President Bush completed his 8 day, 6 country tour of the Middle East with a short visit to Egypt.The visit was so short that President Mubarak chided him for it:President Mubarak found an opportunity to zing Bush early in their joint press conference, interjecting in reply to Bush’s compliment about the beauty of Sharm el-Sheikh that “you need much more days.” Bush laughed and acknowledged that Mubarak “wants me back”—but did not immediately accept the invitation, as the President did on the spot when the Israelis invited him to return in May.Indeed, the President's stop in Egypt was barely noted by the press, treating it more like a "drop by" by a politician on the campaign trail. However, the President made up for the shortness of his visit with some pointed words for Mubarak: Bush seemed to try to compensate for the shortness of his stop with the fullness of his public statement, a virtual tour d’horizon of the U.S.-Egyptian...(Read Full Post)