Munaeem's Blog : Bush finally gets it

A commentary in Kuwait's As Seyassah said Thursday that US President George W. Bush seems to have finally gone to the source of terrorism by calling for an international conference to revive the Middle East peace process.

The pro-government daily said in its editorial that while the call came late, it still shows the US president has put his finger on the causes of terrorism - the Palestinian cause that has been used by liberation and terrorism groups.

It added it is time for US policy to be based on understanding that fighting the war on terror without addressing its causes will only escalate the terrorist activities and sink Washington deeper into military and political quagmires.

Resolving the Palestinian issue and the Arab-Israeli conflict is the only way to "dry up the source of terror and thereby eliminating it," it said.

The paper suggested that after resolving the conflict, the United Nations should form a global army to assume the war on terror and to have the right to operate in every country.

"It would be in President Bush's favor to crown the end of his term by achieving a historic solution to the Palestinian problem, for he is capable of this mission if he liberates himself from his political bias towards Israel," it remarked.

The Kuwaiti paper said the US president should ultimately be convinced that it is the Palestinian cause that has been the driving force and excuse used by terrorists to justify killing Americans.