I hope the conference today will begin a process that will lead to a settlement of the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict. However one can not fail to look back at the past 7 years of inaction by Bush.
Bush is trying to salvage something that he hopes future generations will look upon as a positive accomplishment of his 8 years in office. To date the only issue that is a positive accomplishment is the agreement with North Korea to end their nuclear program.
This will be the last chance Bush will have to get a process started that could lead to a settlement during his term. How much better of a chance would he have had if he had tackled this issue 7 years ago?