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 Well, for starters, this clip is from today's New York Times editorial, Diplomacy 101
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 Nine months later, the president’s promising peace initiative has unraveled.
The Israelis have refused to stop all building. The Palestinians say
that they won’t talk to the Israelis until they do, and President
Mahmoud Abbas is so despondent he has threatened to quit. Arab states
are refusing to do anything.
Mr. Obama’s own credibility is so diminished (his approval rating in
Israel is 4 percent) that serious negotiations may be farther off than
ever.
Peacemaking takes strategic skill. But we see no sign that President
Obama and Mr. Mitchell were thinking more than one move down the board.
The president went public with his demand for a full freeze on
settlements before securing Israel’s commitment. And he and his aides
apparently had no plan for what they would do if Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said no.
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"his approval rating in Israel is 4 percent"
ReplyDeleteSmart people those Israeli's!
Bush got standing ovations in Israel, and was incredibly loved in Africa, and the Eastern Bloc countries that haven't fallen back to puppet states to 'Ze Mother Russia'.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Bush did more to further Middle Eastern peace than any President before him, Clinton can say whatever he wants. The only way you're going to have peace is to let Israel do what it needs to do. The longer they feel threatened and have to fight back with hands their tied behind them, the longer things will be this way.
Perhaps some IDF commandos could fix what our .mil apparently will not. All the way across the board.
ReplyDeleteHmm? What? I didn't say that. :roll:
Josh-- Israel feels threatened for a good reason.
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