> "Reuters has the video of what it describes as Bush's "emotional
> moment" after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert praised him for his
> leadership in the fight against extremists. [...]

> "In this case, it seems his tears were for himself.

> "Bush may be the least popular president since Harry Truman, but here
> in Israel he was greeted with a raucous standing ovation when he
> entered the auditorium and lavish praise from Israel's leaders."

> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/05/15/BL200805...

> No wonder they love him there...  What's not to love?

> On top of our regular billions in annual grants (no payback) to
> Israel, Israel has Bush charging the U.S. taxpayer for its national
> defense.

> Gotta love it.

> "Tiglath" <te...@tiglath.net> wrote in message
> news:9379a890-e7dd-4ab6-92c9-41c2e3c1fe8e@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...

> > "Reuters has the video of what it describes as Bush's "emotional
> > moment" after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert praised him for his
> > leadership in the fight against extremists. [...]

> > "In this case, it seems his tears were for himself.

> > "Bush may be the least popular president since Harry Truman, but here
> > in Israel he was greeted with a raucous standing ovation when he
> > entered the auditorium and lavish praise from Israel's leaders."

> > No wonder they love him there...  What's not to love?

> > On top of our regular billions in annual grants (no payback) to
> > Israel, Israel has Bush charging the U.S. taxpayer for its national
> > defense.

> > Gotta love it.

> ...and of course, with Iraq in the state it is, there's no worry from that
> quarter.