It’s nice to see Maureen Dowd lay off Hillary Clinton for a change and go after the “Decider” on his musical chairs approach to Middle East diplomacy…7 years late. Bush is so deperate to find a legacy, other than the worst President ever, he’s willing to throw billions of our dollars to the Arabs, you know, those guys that have a gun to our heads when it comes to oil prices…what is he thinking? Oh, that right, he dosen’t. So sad for our country.

It took Mr. Bush almost his entire presidency to embrace diplomacy, but now that he’s in the thick of it, or perhaps the thin of it — given his speed-dating approach to statesmanship — he is kissing and holding hands with kings, princes, emirs, sheiks and presidents all over the Arab world and is trying to persuade them that he is not in a monogamous relationship with the Jews.

His message boiled down to: Iran bad, Israel good, Iraq doing better.

Blessed is the peacemaker who comes bearing a $30 billion package of military aid for Israel and a $20 billion package of Humvees and guided bombs for the Arabs.

Like the slick Hollywood guy in “Annie Hall” who has a notion that he wants to turn into a concept and then develop into an idea, W. has resumed his mantra of having a vision that turns into freedom that could develop into global democracy.

W.’s peace train quickly gave way to the warpath, however, with Mr. Bush devoting a good chunk of time to the unfinished war in Iraq and the possibility of a war with Iran.