Middle East peace

[stephenite]

What are the odds of this succeeding this time around, with Hammas not at the table it's hard to see how it's anything but a pointless exercise designed to ensure that Bush leaves some sort of positive legacy in the Middle East.
Anyone any views on the conference itself and the chances of anything happening?

[Bod Mor]

I just had a good conversation with a Lebanese pal of min there about tthe tensions in the middle east and he reckons that the it's going to errupt in the next year or two.

It's going to go off in the Lebanon after the elections, it's a volcano waiting to happen and this will have a domino effect on other surrounding nations.

Not looking to bright at all.