Too little too late?

Today, Mr. Matthew Price from BBC News wrote a nice little article expressing his views on the nuanced nature of Bush's visit to the Middle East. A very important question was asked in the midst of his article, is it too late for Bush to make any kind of a difference?

My answer is a very loud yes. Many people in the Middle East feel like one little tour isn't going to undo the damage of the last nearly eight years that Bush has been in office. The bunglings of the War on Terror, including the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, the continued support of Israel especially during the summer 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, and the list just goes on and on. All of these grievances cannot be mended by the time Bush leaves office, and I find it highly unlikely Bush will attempt to do anything of the kind once he is out of office. I expect we'll see footage of him clearing brush in Texas till at least 2010.

And that is hopefully as bad as any Bush bashing will get on this blog. I don't like the guy, but still, constant insults get boring, and it turns a lot of people off to what you really have to say.

So my dear little readers, what do you think? Is it too late for Mr. Bush to make a difference for American foreign policy in the Middle East? And why does this topic make that silly JoJo song run through my head?