] THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of
] peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with
] Iraq were not backed by international unity.
]
] Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991
] Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of
] hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never
] have happened if America had ignored the will of the
] United Nations.
]
] He also urged the President to resist his tendency to
] bear grudges, advising his son to bridge the rift between
] the United States, France and Germany.
]
] %u201CYou%u2019ve got to reach out to the other person.
] You%u2019ve got to convince them that long-term
] friendship should trump short-term adversity,%u201D he
] said.
]
] The former President%u2019s comments reflect unease among
] the Bush family and its entourage at the way that George
] W. Bush is ignoring international opinion and overriding
] the institutions that his father sought to uphold. Mr
] Bush Sr is a former US Ambassador to the UN and comes
] from a family steeped in multi-lateralist traditions.

Bush Sr warning over unilateral action