Washington: Bibi’s In, “Peace” Is Dead-blinders have never been so tight

FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, February 13, 2009 ^ | 2-13-09 | P. David Hornik

[Guenevere]

I truly hope you’re wrong.

[rbmillerjr]

Ross is a moron. He is complaining about Net...lecturing the US. LOL.

How many times have we subtely compelled the Israelis to negotiate with terrorists and give up land for peace.

The Israelis have make up work to do after Hezzbolah, they need strength and credibility to survive.

[Tax-chick]

Thank, that helps.

I admire people who can get Greek text to diplay. All I get is garbles, even if I copy and paste.

[Mashood]

“U.S. Officials”. HAHAHAHAHAH yea, because they’ve done such a great job!

[Cheburashka]

I think that the “form the government” negotiations are still ongoing, but the calculus is that Likud + Conservative party equals certain victory for Bibi. Interesting that many media organs are still reporting that “Kadima won”, which is true in the narrowest sense, but not in a way that can lead to a leftist government.

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The problem is that at best Likud alone will have as many seats as Kadima. President Peres is a member of Kadima and he would be within his rights to give Livni first crack at forming a new cabinet. If she succeeds Netanyahu is either a junior member of the coalition she puts together or out in the cold. If she fails to put together a coalition, then Netanyahu will get his chance to form a government.

That Likud fell seat short of a plurality could be very bad news. We will see.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Interesting explanation. So who gets asked first to try to form the govt is not without its importance. And by implication, the fact that Peres is the guy that does the asking? It’s very hard for people like us who don’t live in parliamentary systems to grasp the subtleties of parliamentary forms of govt.

[happygrl]

As if it’s the Israeli’s fault for “no peace.”

The new adminstration should take its cue from the Europeans, the Italian Europeans who have shaken off the blinders and are now supporting Israel and condemning the Palestinians.
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[wastoute]

I just looked until I found a place that the "copy" pasted. LOL I am not all that smart.

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[Tax-chick]

I am not all that smart.

Being determined is also a good quality!

[Marysecretary]

Let’s hope Bibi learned from his mistake.

[okie01]

The Post quotes a “senior administration official” saying “The hope is that there is a government that is really committed to peace with the Palestinians”—and veteran peace processor Aaron David Miller as saying, more darkly, that the election outcome is “like hanging a ‘closed for the season’ sign on any peacemaking for the next year or so.”

Netanyahu desires "peace with the Palestinians" every bit as much as Tzipi Livni or any striped-pants "senior administration official" and "veteran peace processor".

But he has a different -- and way more effective -- means of achieving it.

Victory.

[RinaseaofDs]

The Israelis have to live there. The US State Department doesn’t have to live there.

[Uri’el-2012]

Dennis Ross is an ignorant twit.

[phillyfanatic]

Well BIBI should hire Vince Flynn and Brad Thor to communicate to American Leftists why killing Islamofascists is the answer to the ME quandary not negotiating Israel’s freedom to nothingness.

[wastoute]

You are too kind! ;-)

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[WOSG]

“Dennis Ross refers to BiBi as “lecturing” the US.”

Oh ... piffle on that.

Has Bibi told us to regulate CO2 like Euro eco-extremists lecture us? Or tell us to change our attitude to Arab world like Iran’s FM just told us? Or UN folks?

No. Bibi just pushes back when WE in the US (Clinton admin) lectured to *Israel*.