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Monday, April 07, 2003
Massive political mis-calculation about to occur...please stand by.....
By agreeing to meet Blair in Belfast, Bush is taking the boldest step of his presidency into the conflict in Northern Ireland, and blending in a set of issues that complicates his 25-hour trip.
Former President Clinton made three trips to Northern Ireland, the most of any U.S. president. Clinton’s envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell, led the Belfast negotiations that produced the British province’s Good Friday peace accord of 1998.
Bush has shown less interest, delegating the business of following Belfast developments to a senior State Department official, Richard Haass.
Blair, a stalwart ally in Bush’s war with Iraq, hopes presidential backing will strengthen his hand when he publishes his government’s new Northern Ireland plans by Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the Good Friday pact. A senior administration official said Bush’s very presence in Northern Ireland was meant to signal Bush’s backing for Blair’s blueprint.
Bush and Blair drew Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern into their talks on Northern Ireland, inviting him to a lunch on Tuesday afternoon.
The location of the summit, Hillsborough Castle outside Belfast, shields Bush and Blair from the kind of mass anti-war protests that have engulfed London and other European cities. Still, members of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, plan to demonstrate against the war outside the castle.
Northern Ireland’s Social Democratic and Labor Party criticized the idea of mixing Iraq war planning with Northern Ireland peacemaking.
“I cannot disguise my personal unhappiness at this, given my own opposition to this war and my concern for the integrity of our own peace process,” said Mark Durkan, leader of the moderate, mainly Roman Catholic party.
Considering that President Steely Backboned Rocket Man with Eyes is about as popular in Europe as SARS, what exactly is Blair thinking? I predict the talks regarding Northern Ireland will start to detriorate within moments of Bush refering to the people of Ireland as "Irelanders".
Meanwhile the "Irelanders" are preparing a warm welcome for the Leader of the Free World.
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