"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/BL2008051502249.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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.
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i would contend it makes israel less safe.
first it has increased the fundies influence and control in iraq and
elswhere.
and when bush bombs iran the whole middle east will erupt as all the gloves
will be off and iran and the others will have no reason to hold back.