Baffled McClatchy reporter proclaims Bush's trip a "failure," also says "experts" can't explain the purpose of Bush's trip

Hannah Allam is probably the most openly anti-Bush reporter in McClatchy's stable of anti-Bush activists. (And that is quite an achievment.) Today's McClatchy article on President Bush's Middle East trip places Allam squarely in KOS territory.

Her article is titled "Bush departs Mideast with few apparent gains, experts say. "

Check out the first paragraph:

President Bush wraps up a weeklong tour of the Middle East Wednesday, leaving many Mideast political observers mystified as to the purpose of the visit and doubtful that the president made inroads on his twin campaigns for Arab-Israeli peace and isolation for Iran.

(Really? Many Mideast political observers are mystified as to the purpose of Bush's visit? That is an astonishing claim.)

Then this paragraph:

President Bush wraps up a weeklong tour of the Middle East Wednesday, leaving many Mideast political observers mystified as to the purpose of the visit and doubtful that the president made inroads on his twin campaigns for Arab-Israeli peace and isolation for Iran.

Hmmm. I wonder how many other news outlets were as confused as Hannah Allam. I checked CNN; the CNN reporter seems to understand the purpose of Bush's trip: "One of the stated goals of Bush's trip was to garner support for the Mideast peace process from Arab allies." Oh, and Mubark told reporters he has signed on to President Bush's goal of achieving a mideast peace deal before Bush leaves office. That's in the CNN article, but Allam left it out.

More on Hannah Allam's distortions later.