Bush isn't going to follow the detail to the same extent (as Clinton), but he is helping to put his imprimatur on that process in an important week, when Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern put forward their latest proposals to revive the peace process,

The fact that George Bush has come to Belfast to meet Tony Blair in this location ... is in a sense a mark of respect for Tony Blair, an attempt to show outside world -- because George Bush doesn't voyage outside the United States all that easily -- it's a sign that he takes him seriously and listens to his advice. It gives him some sort of political payback,

Clinton beat a Bush, then was replaced by a Bush who may be replaced by a Clinton. The whole thing has gotten very complicated.

were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.

I don't think we'll see huge divisions here in Greece.

We are not going to see a full NATO operation,