Bush's statement on the Middle East: The glass is half full

In a well-written op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal, historian Michael Oren argues that President Bush has not retracted any of the positive elements of his 2002 doctrine: But all the focus on the conference misses the point. Mr. Bush has not backtracked an inch from his revolutionary Middle East policy. Never before has any American president placed the onus of demonstrating a commitment to