“We are at the edge of losing an historic opportunity”
Steve Clemons and Mustafa Barghouti analyze Barack Obama’s recent trip to Israel and speech in Berlin and the implications both present regarding his Middle East policy as president.
A Slight Break From the Script
Joe Klein is having a quarrel with the folks over at Commentary: Klein is miffed by Max Boot’s reiteration of his boss John McCain’s 100-years-in-Iraq proposition, and Jennifer Rubin takes exception to Klein’s notion that right-wing Jewish supporters of Israeli military policy — like Joe Lieberman — pushed the invasion of Iraq because they believed destroying Iraq would be good for Israel, and that they favor war with Iran for the same reason.
Joseph Lieberman Is a Shonde for the Goyim
This has got to be the most craven, shameful, disgusting thing Lieberman has done — and there is a lot of competition for that honor:
LOLPolicy
President Bush feted Israel on Thursday in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighborhood free of today’s oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements.
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Bush made no acknowledgment of the hardship Palestinians suffered when hundreds of thousands were displaced or otherwise left following the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, a counterpoint to Israel’s two weeks of jubilant celebrations. Though Bush has set a goal of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian deal before the end of his term in January, he did not mention the ongoing negotiations or how to resolve the thorniest disputes.
The president also offered no detail on how the broader Mideast would move from today’s realities to his vision.
“From Cairo and Riyadh to Baghdad and Beirut, people will live in free and independent societies, where a desire for peace is reinforced by ties of diplomacy, tourism and trade,” he said. “Iran and Syria will be peaceful nations, where today’s oppression is a distant memory and people are free to speak their minds and develop their talents. And al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas will be defeated, as Muslims across the region recognize the emptiness of the terrorists’ vision and the injustice of their cause.”
White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Bush made such a brief mention of the Palestinians because his purpose was to sketch “broad themes and not the specifics of the process.”
Please, Mr. President, Keep Talking
While it may be overstating things a bit to say that the Democratic party has a serious unity problem right now, it is not an overstatement to recognize that, temporary or permanent, fractures have been formed.
There are plenty of reasons for this, two great candidates, both of whom having done a fabulous job of forming emotional bonds with their supporters, not the least of which. But another, perhaps lesser, contributing factor has definitely played a part.
On Peace and Cognitive Dissonance
Reading an article in today’s NY Times about the prospects for the progression of peace talks with Israelis and Palestinians, I’m struck by two things. One unmentioned, the other came at the end of the article.
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