Bush and the Middle East

Bush had hoped for Democracy and peace in the Middle East--all he has gotten so far is strife, with the promise of much more strife to come. His administration doesn't have a clue to what the Middle East is all about and what is feeding all the turmoil. T.E. Lawrence and the British government promised the Arabs a state--Palestine and that is all they got--promises. At that time there were an estimated 23,000 Jews, compared to about 2 million Arabs living in Palestine. The Zionist movement encouraged Jews to buy up Arab property for the purpose of taking over Palestine, and they did. How much land, compared to land bought, that was taken by force I don't know, but there was a lot of Arab refugees after the dust settled. Of course taking over someone else's land and country is not new--it is part of American heritage; so not much of a fuss is being made about Israeli actions; and that is the problem, the lack of representation for the Arabs. The Arabs feel they got a raw deal and until their feelings are respected Democracy, as Bush envisions it, is not going to flourish in the Middle East. I'm not taking sides in this, simply stating the facts and reality. Something the administration and our President is not doing.