Letters From A Tory

Dear President Bush,

The loss of support you have suffered from the American public in 2007 will not have escaped your attention and your sparse media coverage in the last few months is partly a result of this.  Yourself and Tony Blair have turned your attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict with some vigour over the past few days, and much as I loathe both of your records as heads-of-state I cannot help but feel a little optimistic.

Tony Blair spent 10 years as British Prime Minister and yet there is only one memory that people will hold of his time in office - Iraq.  After being heralded as one of the greatest politicians of our time, his dramatic fall from grace will haunt him forever.  Your approach to the ‘war on terror’ has been almost univerally flawed and many people have died as a result, but Tony Blair’s demise may, in a peverse manner, offer you some hope.  He will always be remembered for his last significant act, which happened to be a disastrous war.  However, you could find that your presidency is also remembered primarily for its last act - and if this act is taking a large step towards a solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict, I suspect the history books will look on you favourably.  Your tough-talking over the past 48 hours is in sharp contrast to the rest of your dealings with Israel and I am extremely glad to see you take such a strong line.

I do not respect you or admire you in any way, but if your last act as president is to help make the Middle East and the world a safer place, I will take my hat off to you.  Time to get down to business, Mr Bush.

Best wishes,

A.Tory