Overly ambitious I think.
1. As Mike F. said, none of the leaders the U.S. favors have any credibility with the Palestinian street or militia groups. A deal might be brokered with these leaders but no one in Palastine will follow them and thee could be a civil war or just the type of situation we are seeing in Iraq. And of course if this happens, more Isreali targets will be bombed, and Isreal will back out.
2. It is unlikely that a compromise will be met that won't have Ariel giving up more than he wants. He's shown to be a bit stubborn lately and doesn't look to be willing to hand over any more than he has already suggested. If a deal is reached that is ok with the Isreali's look for the majority of the Palestinian street groups to be very severly angered by their leader reverting back to my first point.
3. Bush has shown the world what an excellent diplomat he is. Plus we all know how much credibility he has in the Arab world now. Possible they might just say no to everything because he is brokering the deal.
I'd love to see it happen, even considering I might have to eat some crow on my opinions on Bush, but I really doubt any last agreement will be reached. Sure an agreement might be reached, a deal might be signed, but nothing that both sides adheres to for every long.
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