Nearly Six months have passed since U.S. President George W. Bush took office. During the past six months, there have been some inconsistencies in the U.S. foreign policy, especially with regard to the Middle East. Furthermore, considering the escalation of Zionist crimes against Palestinians in the occupied territories, it seems that Washington is unable to come up with a feasible and reliable solution to the Middle East crisis.

According to a survey on the U.S. Middle East policy, the United States has changed its stance on the Mideast crisis five times during the past five months. It even changed its policy twice during a single week alone! This is what political analysts describe as confusion in the U.S. Middle East policy.

For a while after Bush took office as president, the U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell evaded taking a clear stance on the crisis in the occupied territories. Even later, despite sending CIA Director George Tenet as its special envoy to the region, the U.S. State Department has not been able to work out a balanced policy toward the Mideast crisis in the face of escalating Zionist atrocities against Palestinians.

The lack of coherence in the U.S. Middle East policy has been so evident that even some Arab states, the U.S. traditional allies in the Middle East, have expressed their distrust of the U.S. policy. A clear instance of such incoherence manifested itself during Powell's recent visit to the region. During his meeting with the Palestinian Authority Chief Yasser Arafat, Powell underlined the need for the presence of independent observers in the occupied territories. However, a few hours later, following his talks with the Zionist regime's officials, Powell announced that it was up to the Israelis to decide on the presence of independent observers in the region.

Nevertheless, other analysts believe that the incoherent U.S. policy toward the Mideast crisis is mostly due to the U.S. blind and unconditional support for the Zionist regime. In other words, Washington is making every effort to preserve the strategic dominance of Zionist regime over its Arab neighbors. Thus, the analysts argue that the U.S. Middle East policy, despite its incoherent nature, is driven by complete support for the Zionist entity. But they also predict that this unconditional support would complicate the regional crisis even more and lead to the international isolation of Washington and the Zionist entity.