A good way to start

This is a really great way to start peace talks:

JERUSALEM — It might be called the Incredible Shrinking Middle East Peace Summit.

After months of U.S. diplomacy and Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, expectations for peace talks next week in Annapolis, Md., have fallen so low that everyone is already focusing on The Day After.

If this weren't so sadly true, I'd say it was a Cheney plant in the news media. Of course, the reason things look so bleak is because Bush/Cheney really don't give a damn about peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians and have never put any substantive pressure on Israel to compromise. They'd much rather have Israel exterminate the whole crowd of Palestinians.