Posted on 04/13/2010 9:37:37 AM PDT by tedbel
There is no solution to the final status issues of Jerusalem, borders and refugees that both sides will agree to. Nevertheless President Obama is committed to forcing an agreement.
Recently two top administration officials advised David Ignatius, Washington Post, to the effect that Pres Obama is "seriously considering" proposing an American peace plan which would be based on “agreements nearly reached” in the past. This is outrageous, as I will explain and it has no chance of succeeding.
Of course they repeated the mantra that "[e]veryone knows the basic outlines of a peace deal" but they omitted to say, that neither of the parties agrees to it. This is the first time an administration official acknowledged the linkage between solving this problem with solving the problem of Iran. "It's not either Iran or the Middle East peace process. You have to do both." He went so far as to say,"[w]e want to get the debate away from settlements and East Jerusalem and take it to a 30,000-feet level that can involve Jordan, Syria and other countries in the region,"
Apparently, after spending a year on making settlement construction and Jerusalem the key issues, the Obama administration is finally admitting defeat and are moving on. Undaunted with their failure so far even with Syria and Iran, they are going to focus on a regional solution. "Incrementalism hasn't worked" Effectively, the administration is opting for a grand design.
The administration believes that the formula for success requires them to "take on the absolute requirements of Israeli security and the requirements of Palestinian sovereignty in a way that makes sense." Sorry, but Israel isn’t buying.
(Excerpt) Read more at israpundit.com ...
Israel should evict all the muslims from the terrtory that God gave Abraham in the OT.
“There is no solution “
Perhaps when the Arabs give up their genocidal goals.....
Title’s wrong. Forgot the “l” in “Pile”.
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Amazing! This was the exact same conclusion I drew in my senior paper as a History major (Middle East) more than 30 years ago. I delineated all of the historic reasons underlying why, ultimately, the claims of the Israelis and Arabs to Jerusalem are/were irreconcilable. My professor gave me a grudging A- but commented that he had wanted to see some alternative resolution stated in the paper.
I just laughed. Now, assuming the bastard is still alive, I would guess he voted for Obama, whose grip on reality is likewise a bit loose.
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