, the officials said.

"They are planning an exchange of letters clarifying where things stand now and how we both think things should proceed," one official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

more...

They use forged and plagiarized ones to justify a war (Niger-uranium docs, cribbed grad student thesis at UN), and they tear up legitimate ones aimed at fostering peace and cooperation among nations (Kyoto Protocol, nuclear non-proliferation, World Court, etc., etc.).

paper on which it is written.