Even Bush Gets It

(or perhaps this post should have been called Why Doesn’t Olmert Get It)

A mind boggling story appeared in Haaretz of all places today. You can find the whole thing here.

For those of you too lazy too click through or even for those who will, I’ll quote the amazing part here:

“After Olmert updated Bush on Israel's indirect talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, the U.S. president demanded, "Why do you want to give Assad the Golan for nothing?" the sources said.
"It's not for nothing," Olmert insisted. "It's in exchange for a change in the region's strategic alignment."

Bush persisted: "Why should you believe him?" And to that, Olmert did not reply. “

For all his problems, even Bush realizes its pointless to give away the Golan to Syria. Why doesn’t Olmert get it?