George Bush actually said...

"Any cease-fire must have the conditions in it, so that Hamas does not use Gaza as a place from which to launch rockets."

"I will not accept a one-way cease-fire that leads to more Palestinian rocket attacks."

"Under ordinary circumstances, failing entities should be allowed to fail. I have concluded these are not ordinary circumstances."

"I feel an obligation to my successor. I believe that good policy is not to dump him a major catastrophe in the first day of office."