U.S.-Mideast policy back on track [George Will commentary]

SF Chronicle ^ | 6-26-02 | George F. Will

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Washington -- PRESIDENT BUSH'S Monday statement was the most clearsighted U.S. intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in the 35 years since the 1967 war, and perhaps in the 54 years since the founding of Israel. It enunciated a policy that makes eventual peace at least conceivable, and meanwhile frees the president to pursue the global anti-terrorism agenda articulated in five other speeches this year.

[Brian Allen]

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[gjpino]

The next step is for Bush to recognize who the enemy is and to quit coddling them.

[swarthyguy]

"Such enemies seek to "induce decision paralysis." Liotta cites an adage from India: "One way to kill a tiger is to distract it from so many different sides that it tries to run in every direction at once."

I believe that the Saudi/Osama/Jihadi strategy has been to keep firing up crises in Kashmir and Palestine with the specific purpose of keeping the US decision making process and attention off balance. It's reassuring to see that view reinforced by Liotta. With Kashmir relatively on the back burner, will the next front be the Balkans, Western Europe, the US or some other place.

[lepton]

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