It 's a hope unlikely to be realized soon , given President Bush 's self-vindicating claims that in the wake of the Iraq invasion , a '' thaw has begun '' in the broader Middle East , and the assertion by some pundits that the so-called Bush doctrine is already bearing fruit .
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