Gearing up for next month

The adults are trying to speak some sense to Bush on what to get out of next month's bout of diplomacy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hopefully, the Decider will heed at least some of the advice, but I'm very doubtful about that.

Ahead of the meeting, Israel is of course manically trying to steal as much land as possible, creating those pesky "facts on the ground." That's par for the course, though.